A&P- Chapter 1- A&P Basics (Pearson)
Mrs. Nguyen was sitting in the front passenger seat and hit her head on the windshield. Doctors suspect internal bleeding, which could be putting pressure on her brain. Which of the following medical imaging techniques would be best for quickly locating any bleeding?
Computed tomography (CT)
A CT scan is used to detect regions of high metabolic activity.
False
In anatomical position, the palms of the hands face medially toward the thighs.
False
The mediastinum contains the trachea and lungs.
False
Which statement about visceral serosa is false?
It lines the internal surface of hollow organs.
Which of the following statements are accurate concerning light microscopy?
It uses acidic and basic dyes to stain structures.
Although transmission electron microscopy is usually used for high-magnification viewing, it is certainly possible to use it at low magnification as well. That is, one can produce similar micrographs of tissues taken by light microscopy and electron microscopy at the same magnification. Even at the same magnification, however, you can easily tell the two kinds of micrographs apart. How?
The image in the electron micrograph is still sharper.
Which of the following organs might have been damaged by the lap seatbelts?
Urinary bladder, Small intestine
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________.
a CT scan with contrast
The smallest living unit is
a cell.
The heart is ________ to the sternum.
deep
Which branch of anatomy studies the structural changes that occur as one ages?
developmental anatomy
The olecranal region is __________ to the acromial region.
distal
The ________ body cavity contains the brain.
dorsal
Large molecules such as proteins are called
macromolecules
Another name for the midsagittal plane is
median
The levels of structural organization in order of decreasing complexity are __________.
organism, organ system, organ, tissue, cellular, chemical
The __________ cavity surrounds the viscera in the abdominopelvic cavity
peritoneal
All vertebrates have specific identifying characteristics during some point of development. A partial listing of these characteristics is __________.
pharyngeal pouches, dorsal hollow nerve cord, and segmentation
Which of the following is a term that can be used instead of dorsal?
posterior
The femoral region is ________ to the plantar region.
proximal
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
Morphology is
the study of form
The femoral region is the
thigh
The inguinal region lies
where the thigh joins the trunk
The umbilical region is ________ to the lumbar region.
anterior
The right upper quadrant contains all or portions of which of the following organs?
liver, stomach, and transverse colon
Which listed organ is included in both the reproductive system and the endocrine system?
ovaries