A&P- Chapter 1- A&P Basics (Pearson)

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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


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