chpt 1 homework

As a physician, you are evaluating a blood vessel abnormality in a 35-year-old male's brain. The technique which would be least useful would be________. an MRI with contrast a PET scan a CT scan with contrast digital subtraction angiography

PET SCAN tracks radioisotopes in the body, locating areas of high energy consumption and high blood flow.

This is the study of shapes and landmarks that reveal underlying organs.

Surface anatomy

In which body cavity are the organs of this body system located? (kidney, ureter, bladdeR, urethra)

abdominal pelvic cavity

A "C-collar" is often placed around the neck of an accident victim by first responders to stabilize the neck until it can be evaluated in the emergency room. The "C" stands for__________. carpal cervical coxal crural

cervical (neck)

If you wanted to see a section through both lungs at the same time, you could make a cut in the __________ or the __________ plane. parasagittal; median coronal; transverse transverse; parasagittal midsagittal; coronal

coronal; transverse

Knowledge of this branch of anatomy helps one understand the complex design of the adult human body and helps to explain birth defects.

embryology

This branch of anatomy explores how organs and body structures work and assesses the efficiency of their design.

functional morphology

This is the study of body structures that can be examined with the naked eye-bones, lungs, and muscles for example.

gross anatomy

This is the study of microscopic structures including cells, tissues, and microscopic details of organs.

histology

As a surgeon you have sent tissue to the lab for evaluation of the presence of cancer. You would send it to a____________. pathology lab embryology lab morphology lab histology lab

pathology lab

: This branch of anatomy studies internal body structures by means of MRI, sonography, and other imaging techniques.

radiographic anatomy

Patients with appendicitis often complain of abdominal pain in the right lower abdominopelvic quadrant. The appendix itself is in the__________. umbilical region right iliac region hypogastric region right lumbar region

right iliac region

You are the emergency room physician evaluating a patient with possible pneumonia-an infection of the lungs. The imaging test which will of little value would be _____________. sonography MRI CT a chest X ray

sonography "ULTRASOUND"

The right nostril and right ear are __________.

ipsilateral on the same side of the body!

The middle finger is __________ to the index finger. superior lateral medial proximal None of the listed responses is correct.

lateral

Which listed organ is included in both the reproductive system and the endocrine system? pancreas kidneys ovaries thymus spleen

ovaries