Anatomy Chapter 1 Quiz – Flashcards
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Levels of structural organization
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Chemical level, Cellular level, Tissue level, Organ level, Organ system level, Organism level
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Which of the following is true regarding the anatomical position?
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Directional terminology refers to the body in this position.
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Which of the following statements are accurate concerning light microscopy?
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It uses acidic and basic dyes to stain structures.
It is limited because it cannot produce sharp images of structures within cells.
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Which of the following best represents an example at the organ level?
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Stomach
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All vertebrates have specific identifying characteristics during some point of development. A partial listing of these characteristics is __________.
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Pharyngeal pouches, dorsal hollow nerve cord, and segmentation
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Bones lie __________ to muscles.
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Deep
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What is the advantage of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) over positron emission tomography (PET)?
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fMRI pinpoints smaller brain areas, does not use radioactive tracers, and works faster.
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Sonography is effectively used for viewing all of the following EXCEPT __________.
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The brain and spinal cord
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The right nostril and right ear are __________.
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Ipsilateral
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The word __________ always refers to the part of the serosa that lines a body cavity.
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Serous Membrane
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The levels of structural organization in order of decreasing complexity are __________.
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Chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
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Cells, organelles, and tissues are usually measured in __________.
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Micrometers
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Which set of orientation and directional terms is NOT correctly matched with its opposite?
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Distal: superior
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The smallest living unit is
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A cell
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Which organ system includes the pancreas, thymus, testes, and pituitary gland?
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Endocrine
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Which organ system consists of vessels that do not carry blood, but pick up fluids (and some cells) that are leaked from the blood?
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Lymphatic
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Which organ system covers the external surface of the body, but not the internal surface of the mouth?
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Integumentary
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The height of an average person's trunk, from neck to perineum, is about
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1 meter
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Which organ system keeps blood constantly supplied with oxygen, removes carbon dioxide, and contains many air tubes?
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Respiratory
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Most adults are between 1.5 and 2 meters tall.
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True
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Which letter indicates the mental region?
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A
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Which letter indicates the femoral region?
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D
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Which letter indicates the scapular region?
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C
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The sternal region is ________ to the scapular region.
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Anterior
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The knee is ________ to the foot.
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Proximal
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The thumb is ________ to the index finger.
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Lateral
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The acromial region is ________ to the scapular region.
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Lateral
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The femoral region is ________ to the plantar region.
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Proximal
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The umbilical region is ________ to the lumbar region.
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Anterior
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The cervical region is the
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Neck
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What is the function of serous membranes?
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They reduce friction so that viscera move freely.
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Which statement concerning the anatomical position is FALSE?
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The person is lying down, as straight as possible.
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Which structure is not covered by visceral serosa?
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Ribs
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The femoral region is the
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Thigh
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The inguinal region lies
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Where the thigh joins the trunk.
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Which structure is not present in the mediastinum?
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Lung
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Another name for the midsagittal plane is
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Median
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The extremities are the same as
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The fingers and toes.
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A physician viewing an injury to the back would look at the patient's ________ side.
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Posterior
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The ________ cavity contains the heart and lungs.
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Thoracic
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Which statement about visceral serosa is false?
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It clings to the surface of organs.
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As an anatomical region, lumbar refers to
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The infero-medial aspect of the back.
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The popliteal region is
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The posterior surface of the knee.
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Serous cavities contain air.
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False
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The dorsal body cavity is subdivided into a cranial cavity and a vertebral cavity.
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True
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The mediastinum contains the trachea and lungs.
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False
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During the process of ________, noncellular artifacts can be introduced into histology samples.
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Staining
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Although transmission electron microscopy is usually used for high-magnification viewing, it is certainly possible to use it at low magnification as well. That is, one can produce similar micrographs of tissues taken by light microscopy and electron microscopy at the same magnification. Even at the same magnification, however, you can easily tell the two kinds of micrographs apart. How?
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Tissue viewed by electron microscopy is colored, whereas light micrographs are always black and white (and shades of gray).
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The "CT" in "CT scanning" stands for
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Computed tomography.
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A CT scan produces an image of a transverse section of the body.
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True
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Ultrasound techniques are used to image a fetus because they are less damaging than other techniques.
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True
