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Test Bank For Principles Of Anatomy And Physiology, 13th Edition

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    Package Title: Test bank Course Title: PAP1 4 Chapter Number: 01 Question type: Multiple Choice 1) Which term describes the study of the functions of body structures ? a) a natomy b) p hysiology c) e ndocrinology d) h istology e) i mmunology Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Study Objective 1: SO 1.1 Define anatomy and physiology, and name several branches of these sciences. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.1 Anatomy and Physiology Defined 2) Which term defin es a group of cells that work together to perform a particular function ? a) t issue b) o rgan c) m olecules d) c ompounds e) o rganism Answer: a Difficulty: Easy Study Objective 1: SO 1.2 Identify the organ systems and major organs of the human body and describe their locations and functions. Study Objective 2: SO 1.2.1 Describe the body’s six levels of structural organization. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.2 Levels of Structural Organization and B ody S ystems. 3 ) Which term refers to the sum of all chemical processes that occur in the body ? a) m etabolism b) a nabolism c) c atabolism

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    d) a uscultation e) p alpation Answer: a Difficulty: Easy Study Objective 1: SO 1.3.1 Define the important life processes of the human body. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.3 Characteristics of the Living Human Organism Question type: Essay 4 ) List the basic processes of life. Answer: Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.3.1 Define the important life processes of the human body. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.3 Characteristics of the Living Human Organism Solution: The basic processes of life include metabolism, responsiveness, movement, growth, differentiation and reproduction. Question type: Multiple Choice 5 ) The two organ system s that regulate and maintain homeostasis are the a) c ardiovascular and i ntegumentary system s. b) n ervous and e ndocrine systems. c) c ardi ovascular and r espiratory systems. d) r espiratory and m uscular systems. e) u rinary and integumentary systems. Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Study Objective 1: SO 1.4 Understand the importance of homeostatic feedback systems and how imbalances are related to disorders. Study Objective 2: SO 1.4.1 Define homeostasis. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.4 Homeostasis 6 ) Which body fluid fills the narrow spaces between cells and tissues and di rectly affects the proper functioning of cells ?

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    a) l ymph b) b lood plasma c) i nterstitial fluid d) i ntracellular fluid e) v itreous body Answer: c Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.3 Define the important processes of the human body. Study Objective 2: SO 1. 3.2 Define homeostasis and explain its relationship to interstitial fluid. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.3 Characteristics of the Living Human Organism Question type: Essay 7 ) Describe the differences between positive and negative feedback system s . Answer: Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.4 Understand the importance of homeostatic feedback systems and how imbalances are related to disorders. Study Objective 2: SO 1.4.3 Contrast the operation of negative and positive feedback systems. Section Refere nce 1: Sec 1.4 Homeostasis Solution: A positive feedback system will strengthen or reinforce a change in one of the body’s controlled conditions while a negative feedback system will reverse a change in a controlled condition. Question type: Multiple Choice 8 ) Which feedback system structure receives output from the control center ? a) r eceptor b) s timulus c) r esponse d) e ffector e) e fferent pathway Answer: d Difficulty: Medium

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    Study Objective 1: SO 1.4 Understand the importance of homeostatic feedback systems and how imbalances are related to disorders. Study Objective 2: SO 1.4.2 Describe the components of a feedback system. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.4 Homeostasis 9 ) Which feedback system structure provides input to the control center ? a) r eceptor b) m uscle c) r esponse d) e ffector e) e fferent pathway Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.4 Understand the importance of homeostatic feedback systems and how imbalances are related to disorders. Study Objective 2: SO 1.4.2 Describe the components of a feedback system. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.4 Homeostasis 10 ) A condition NOT regulated by a negative feedback loop would be: a) c hildbirth b) b ody temperature c) b lood pressure d) h eart rate e) b lood sugar Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.4 Understand the importance of homeostatic feedback systems and how imbalances are related to disorders. Study Objective 2: SO 1.4.3 Contrast the operation of negative and positive feedback systems. Section Refere nce 1: Sec 1.4 Homeostasis 1 1 ) Objective change s in a patient’s normal body function that can be directly observed or measured by a clinician are referred to as a) s ymptom s. b) d isorder s. c) d isturbance .

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    d) d isease s e) s ign s. Answer: e Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.4 Understand the importance of homeostatic feedback systems and how imbalances are related to disorders. Study Objective 2: SO 1.4.4 Explain how homeostatic imbalances are related to disorders Section Reference 1: Sec 1.4 Hom eostasis Question type: Essay 1 2 ) Describe the anatomical position. Answer: Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.1 Describe the anatomical position. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology Solution: In the anatomical position, the subject stands erect facing the observer with the head level and the eyes facing forward. The feet are flat on the floor and direct ed forward and the arms are at the sides with the palms turned forward. Question type: Multiple Choice 1 3 ) T he lungs are located in the a) c ranial cavity . b) v ertebral cavity . c) a bdominal cavity . d) p ericardial cavity . e) p leural cavity . Answer: e Difficulty: Easy Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology .

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    Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.4 Outline the major body cavities, the organs they contain, and their associated linings. Sec tion Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology 1 4 ) Which cavity is located inferior to the abdominal cavity ? a) v ertebral canal b) c ranial cavity c) a bdominal cavity d) p ericardial cavity e) p elvic cavity Answer: e Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.4 Outline the major body cavities, the organs they contain, and their associated linings. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology 1 5 ) Which cavity contains the heart? a) c ranial cavity b) v ertebral cavity c) a bdominal cavity d) p ericardial cavity e) p leural cavity Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.4 Outline the major body cavities, the organs they contain, and their associated linings. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology 1 6 ) The function of the secretions of a serous membrane , like the pleura, is to a) s eparate the thoracic and abdominal cavities . b) p rotect the central nervous system . c) p revent infection . d) r educe friction between neighboring organs .

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    e) c arry nervous impulses . Answer: d Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.4 Outline the major body cavities, the organs they contain, and their associated linings. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology 1 7 ) Which plane divides the body into equal right and left halves ? a) f rontal b) m ids agittal c) t ransverse d) o blique e) c oronal Answer: b Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.3 Define the anatomical planes, anatomical sections, and directional terms used to describe the human body. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology 1 8 ) Which plane divides the body into anterior and posterior portions ? a) f rontal b) s agittal c) t ransverse d) o blique e) m idsagittal Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.3 Define the anatomical planes, anatomical sections, and directional terms used to describe the human body. Section Reference 1: Sec 1. 5 Basic Anatomical Terminology

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    19 ) A transverse plane will cut a body or organ into a) a nterior and posterior portions. b) l eft and right portions. c) s uperior and inferior portions. d) portions separated a t an angle to its longitudinal axis. e) u nequal left and right portions. Answer: c Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.3 Define the anatomical planes, anatomical sections, and directional terms used to describe the human body. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology 2 0 ) Which directional term means farthe r from the midline ? a) m edial b) a nterior c) p roximal d) d eep e) l ateral Answer: e Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.3 Define the anatomical planes, anatomical sections, and directional terms used to describe the human body. Secti on Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology 2 1 ) Which directional term means farther from the attachment of a limb to the trunk or farther from the origination of a structure ? a) d eep b) c ontralateral c) l ateral d) c ephalic e) d istal

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    Answer: e Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.3 Define the anatomical planes, anatomical sections, and directional terms used to describe the human body. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology 2 2 ) Choose the directional term that would make the following sentence correct. The heart is _____ to the liver. a) i nferior b) a nterior c) c ontralateral d) s uperior e) s uperficial Answer: d Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.3 Define the anatomical planes, anatomical sections, and directional te rms used to describe the human body. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology 2 3 ) Choose the directional term that would make the following sentence correct . The sternum is ____ _ to the heart. a) p osterior b) a nterior c) i nferior d) s uperior e) l ateral Answer: b Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.3 Define the anatomical planes, anatomical sections, and directional terms used to describe the human body .

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    Section Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology 24 ) Which of the following organs is not found in the abdominal cavity? a) s tomach b) s pleen c) l iver d) g allbladder e) d iaphragm Answer: e Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.4 Outline the major body cavities, the organs they contain, and their associated linings. Sect ion Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology 2 5 ) Which serous membrane covers the viscera within the abdominal cavit y, and lines the abdom inal wall and the inferior surface of the diaphragm ? a) p ericardium b) p leura c) m ediastinum d) d ura mater e) p eritoneum Answer: e Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.4 Outline the major body cavities, the organs they contain, and their associated linings. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology

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    2 6 ) Where on the diagram is the femoral area? a) D b) E c) F d) J e) K Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.3 Define the anatomical planes, anatomical sections, and directional terms used to describe the human body. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology

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    2 7 ) W here on the diagram is the cervical area? a) C b) E c) J d) K e) B Answer: e Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.3 Define the anatomical planes, anatomical sections, and directional terms used to describe the human body. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology

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    28 ) The ribs are _____ to the sternum. a) l ateral b) m edial c) p roximal d) d istal e) s uperior Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.3 Define the anatomical planes, anatomical sections, and directional terms used to describe the human body. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology

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    29 ) The stomach is _ ____ to the urinary bladder . a) l ateral b) m edial c) d istal d) i nferior e) s uperior Answer: e Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.3 Define the anatomical planes, anatomical sections, and directional terms used to describe the human body. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology

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    3 0 ) Which plane is parasagittal? a) A b) B c) C d) D e) E Answer: b Difficulty: Medium Study Objective 1: SO 1.5 Describe the human body using the anatomical position and specific anatomical terminology . Study Objective 2: SO 1.5.3 Define the anatomical planes, anatomical sections, and directional terms used to describe the human body. Section Reference 1: Sec 1.5 Basic Anatomical Terminology

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