MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The anatomic term ____ means toward the midline.
a. anterior
b. posterior
c. medial
d. cranial
2. What are the smallest living components in our body?
a. Cells
b. Organs
c. Electrons
d. Osmosis
3. What is the largest organelle, responsible for cell reproduction and control of other
organelles?
a. Nucleus
b. Ribosome
c. Mitochondrion
d. Golgi apparatus
4. When the patient complains of pain in the bladder, the patient will indicate discomfort in
which body cavity?
a. Pelvic
b. Mediastinum
c. Dorsal
d. Abdominal
5. The four phases of cell division all occur in:
a. diffusion.
b. mitosis.
c. osmosis.
d. filtration.
6. Telophase is which phase of cell reproduction during mitosis?
a. First phase
b. Latent phase
c. Final phase
d. Spindle phase
7. The nurse is aware that which muscle group is both striated and involuntary?
a. Skeletal
b. Glial
, c. Cardiac
d. Visceral
8. What is a group of several different kinds of tissues arranged so that together they can
perform a more complex function than any tissue alone?
a. Organ
b. System
c. Cell
d. Endoplasmic reticulum
9. What traits describe visceral muscles?
a. Smooth and voluntary
b. Smooth and involuntary
c. Striated and voluntary
d. Striated and involuntary
10. How are the thoracic and abdominal cavities separated?
a. By the pleura
b. By the diaphragm
c. By the sagittal plane
d. By the peritoneum
11. What is the broad section of biology dealing with the description of human structure?
a. Hematology
b. Anatomy
c. Kinesiology
d. Physiology
12. ____ explains the processes and functions of many structures of the body and how they
interact with one another.
a. Anatomy
b. Mitosis
c. Filtration
d. Physiology
13. The anatomic structure that is not in the thoracic cavity is/are the _____.
a. Heart
b. Lungs
c. Blood vessels
d. Transverse colon
14. When several organs and parts are grouped together for certain functions, they form:
a. tissues.
b. systems.
c. cells.
d. membranes.
, 15. What are the distinct surface proteins of the plasma membrane essential in determining?
a. Tissue typing
b. Blood count
c. Effectiveness of a drug
d. Sexual maturity
16. In anatomic terminology, posterior means toward the:
a. tail.
b. head.
c. back.
d. trunk.
17. What does the transverse body plane divide?
a. The front and back (coronal) of the body
b. The body lengthwise (two equal halves)
c. The superior and inferior portions of the body
d. The body into axial and appendicular
18. Caudal is defined as toward the ____.
a. head
b. feet
c. tail
d. chest
19. What is the term for movement of water from an area of lower solute concentration to an area
of higher solute concentration?
a. Absorption
b. Filtration
c. Diffusion
d. Osmosis
20. What is the type of tissue composed of cells that contract in response to a message from the
brain or spinal cord?
a. Epithelial
b. Connective
c. Membrane
d. Muscle
21. What is the type of tissue associated with the storage of fat?
a. Areolar tissue
b. Adipose tissue
c. Osseous tissue
d. Muscle tissue
22. What are the thin sheets of tissue that lubricate and line the body surfaces that open to the
outside environment?