General Anatomy And Physiology

Question 1

What is the study of the tiny structure found in tissue called?

Answer 1

Histology

Question 2

The cells of all living things are composed of substance called what?

Answer 2

Protoplasm

Question 3

Mitosis occurs when ____

Answer 3

One cell splits into two identical cells

Question 4

Unfavorable conditions that will inhabit a cell’s growth and reproduction include all but which of the following?

Answer 4

Adequate food

Question 5

The process of building up larger molecules from smaller ones is called _____

Answer 5

Anabolism

Question 6

Which type of tissue binds together, protects, and supports the various parts of the body?

Answer 6

Connective tissue

Question 7

Which type of tissue lines the respiratory organs?

Answer 7

Epithelial tissue

Question 8

Which organ supplies oxygen to the blood?

Answer 8

Lungs

Question 9

The ________ system purifies the body by eliminating waste matter?

Answer 9

Excretory

Question 10

The human skeleton eventually has ______ bones after some have fused together.

Answer 10

206

Question 11

About 1/3 of bone is organic matter, and the other 2/3 are primarily composed of

Answer 11

Minerals

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of immovable joint?

Answer 12

Skull

Question 13

The _____ is the inner and larger bone of the forearm, attached to the wrist, and located on the side of the little finger.

Answer 13

Ulna

Question 14

The phalanges are the bones of what?

Answer 14

Fingers and toes

Question 15

The _______, also called the necessary bone forms the kneecap joint.

Answer 15

Patella

Question 16

Which of the following is a tarsal bone?

Answer 16

Navicular

Question 17

How many muscles are in the human body?

Answer 17

More than 600

Question 18

Which type of muscle tissue is found in the internal organs of the body such as the digestive system?

Answer 18

Non-straited muscle

Question 19

Which of the following is not one of the three parts of the muscle?

Answer 19

Nucleus

Question 20

Muscular tissue can be stimulated by massage, which is pressure and friction created by hand, electric vibrator, or ______

Answer 20

Water jet

Question 21

Where is the latissimus Doris located?

Answer 21

The lower back

Question 22

The ______ is the large muscle that covers the entire back of the upper arm and extends the forearm.

Answer 22

Tricep

Question 23

What are the muscles that separate the fingers called?

Answer 23

Abductors

Question 24

What originates at the upper portion of the fibula and bends the foot down?

Answer 24

Soleus

Question 25

What moves the lesser toes and helps maintain balance while walking?

Answer 25

Flexor digitorum brevis

Question 26

The scientific study of the structure, function, and pathology of the nervous system is known as what

Answer 26

Neurology

Question 27

The principle components of the nervous system include all, but which of the following?

Answer 27

Carpus

Question 28

Where does the spinal cord originate?

Answer 28

Brain

Question 29

How many pairs of cranial nerves are there?

Answer 29

12

Question 30

The tree like branches of nerve fibers extending from the nerve cell that carry impulses towards the cell and receives impulses from the other nerve cells are called _______

Answer 30

Dendtrites

Question 31

Which type of nerves carries impulses from the sense of organs to the brain?

Answer 31

Afferent

Question 32

What nerve supplies the fingers with its branches?

Answer 32

Digital

Question 33

What is the nerve called that extends from behind the knee to wind around the head of the fibula to the front of the leg, where it is divides into two branches?

Answer 33

Common peroneal

Question 34

The sural nerve supplies impulses to the skin on the _______

Answer 34

Foot and leg

Question 35

The lymphatics are known as _______

Answer 35

Lymph vessels

Question 36

What is the primary function of lymphs?

Answer 36

To carry waste and impurities away from the cells

Question 37

About how how much does a human heart weigh?

Answer 37

9 ounces

Question 38

The chambers of the heart include ______

Answer 38

The atria and the ventricles

Question 39

When oxygen rich blood enters the heart, it enters the _________

Answer 39

Left atrium

Question 40

When the blood leaves the heart to flow throughout the body, it exits from where?

Answer 40

The left ventricle

Question 41

Compared to arteries veins are located where?

Answer 41

Closer to the outer skin surface

Question 42

Blood comprise about how much of the body’s total weight?

Answer 42

1/20

Question 43

Blood is ______

Answer 43

Sticky

Question 44

Blood in the arteries is what color?

Answer 44

Bright red

Question 45

What are leukocytes?

Answer 45

White blood cells

Question 46

Platelets are __________

Answer 46

Smaller than red blood cells

Question 47

Blood helps to equalize the bodies temperature; seal leaks, found in injured blood vessels carries water, oxygen and food to all cells; carries carbon dioxide away from other ways products; and ___________

Answer 47

Works with the immune system to protect the body

Question 48

What is the most complex organ in the endocrine system?

Answer 48

Pituitary gland

Question 49

The organ that eliminates waste contains perspiration is the ______

Answer 49

Skin

Question 50

Is deprived of oxygen a person will die within ________

Answer 50

Minutes