Complete Test Bank The Human Body in Health and Illness 7th Edition
Herlihy Questions & Answerwers with rationales (Chapter 1-27)
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What is the branch of science that studies how the body functions?
a. Anatomy
b. Histology
c. Pathology
d. Physiology
Answer: D
2. Which word comes from the Greek word meaning “to dissect”?
a. Anatomy
b. Histology
c. Pathology
d. Physiology
Answer: A
3. Which of the following is a higher order of organization?
a. Molecule
b. Cell
c. Organ
d. Tissue
Answer: C
4. The head is located to the chest.
a. anterior
b. inferior
c. deep
d. superior
Answer: D
5. The foot is located to the leg.
a. proximal
b. superior
c. superficial
d. distal
Answer: D
6. The leg is to the thigh.
a. distal
b. proximal
c. superior
d. deep
Answer: A
, 7. The thigh is to the foot.
a. distal
b. proximal
c. inferior
d. deep
Answer: B
8. The thoracic cavity is to the abdominopelvic cavity.
a. deep
b. distal
c. anterior
d. superior
Answer: D
9. The kneecap is located distal to the
a. leg.
b. thigh.
c. foot.
d. toes.
Answer: B
10. Which organ is located in both the ventral and thoracic cavities?
a. Stomach
b. Liver
c. Lung
d. Spinal cord
Answer: C
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
12. Which organ is located in the dorsal cavity?
a. Liver
b. Brain
c. Heart
d. Urinary bladder
Answer: B
13. Which of the following is descriptive of the location of the reproductive orgAnswer?
a. Dorsal cavity and vertebral cavity
b. Mediastinum and the thoracic cavity
c. Ventral cavity and pelvic cavity
, d. Pleural cavity and mediastinum
Answer: C
14. Which cavity is divided into quadrants?
a. Thoracic
b. Abdominopelvic
c. Dorsal
d. Cranial
Answer: B
15. Which region is included within the right upper quadrant (RUQ)?
a. Umbilical
b. Hypogastric
c. Right iliac
d. Right hypochondriac
Answer: D
16. Which region is included within the left lower quadrant (LLQ)?
a. Umbilical
b. Left hypochondriac
c. Epigastric
d. Left iliac
Answer: D
17. Which of the following refers to the umbilicus?
a. Groin
b. Armpit
c. Navel
d. Patellar
Answer: C
18. Which of the following refers to the lower back region?
a. Groin
b. Axillary
c. Umbilical
d. Lumbar
Answer: D
19. Which of the following refers to the groin region?
a. Axillary
b. Lumbar
c. Cranial
d. Inguinal
Answer: D
20. Which of the following refers to the area in front of the elbow?
, a. Axillary
b. Brachial
c. Antecubital
d. Popliteal
Answer: C
21. Which area appears only on the anterior part of the body?
a. Popliteal
b. Umbilical
c. Lumbar
d. Occipital
Answer: B
22. Which area appears only on the posterior part of the body?
a. Gluteal
b. Patellar
c. Umbilical
d. Sternal
Answer: A
23. Which area is inferior to the diaphragm?
a. Axillary
b. Inguinal
c. Occipital
d. Cervical
Answer: B
24. What is another name for the frontal plane?
a. Sagittal plane
b. Cross section
c. TrAnswerverse plane
d. Coronal plane
Answer: D
25. Which plane divides the body into right and left halves?
a. Sagittal
b. Coronal
c. TrAnswerverse
d. Frontal
Answer: A
26. In which cavity is the mediastinum located?
a. Pelvic
b. Dorsal
c. Thoracic
d. Abdominal
Herlihy Questions & Answerwers with rationales (Chapter 1-27)
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What is the branch of science that studies how the body functions?
a. Anatomy
b. Histology
c. Pathology
d. Physiology
Answer: D
2. Which word comes from the Greek word meaning “to dissect”?
a. Anatomy
b. Histology
c. Pathology
d. Physiology
Answer: A
3. Which of the following is a higher order of organization?
a. Molecule
b. Cell
c. Organ
d. Tissue
Answer: C
4. The head is located to the chest.
a. anterior
b. inferior
c. deep
d. superior
Answer: D
5. The foot is located to the leg.
a. proximal
b. superior
c. superficial
d. distal
Answer: D
6. The leg is to the thigh.
a. distal
b. proximal
c. superior
d. deep
Answer: A
, 7. The thigh is to the foot.
a. distal
b. proximal
c. inferior
d. deep
Answer: B
8. The thoracic cavity is to the abdominopelvic cavity.
a. deep
b. distal
c. anterior
d. superior
Answer: D
9. The kneecap is located distal to the
a. leg.
b. thigh.
c. foot.
d. toes.
Answer: B
10. Which organ is located in both the ventral and thoracic cavities?
a. Stomach
b. Liver
c. Lung
d. Spinal cord
Answer: C
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
12. Which organ is located in the dorsal cavity?
a. Liver
b. Brain
c. Heart
d. Urinary bladder
Answer: B
13. Which of the following is descriptive of the location of the reproductive orgAnswer?
a. Dorsal cavity and vertebral cavity
b. Mediastinum and the thoracic cavity
c. Ventral cavity and pelvic cavity
, d. Pleural cavity and mediastinum
Answer: C
14. Which cavity is divided into quadrants?
a. Thoracic
b. Abdominopelvic
c. Dorsal
d. Cranial
Answer: B
15. Which region is included within the right upper quadrant (RUQ)?
a. Umbilical
b. Hypogastric
c. Right iliac
d. Right hypochondriac
Answer: D
16. Which region is included within the left lower quadrant (LLQ)?
a. Umbilical
b. Left hypochondriac
c. Epigastric
d. Left iliac
Answer: D
17. Which of the following refers to the umbilicus?
a. Groin
b. Armpit
c. Navel
d. Patellar
Answer: C
18. Which of the following refers to the lower back region?
a. Groin
b. Axillary
c. Umbilical
d. Lumbar
Answer: D
19. Which of the following refers to the groin region?
a. Axillary
b. Lumbar
c. Cranial
d. Inguinal
Answer: D
20. Which of the following refers to the area in front of the elbow?
, a. Axillary
b. Brachial
c. Antecubital
d. Popliteal
Answer: C
21. Which area appears only on the anterior part of the body?
a. Popliteal
b. Umbilical
c. Lumbar
d. Occipital
Answer: B
22. Which area appears only on the posterior part of the body?
a. Gluteal
b. Patellar
c. Umbilical
d. Sternal
Answer: A
23. Which area is inferior to the diaphragm?
a. Axillary
b. Inguinal
c. Occipital
d. Cervical
Answer: B
24. What is another name for the frontal plane?
a. Sagittal plane
b. Cross section
c. TrAnswerverse plane
d. Coronal plane
Answer: D
25. Which plane divides the body into right and left halves?
a. Sagittal
b. Coronal
c. TrAnswerverse
d. Frontal
Answer: A
26. In which cavity is the mediastinum located?
a. Pelvic
b. Dorsal
c. Thoracic
d. Abdominal
