Anatomy Chapter 1

Which of the following is NOT a necessary life function? Movement Reproduction Thinking Maintaining boundaries Responsiveness

Thinking

Which of the following is NOT true of a sagittal plane? a) A median plane is another name for a midsagittal plane. b)A sagittal section is a cut made along the lengthwise, or longitudinal, plane of the body, dividing the body into right and left parts. c)A sagittal section divides the body into anterior and posterior parts. d) A midsagittal plane divides the body into equal right and left parts. e) Both the sagittal and coronal planes represent a cut made along a lengthwise plane.

)A sagittal section divides the body into anterior and posterior parts.

Which of these is found in the dorsal body cavity? Heart Brain Kidneys Lungs Liver

Brain

Which body system is most closely associated with transport and delivery? Respiratory Integumentary Cardiovascular Nervous Reproductive

Cardiovascular

Which term(s) is/are defined as being close to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk? Proximal Superior, cranial, or cephalad Superficial Distal Intermediate

Proximal

Which body system is most closely associated with the support and protection of the body organs? Lymphatic Endocrine Integumentary Nervous Skeletal

Skeletal

Labeling the parts of a cell on a diagram is an example of an exercise in _______. physiology homeostasis anatomy positive stimuli

anatomy

The axillary region is in the _______. armpit shoulder knee back of the knee mouth

armpit

Which of the following statements regarding feedback mechanisms is FALSE? a) Positive feedback mechanisms control infrequent events that occur "explosively." b) In negative feedback mechanisms, the net effect of the responses to the stimulus is to shut off the original stimulus or reduce its intensity. c) Blood clotting is an example of a typical negative feedback mechanism. d) Positive feedback mechanisms tend to increase the original stimulus and to push the variable farther from its original value.

c) Blood clotting is an example of a typical negative feedback mechanism

When the body is subject to physical trauma, such as in an automobile accident, which organs are the most vulnerable to injury (homeostatic imbalance)? a)The brain in the cranial cavity b)Heart and lungs in the thoracic cavity c)Abdominal organs in the abdominal cavity d)Pelvic organs in the abdominopelvic cavity e)The spinal cord within the spinal cavity

c)Abdominal organs in the abdominal cavity

If you wish to make a drawing of a section through the human body that showed the heart and both of the lungs, your section could be in which of the following planes? (1) Frontal (coronal); (2) Transverse; (3) Sagittal a) 1 only b) 2 only c) 3 only d) 1 and 2 e) 2 and 3

d) 1 and 2

Which of the following statements is FALSE? a) Atoms are the building blocks of matter, and combine to form molecules. b)An organ is made up of two or more tissue types. c) Organ systems make up the living body or the organism. d) The digestive system, reproductive system, and endocrine system are examples of organs. e)Tissues consist of groups of similar cells that have a common function.

d) The digestive system, reproductive system, and endocrine system are examples of organs.

Metabolism is _______. a) the term that refers only to the process of breaking down ingested food into simple molecules that can then be absorbed into the blood for delivery to all body cells b) a term that refers to the chemical reactions in which larger structures are made from smaller ones (synthesis) c) the ability to sense changes (stimuli) in the environment and then to react to them d) a broad term that refers to all the chemical reactions that occur in the body e) a term that refers to the chemical reactions in which large molecules are broken down into smaller ones

d) a broad term that refers to all the chemical reactions that occur in the body

A structure found in the left lumbar region is the _______. most of the small intestine ascending colon of the large intestine transverse colon descending colon of the large intestine

descending colon of the large intestine

The _______ is the body's slow-acting control system and acts by means of _______. a) lymphatic system; lymphocytes and macrophages b) nervous system; hormones c) nervous system; electrical and chemical signals d) muscular system; contraction e) endocrine system; hormones

e) endocrine system; hormones

The term medial _______. a) is a term referring to the front of the body b) is a term referring to the superior (cranial or cephalad) direction c) is a term referring to a direction away from the midline of the body d) refers to a direction farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body part e) is a direction toward or at the midline of the body

e) is a direction toward or at the midline of the body

Which region is directly medial to the hypochondriac regions of the body? umbilical left lumbar epigastric hypogastric

epigastric

In proper anatomical positioning the palms face _______. toward the thighs forward backward either forward or backward

forward

What term means the ability of the body to maintain a stable internal environment despite changes in the external environment? homeostasis homeopathic stimuli static control

homeostasis

Eyelashes, pain receptors, fingernails, and sweat glands would all be part of which system? muscular nervous integumentary lymphatic

integumentary

The cheeks are _______ to the tongue. inferior lateral medial proximal dorsal

lateral

You would expect to find most of the stomach in which quadrant? right upper quadrant right lower quadrant left upper quadrant left lower quadrant

left upper quadrant

This is the only segmentation of the body that could result in mirror image halves. midsagittal coronal transverse parasagittal

midsagittal

At the cellular level, cells consist of _______. organisms tissues organs molecules

molecules

The anatomical position is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT _______. feet parallel palms turned toward one's back body erect thumbs pointed laterally arms at sides

palms turned toward one's back

A transverse plane divides the body into _______ segments. right and left both right and left and anterior and posterior segments anterior and posterior superior and inferior equal right and left

superior and inferior

You would look for the mediastinum in which cavity? pelvic buccal thoracic spinal

thoracic