CHAPTER 6: GENERAL ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY Flashcards
The basic units of all living things, from bacteria to plants to animals, including human beings, are _________.
a. organs
b. cells
c. muscles
d. nerves
b. cells
The dense, active protoplasm found in the center of the cell is the ___________.
a. cytoplasm
b. cell membrane
c. nucleus
d. chromatid
c. nucleus
Mitosis is the usual process of cell reproduction of human tissues that occurs when the cell divides into two identical cells called ______________.
a. mother cells
b. daughter cells
c. father cells
d. son cells
b. daughter cells
The ________ is the watery fluid that surrounds the nucleus of the cell and is needed for growth, reproductions, and self-repair.
a. cystine
b. neuron
c. cytoplasm
d. mandible
c. cytoplasm
The study of the functions and activities performed by the body’s structures is called ____________.
a. physiology
b. biology
c. anatomy
d. physiography
a. physiology
Structures composed of specialized tissue designed to perform specific functions in plants and animals are known as _____________.
a. tissues
b. nerves
c. membranes
d. organs
d. organs
Which type of tissue contracts and moves various parts of the body?
a. Nerve tissue
b. Muscle tissue
c. Connective tissue
d. Epithelial tissue
b. Muscle tissue
Which type of tissue lines the heart, digestive and respiratory organs, and the glands?
a. Nerve tissue
b. Muscle tissue
c. Connective tissue
d. Epithelial tissue
d. Epithelial tissue
The connection between two or more bones of the skeleton is called a __________.
a. ligament
b. joint
c. tendon
d. muscle
b. joint
The _____ is the larger of the two bones that form the leg below the knee.
a. patella
b. fibula
c. tibia
d. femur
c. tibia
The oval, bony case that protects the brain is the _________.
a. cranium
b. facial skeleton
c. hyoid bone
d. skull
a. cranium
The maxillae are the bones of the __________.
a. lower jaw
b. upper jaw
c. upper arm
d. forearm
b. upper jaw
The two bones that form the sides and top of the cranium are the _________.
a. parietal bones
b. occipital bones
c. lacrimal bones
d. zygomatic bones
a. parietal bones
The inner and larger bone in the forearm that is attached to the wrist and located on the side of the little finger is the ________.
a. carpus
b. ulna
c. metacarpus
d. radius
b. ulna
The foot is made up of __________ bones.
a. 6
b. 11
c. 18
d. 26
d. 26
What is the U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue and it’s muscles?
a. Hyoid bone
b. Masseter
c. Thorax
d. Cervical vertebrae
a. Hyoid bone
The part of the muscle that does not move and it attached closest to the skeleton is the _________.
a. belly
b. insertion
c. origin
d. tendon
c. origin
The broad muscle that covers the top of the skull and consists of the occipitalis and frontalis is the ________.
a. epicranial aponeurosis
b. epicranius
c. sternocleidomastoideus
d. temporalis
b. epicranius
The ______ are the muscles that straighten the wrist, hand, fingers to form a straight line.
a. extensors
b. pronators
c. supinators
d. flexors
a. extensors
The muscles that draw a body part, such as a finger, arm, or toe, inward toward the median axis of the body or of an extremity are the _______.
a. flexors
b. abductors
c. extensors
d. adductors
d. adductors
The system of nerves that carries impulses, or messages, to and from the central nervous system is called the _______.
a. involuntary nervous system
b. voluntary nervous system
c. autonomic nerve system
d. peripheral nervous system
d. peripheral nervous system
Sensory nerve endings called ______ are located close to the surface of the skin.
a. reactors
b. receptors
c. capillaries
d. aural neurons
b. receptors