Question 1

Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA)imaging is most useful in discovering obstructed blood supplies in organs and tissues.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The parietal pleura would represent a serous membrane ________.

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A)  lining the abdominal cavity
B)  covering the heart
C)  covering individual lungs
D)  lining the thoracic cavity

Question 3

Anatomical position is important because ________.

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A)  it allows a common point of reference for body position to help communicate anatomical relationships
B)  it provides the greatest circulation to the extremities
C)  it allows diagrams within textbooks to display a greater surface area of the body with one simple diagram
D)  it is the position most comfortable to hospital patients

Question 4

Prevention of water loss is a necessary function for life that would best fit in the category of ________.

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A)  metabolism
B)  responsiveness
C)  maintaining boundaries
D)  excretion

Question 5

The study of large body structures,visible to the naked eye,such as the heart is called ________ anatomy.

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A)  microscopic
B)  gross
C)  systemic
D)  developmental

Question 6

Histology would be best defined as a study of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  tissues
B)  the gross structures of the body
C)  cell chemistry
D)  cells

Question 7

It is wise to study anatomy alongside with physiology because ________.

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A)  it makes for more efficient use of students' and teachers' time
B)  physiology is only explainable in terms of the underlying anatomy
C)  anatomy and physiology are practically the same thing
D)  to understand anatomy requires complete understanding of physiology

Question 8

Responsiveness or irritability is the ability to sense changes in the environment and then respond to them.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Why must a normal body temperature be maintained in order for chemical reactions to be continued at life-sustaining rates?

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Question 10

The body cavities that protect the nervous system are located in the ________ cavity.

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A)  ventral
B)  cranial
C)  dorsal
D)  vertebral
E)  thoracic

Question 11

The dorsal body cavity is the site of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  liver
B)  brain
C)  intestines
D)  lungs

Question 12

The integumentary system helps to maintain a boundary between the internal and external environment.Give an example of something that is prevented entry to the body and an example of something prevented from escaping the body by the integumentary system.

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The integument prevents entry ...

Question 13

The right hypochondriac region contains the majority of the stomach.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which feedback mechanism causes the variable to deviate further and further from its original value or range?

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The answer of Which feedback mechanism causes the variable to...

Question 15

The term pollex refers to the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  fingers
B)  thumb
C)  great toe
D)  calf

Question 16

What is the action of all of the negative feedback mechanisms of the body?

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They prevent sudden ...

Question 17

What is the function of the serous membranes?

Accepted Answer

They act to reduce f...

Question 18

Lungs carry out an excretory function.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In which body cavities are the lungs located?

Accepted Answer

A)  pleural,dorsal,and abdominal
B)  pleural,ventral,and thoracic
C)  pericardial,ventral,and thoracic
D)  mediastinal,thoracic,and ventral

Question 20

One of the descriptions below is from the perspective of physiological study,the rest are from an anatomical perspective.Select the description below that comes from physiological perspective.

Accepted Answer

A)  The pancreas lies deep to the stomach within the abdominal cavity.
B)  The skull is formed by 22 facial and cranial bones.
C)  The contraction of smooth muscle in blood vessels (vasoconstriction) can reduce the flow of blood through the vessel.
D)  The chambers of the heart and blood vessels leading to and from the heart are separated by valves composed of fibrous connective tissue.

Exam 1: The Human Body: An Orientation

The right hypochondriac region contains the majority of the stomach.

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Histology would be best defined as a study of ________.

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Anatomical position is important because ________.

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Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA)imaging is most useful in discovering obstructed blood supplies in organs and tissues.

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The dorsal body cavity is the site of which of the following?

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Why must a normal body temperature be maintained in order for chemical reactions to be continued at life-sustaining rates?

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The parietal pleura would represent a serous membrane ________.

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The study of large body structures,visible to the naked eye,such as the heart is called ________ anatomy.

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The integumentary system helps to maintain a boundary between the internal and external environment.Give an example of something that is prevented entry to the body and an example of something prevented from escaping the body by the integumentary system.

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Prevention of water loss is a necessary function for life that would best fit in the category of ________.

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What is the function of the serous membranes?

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The term pollex refers to the ________.

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Responsiveness or irritability is the ability to sense changes in the environment and then respond to them.

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Lungs carry out an excretory function.

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It is wise to study anatomy alongside with physiology because ________.

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What is the action of all of the negative feedback mechanisms of the body?

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One of the descriptions below is from the perspective of physiological study,the rest are from an anatomical perspective.Select the description below that comes from physiological perspective.

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In which body cavities are the lungs located?

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The body cavities that protect the nervous system are located in the ________ cavity.

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Which feedback mechanism causes the variable to deviate further and further from its original value or range?

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