The Human Body in Health and
Illness – 8th Edition (Barbara Herlihy)
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EXAM
Chapter 01: Introduction to the Human Body
1. What is the branch of science that studies how the body functions?
a. Anatomy
b. Histology
c. Pathology
d. Physiology
Answer: d. Physiology
Rationale: Physiology is the study of the function of the body parts. Anatomy studies
the structure, histology studies tissues, and pathology studies disease .
2. Which word comes from the Greek word meaning "to dissect"?
a. Anatomy
,b. Histology
c. Pathology
d. Physiology
Answer: a. Anatomy
Rationale: The word "anatomy" comes from the Greek words "ana" (up) and "tome" (a
cutting) .
3. Which of the following is a higher order of organization?
a. Molecule
b. Cell
c. Organ
d. Tissue
Answer: c. Organ
Rationale: The levels of organization from simplest to most complex are: chemical
(molecule), cellular (cell), tissue, organ, organ system, and organism .
4. The head is located ______ to the chest.
a. anterior
b. inferior
c. deep
d. superior
Answer: d. superior
Rationale: Superior means toward the head or upper part of a structure. The chest is
inferior to the head .
5. The foot is located ______ to the leg.
a. proximal
b. superior
c. superficial
d. distal
Answer: d. distal
,Rationale: Distal means farther from the point of attachment to the trunk. The foot is
farther from the attachment point of the leg than the knee is .
6. The leg is ______ to the thigh.
a. distal
b. proximal
c. superior
d. deep
Answer: a. distal
Rationale: The leg (from knee to ankle) is farther from the trunk than the thigh (hip to
knee) .
7. The thigh is ______ to the foot.
a. distal
b. proximal
c. inferior
d. deep
Answer: b. proximal
Rationale: Proximal means closer to the point of attachment to the trunk. The thigh is
closer to the trunk than the foot is .
8. The thoracic cavity is ______ to the abdominopelvic cavity.
a. deep
b. distal
c. anterior
d. superior
Answer: d. superior
Rationale: The thoracic (chest) cavity is above the abdominopelvic cavity .
9. The kneecap is located distal to the ______.
a. leg
b. thigh
, c. foot
d. toes
Answer: b. thigh
Rationale: The kneecap (patella) is farther from the hip (on the thigh) than it is from the
foot or toes, but the question asks what it is distal to. It is distal to the thigh .
10. Which organ is located in both the ventral and thoracic cavities?
a. Stomach
b. Liver
c. Lung
d. Spinal cord
Answer: c. Lung
Rationale: The ventral cavity is divided into the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities.
The lungs are in the thoracic cavity .
11. Which organ is located in the ventral cavity but not in the thoracic cavity?
a. Lung
b. Heart
c. Liver
d. Brain
Answer: c. Liver
Rationale: The liver is in the ventral cavity but in the abdominopelvic portion, not the
thoracic portion .
12. Which organ is located in the dorsal cavity?
a. Liver
b. Brain
c. Heart
d. Urinary bladder
Answer: b. Brain
Rationale: The dorsal cavity contains the cranial cavity (brain) and the spinal cavity
(spinal cord) .
Illness – 8th Edition (Barbara Herlihy)
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EXAM
Chapter 01: Introduction to the Human Body
1. What is the branch of science that studies how the body functions?
a. Anatomy
b. Histology
c. Pathology
d. Physiology
Answer: d. Physiology
Rationale: Physiology is the study of the function of the body parts. Anatomy studies
the structure, histology studies tissues, and pathology studies disease .
2. Which word comes from the Greek word meaning "to dissect"?
a. Anatomy
,b. Histology
c. Pathology
d. Physiology
Answer: a. Anatomy
Rationale: The word "anatomy" comes from the Greek words "ana" (up) and "tome" (a
cutting) .
3. Which of the following is a higher order of organization?
a. Molecule
b. Cell
c. Organ
d. Tissue
Answer: c. Organ
Rationale: The levels of organization from simplest to most complex are: chemical
(molecule), cellular (cell), tissue, organ, organ system, and organism .
4. The head is located ______ to the chest.
a. anterior
b. inferior
c. deep
d. superior
Answer: d. superior
Rationale: Superior means toward the head or upper part of a structure. The chest is
inferior to the head .
5. The foot is located ______ to the leg.
a. proximal
b. superior
c. superficial
d. distal
Answer: d. distal
,Rationale: Distal means farther from the point of attachment to the trunk. The foot is
farther from the attachment point of the leg than the knee is .
6. The leg is ______ to the thigh.
a. distal
b. proximal
c. superior
d. deep
Answer: a. distal
Rationale: The leg (from knee to ankle) is farther from the trunk than the thigh (hip to
knee) .
7. The thigh is ______ to the foot.
a. distal
b. proximal
c. inferior
d. deep
Answer: b. proximal
Rationale: Proximal means closer to the point of attachment to the trunk. The thigh is
closer to the trunk than the foot is .
8. The thoracic cavity is ______ to the abdominopelvic cavity.
a. deep
b. distal
c. anterior
d. superior
Answer: d. superior
Rationale: The thoracic (chest) cavity is above the abdominopelvic cavity .
9. The kneecap is located distal to the ______.
a. leg
b. thigh
, c. foot
d. toes
Answer: b. thigh
Rationale: The kneecap (patella) is farther from the hip (on the thigh) than it is from the
foot or toes, but the question asks what it is distal to. It is distal to the thigh .
10. Which organ is located in both the ventral and thoracic cavities?
a. Stomach
b. Liver
c. Lung
d. Spinal cord
Answer: c. Lung
Rationale: The ventral cavity is divided into the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities.
The lungs are in the thoracic cavity .
11. Which organ is located in the ventral cavity but not in the thoracic cavity?
a. Lung
b. Heart
c. Liver
d. Brain
Answer: c. Liver
Rationale: The liver is in the ventral cavity but in the abdominopelvic portion, not the
thoracic portion .
12. Which organ is located in the dorsal cavity?
a. Liver
b. Brain
c. Heart
d. Urinary bladder
Answer: b. Brain
Rationale: The dorsal cavity contains the cranial cavity (brain) and the spinal cavity
(spinal cord) .
