Which of these sciences is considered “the
oldest medical science”?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Egyptology
Molecular biology
Anatomy
Prostitution
Why is the study of human anatomy and
physiology critical to your everyday life?
1. Developing understanding of how the
body works under normal conditions
2. It serves as a foundation for other life
sciences
3. Useful in knowing what is happening
when you or a friend is ill
4. All of the above are correct
Anatomy is to ___ as physiology is to ___?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Cutting up : putting together
Structure : function
Function : structure
Medical terminology : medical tests
How are many anatomical terms derived?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Latin and Greek
Spanish and French
Eponyms
1 and 3 are correct
Why was International Anatomical
Terminology written?
1. We need to honor accomplishments of
famous anatomists
2. A repository of antiquated eponymous
terms
3. To serve as the universal standard of
anatomical vocabulary
4. A catalogue of famous medical schools
Which of these forms of anatomy is NOT
paired with its definition?
1. Regional anatomy/anatomical organization
of specific areas of the body
2. Systemic anatomy/anatomical organization
of specific areas of the body
3. Developmental anatomy/study from
conception through maturity
4. Pathological anatomy/study of anatomical
features during illness
How do you effectively distinguish cytology
from histology?
1. Cytology studies structures of tissues/histology
studies functions of tissues
2. Cytology analyzes internal structures of individual
cells/histology studies groups of specialized cells
that work together
3. Cytology uses light microscopy/histology uses
electron microscopy
4. Cytology studies disease states/histology studies
only healthy tissues
Which specialty of physiology would be the
profession of someone studying effects of
heart disease ?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Pathological physiology
Systemic physiology
Organ physiology
Cellular physiology
Which of these indicates the levels of
organization from simplest to most complex?
1. Electrical; chemical; neurotransmitter;
response
2. Chemical; cellular; tissue; organ; organ
system; organismal
3. Skeletal; muscular; cardiovascular;
endocrine; nervous
4. Tissue; chemical; cellular; organismal;
organ system; organ
Why is it important to study each level of
structural organization?
1. The organization at each level determines
structural characteristics of higher levels
2. The organization at each level determines
functions of higher levels
3. 1 and 2 are correct
4. It is not relevant to study all levels of
organization
At which level of organization does
a histologist investigate structures?
1.
2.
3.
4.
molecular
organ
tissue
cellular
Which of these examples describe
extrinsic regulation?
1. Results from activities of the nervous or
endocrine system
2. Adjusts its activities automatically in
response to environmental change
3. Oxygen levels decline in a tissue and
cells release chemicals to dilate local
blood vessels
4. 2 and 3
Why is homeostatic regulation important to
an organism?
1. Regulation allows individual organ
systems to gain total control of the body.
2. Individual cells tolerate large ranges of
conditions when regulated properly.
3. Physiological systems can function
normally only under carefully controlled
conditions.
4. Regulation provides a good framework
for studying human physiology.
A receptor, a control center and an effector are the
three parts of a homeostatic regulatory mechanism.
Which of these describes the respective functions of
each component?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Receives and processes information; a cell or organ
that responds to commands; a sensor receptive to
stimulus
A sensor receptive to stimulus; receives and
processes information; a cell or organ that responds
to commands
Activity that opposes or enhances a stimulus;
receives information; keeps characteristics of internal
environment within certain limits
all of the above
What is/are goals and functions of a negative
feedback system?
1. Providing long-term control over the body’s
internal conditions
2. Keeping conditions within a normal range
3. Adjusting the “set point” for body temperature
based upon level of activity
4. all of the above
What happens to the body when
homeostasis breaks down?
1.
2.
3.
4.
disease
organ systems malfunction
death
all of the above
What is/are goals and functions of a positive
feedback system?
1. An initial stimulus produces a response that
exaggerates the original change in conditions
2. Keeping conditions within a normal range
3. A stressful process must be completed before
homeostasis can be restored
4. 1 and 3 are correct
Why is positive feedback helpful in blood
clotting, but unsuitable for the regulation
of body temperature?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Positive feedback accelerates the clotting
process, but would cause temperature to rise out
of control
Positive feedback would cause temperature to
decrease; negative feedback would cause
dynamic equilibrium to occur in blood clotting
Positive feedback is not reliable
Positive feedback works only in life threatening
situations
When the body is in correct anatomical
position, what does that look like?
1.
2.
3.
4.
The terms left and right refer to the left and right sides
of the observer
Hands are at the sides, dorsum of the hand facing
forward, legs apart, head slightly to one side
Hands are at the sides, palms facing forward, feet
together, eyes straight ahead
Person must be lying down
Bruce has gallbladder problems. Where does
Bruce have pain?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Epigastric region
Umbilical region
Right lumbar region
Right upper quadrant
The head is ____ to the umbilicus and the
skeletal muscles are ___ to the bones.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Posterior/lateral
Superior/superficial
Inferior/deep
Cranial/distal
The knee is ____ to the ankle and ___
to the thigh.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Proximal/distal
Medial/inferior
Medial/distal
Lateral/inferior
Which type of section would
separate/divide the body down the
midline between the eyes?
1.
2.
3.
4.
transverse section
coronal section
parasagittal section
midsagittal section
Contents of the thoracic cavity include
the ___ and is further subdivided into
the ____ cavities.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Brain and spinal cord/cranial and vertebral
Heart and lungs/pleural and pericardial
Liver and stomach/abdominal and pelvic
2 and 3 are correct
The ___ peritoneum surrounds organs
and the ___ peritoneum lines the ____.
This membrane functions to ____.
1. Dural/parietal/cranial cavity/separate brain
and spinal cord
2. Pleural/pericardial/thoracic cavity/protect
internal structures
3. Visceral/parietal/abdominopelvic
cavity/allow organs to slide across each
other
4. Parietal/visceral/thoracic cavity/allow
expansion of organs
If a surgeon makes an incision just
inferior to the diaphragm, which body
cavity will be opened?
1.
2.
3.
4.
the abdominopelvic cavity
the pleural cavity
the dorsal cavity
the pericardial cavity