Homework Chapter 1

Question 1

As a surgeon you have sent tissue to the lab for evaluation of the presence of cancer. You would send it to a____________.

Answer 1

pathology lab

Question 2

Which system of the body forms blood cells?

Answer 2

Skeletal System(Note. Red Bone Marrow produces Red Blood Cells )

Question 3

The sternal region is __________ to the axillary region.

Answer 3

Medial

Question 4

The gallbladder and a portion of the transverse colon lie in the __________ quadrant.

Answer 4

right upper

Question 5

The middle finger is __________ to the index finger.

Answer 5

Medial

Question 6

The dorsal body cavity __________.

Answer 6

Encloses the Brain and Spinal Cord

Question 7

A “C-collar” is often placed around the neck of an accident victim by first responders to stabilize the neck until it can be evaluated in the emergency room. The “C” stands for__________.

Answer 7

Cervical

Question 8

Patients with appendicitis often complain of abdominal pain in the right lower abdominopelvic quadrant. The appendix itself is in the__________.

Answer 8

Right iliac region

Question 9

You are the emergency room physician evaluating a patient with possible pneumonia-an infection of the lungs. The imaging test which will of little value would be _____________.

Answer 9

a Sonography

Question 10

As a physician, you are evaluating a blood vessel abnormality in a 35-year-old male’s brain. The technique which would be least useful would be________.

Answer 10

a PET scan

Question 11

What is the advantage of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) over positron emission tomography (PET)?

Answer 11

fMRI pinpoints smaller brain areas, does not use radioactive tracers, and works faster.