Study Guide -Med. Core

Question 1

How many bones are in the human body?

Answer 1

206 bones

Question 2

What is the largest bone in the human body?

Answer 2

femur

Question 3

What is Anatomy ?

Answer 3

The study of the structure of the human body.

Question 4

What is Pathology?

Answer 4

The study of Disease(s)

Question 5

What is the strongest tendon in the human body ?

Answer 5

Achilles Tendon

Question 6

What is the anatomic name of the heel bone?

Answer 6

Calcaneus

Question 7

Where are the carpal bones?

Question 8

What is a joint?

Answer 8

Where two bones meet

Question 9

What plane divides the body into superior and interior halves?

Answer 9

transverse/ horizontal

Question 10

What is the anatomic name of your shoulder blade?

Answer 10

Scapula

Question 11

Name the muscle attachment that is the least moveable?

Answer 11

organ

Question 12

What plane divides the body into right and left halves?

Answer 12

(Mid)- Sagittal

Question 13

What are the three bones of the sternum?

Answer 13

1. Manubrium; 2. Body of the sternum; 3. Xiphoid Process

Question 14

What is the strongest bone in the human body?

Answer 14

Femur

Question 15

What is the strongest lower leg bone?

Question 16

What attachments do muscles have?

Question 17

Define joint cavity?

Answer 17

Space between joints

Question 18

What is Physiology?

Answer 18

The study of the function of the human body

Question 19

How many carpal bones are in the human body?

Answer 19

16/8

Question 20

How many tarsal bones are in the human body?

Answer 20

7/14

Question 21

What are three types of muscles ?

Answer 21

1. Skeletal; 2. Cardiac; 3. Smooth

Question 22

What are the four types of tissue?

Answer 22

1. Nervous; 2. Connective; 3. Muscle; 4. Epithelial

Question 23

What is Cytology?

Answer 23

Study of cells

Question 24

What is Histology?

Answer 24

Study of tissues

Question 25

What is the anatomical name of the tail bone ?

Answer 25

Coccyx