Chapter 1

Question 1

What is the study of body structure referred to as?

Answer 1

Anatomy

Question 2

What is the study of body function referred to as?

Answer 2

Physiology

Question 3

What is the study of disease called?

Answer 3

Pathology

Question 4

What is the correct order of the six levels of organization from simple to complex?

Answer 4

Chemicals, cell, tissue, organs, system, whole organism

Question 5

What type of metabolism is performed when simple glucose molecules bind together to form a long chain of glycogen for storage?

Answer 5

Anabolism

Question 6

What is the name for a state of internal balance the body strives to maintain?

Answer 6

Homeostasis

Question 7

When insulin is released into the blood after a meal to return blood sugar to a normal level, what is the type of feedback mechanism used?

Answer 7

Negative feedback

Question 8

What type of feedback mechanism does the body use when oxytocin is released to produce progressively stronger uterine muscle contractions?

Answer 8

Positive feedback

Question 9

In which direction do the palms of our hands face in the anatomical position?

Answer 9

Facing forward

Question 10

When comparing the knee joint to the ankle joint, which is distal?

Answer 10

Knee is distal to the ankle

Question 11

When comparing the thumb to the 5th (pinky) finger, which is lateral?

Answer 11

The pinky is lateral to the thumb

Question 12

When comparing the chin to the nose, which is inferior?

Answer 12

Chin is inferior to the nose

Question 13

Which plane divides the body into superior and inferior parts?

Answer 13

Transverse (horizontal) plane

Question 14

Which plane divides the body into anterior and posterior parts?

Answer 14

Frontal (coronal) plane

Question 15

Which plane divides the body into left and right sides?

Answer 15

Sagittal plane

Question 16

What is the name of a tissue section that is perpendicular to the long axis?

Answer 16

Cross-section

Question 17

Which body cavity contains the cranial cavity and the spinal cavity?

Answer 17

Dorsal cavity

Question 18

Which body cavity contains the heart and lungs?

Answer 18

Ventral cavity

Question 19

What structure separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity?

Answer 19

Diaphragm

Question 20

Which abdominal region is medial to the left lumbar region?

Answer 20

Umbilical region

Question 21

Which abdominal region is superior to the umbilical region?

Answer 21

Epigastric region

Question 22

Which abdominal region is inferior to the right hypochondriac region?

Answer 22

Right lumbar region

Question 23

Which two abdominal regions are lateral to the hypogastric region?

Answer 23

Left iliac region and right iliac region

Question 24

What are the two forms of metabolism?

Answer 24

Catabolism & anabolism