Week 9 A&P

Question 1

The brain is located in the:

a) cranial cavity
b) vertebral cavity
c) abdominal cavity
d) pericardial cavity
e) pleural cavity

Answer 1

a) cranial cavity

Question 2

The lungs are located in the:

a) cranial cavity
b) vertebral cavity
c) abdominal cavity
d) pericardial cavity
e) pleural cavity

Answer 2

e) pleural cavity

Question 3

The stomach is located in the:

a) cranial cavity
b) vertebral cavity
c) abdominal cavity
d) pericardial cavity
e) pleural cavity

Answer 3

c) abdominal cavity

Question 4

This cavity is located inferior to the abdominal cavity:

a) vertebral canal
b) cranial cavity
c) abdominal cavity
d) pericardial cavity
e) pelvic cavity

Answer 4

e) pelvic cavity

Question 5

Which cavity contains the heart?

a) cranial cavity
b) vertebral cavity
c) abdominal cavity
d) pericardial cavity
e) pleural cavity

Answer 5

d) pericardial cavity

Question 6

The function of the secretions of a serous membrane, like the pleura, is to:

a) separate the thoracic and abdominal cavities
b) protect the central nervous system
c) prevent infection
d) reduce friction between neighbouring organs
e) carry nervous impulses

Answer 6

d) reduce friction between neighbouring organs

Question 7

Which of the following organs is not found in the abdominal cavity?

a) stomach
b) spleen
c) liver
d) gallbladder
e) diaphragm

Answer 7

e) diaphragm

Question 8

This serous membrane covers the viscera within the abdominal cavity, and lines the abdominal wall and the inferior surface of the diaphragm:

a) pericardium
b) pleura
c) mediastinum
d) dura mater
e) peritoneum

Answer 8

e) peritoneum

Question 9

What is the name of the serous membrane in closest proximity to the lungs?

a) parietal pleura
b) visceral pleura
c) parietal pericardium
d) visceral pericardium
e) mediastinum

Answer 9

b) visceral pleura

Question 10

What is the name of the outer layer of the serous membrane that surrounds the heart?

a) diaphragm
b) visceral pleura
c) parietal pericardium
d) visceral pericardium
e) mediastinum

Answer 10

c) parietal pericardium

Question 11

Flat sheets of pliable tissue that cover or line a part of the body are referred to as:

a) lymph
b) stroma
c) interstitium
d) membranes
e) serum

Answer 11

d) membranes

Question 12

In which of the following types of membranes would you expect to find goblet cells:

a) mucous membranes
b) serous membranes
c) cutaneous membranes
d) synovial membrane
e) plasma membrane

Answer 12

a) mucous membrane

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT part of the upper respiratory system?

a) nose
b) oral cavity
c) pharynx
d) trachea
e) nasal membranes

Answer 13

d) trachea

Question 14

The conducting zone does NOT act to:

a) clean air of debris
b) conduct air into the lungs
c) add water to air
d) warm air
e) does all of these choices

Answer 14

e) does all of these choices

Question 15

This is located anterior to the esophagus and carries air to the bronchi:

a) trachea
b) larynx
c) nasopharynx
d) pharynx
e) none of these choices

Answer 15

a) trachea

Question 16

This is the primary gas exchange site:

a) trachea
b) bronchiole
c) nasal sinuses
d) alveolus
e) bronchus

Answer 16

d) alveolus

Question 17

Which of the below tissues maintains open airways in the lower respiratory system?

a) stratified squamous epithelium with keratin
b) ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium with goblet cells
c) hyaline cartilage
d) mucus membrane
e) bone

Answer 17

c) hyaline cartilage

Question 18

The anatomical region found between the lungs that extends from the sternum to the vertebral column and from the first rib to the diaphragm:

a) epicardium
b) abdominal cavity
c) pericardium
d) mediastinum
e) thoracic cavity

Answer 18

d) mediastinum

Question 19

The membrane that surrounds and protects the heart is called the:

a) pericardium
b) pleura
c) myocardium
d) mediastinum
e) endocardium

Answer 19

a) pericardium

Question 20

The apex of the heart is normally pointed:

a) at the midline
b) to the left of the midline
c) to the right of the midline
d) is different for males and females
e) posteriorly

Answer 20

b) to the left of the midline

Question 21

The outermost layer of the pericardium, which consists of inelastic dense irregular connective tissue, is called the:

a) parietal layer of pericardium
b) serous pericardium
c) fibrous pericardium
d) epicardium
e) endocardium

Answer 21

c) fibrous pericardium

Question 22

This is used to reduce friction between the layers of membranes surrounding the heart:

a) synovial fluid
b) endocardium
c) pleural fluid
d) pericardial fluid
e) capillary endothelium

Answer 22

d) pericardial fluid

Question 23

This layer of the heart wall consists of mesothelium and connective tissue:

a) epicardium
b) myocardium
c) endocardium
d) fibrous pericardium
e) none of the answer selections are correct

Answer 23

a) epicardium

Question 24

Which layer of the heart wall consists of cardiac muscle tissue?

a) epicardium
b) pericardium
c) myocardium
d) endocardium
e) hypocardium

Answer 24

c) myocardium

Question 25

This layer of the GI tract is composed of areolar connective tissue containing blood and lymph vessels

a) mucosa
b) lamina propria
c) MALT
d) muscularis
e) epithelium

Answer 25

b) lamina propria

Question 26

This layer of the GI tract is composed of areolar connective tissue that binds the mucosa to the muscularis:

a) submucosa
b) lamina propria
c) epithelium
d) serosa
e) none of these choices

Answer 26

a) submucosa

Question 27

This layer functions by secreting a lubricating fluid:

a) serosa
b) submucosa
c) muscularis
d) mucosa
e) MALT

Answer 27

a) serosa

Question 28

These are composed of prominent lymphatic nodules that function in the immune response:

a) mucosa
b) lamina propria
c) MALT
d) submucosa
e) serosa

Answer 28

c) MALT

Question 29

This portion of the peritoneum drapes over the transverse colon and coils off the small intestine:

a) greater omentum
b) falciform ligament
c) lesser omentum
d) mesentery
e) mesocolon

Answer 29

a) greater omentum

Question 30

This portion of the peritoneum attaches the liver to the anterior abdominal wall and diaphragm:

a) greater omentum
b) falciform ligament
c) lesser omentum
d) mesentery
e) mesocolon

Answer 30

b) falciform ligament

Question 31

This portion of the peritoneum is largely responsible for carrying blood and lymph vessels to the intestines:

a) greater omentum
b) falciform ligament
c) lesser omentum
d) mesentery
e) mesocolon

Answer 31

e) mesolcolon