Test Bank for Memmler's The Human Body in Health and Disease, Enhanced Edition 14th Edition by Barbara Janson Cohen & Kerry L. Hull | 2025/2026 Updated Study Guide

Test bank For Memmler's The
Human Body in Health and Disease,
Enhanced Edition 14th Edition
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,Chapter 1: Organization of the Human Body Test Bank

MULTIPLE CHOICE


1. Which word is derived from the Greek word meaning “cutting up”?
A. dissection C. pathology
B. physiology D. anatomy

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Memorization
REF: MCS: 3 TOP: Introduction

2. Which word is defined as the study of the function of living organisms
and their parts?
A. dissection C. pathology
B. physiology D. anatomy

ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Memorization
REF: MCS: 6 TOP: Introduction

3. Which word is defined as the scientific study of disease?
A. dissection C. pathology
B. physiology D. anatomy

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Memorization
REF: MCS: 6 TOP: Introduction

4. Cells
A. are more complex than tissues
B. are the first level of organization in the
body
C. are the smallest living units of structure
and function in the body
D. both B and C

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Application REF: MCS: 8
TOP: Structural levels of organization

5. A group of cells that act together to perform a function is called a(n)
A. molecule C. tissue
B. organ D. organism

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Memorization
REF: MCS: 8 TOP: Structural levels of organization

6. The heart is an example of a(n)
A. organ C. organism
B. tissue D. system

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Application REF: MCS: 8
TOP: Structural levels of organization

7. The levels of organization from most simple to most complex are

, A. cell chemical organ tissue
system
B. tissue cell chemical organ
system
C. chemical tissue cell organ
system
D. chemical cell tissue organ
system

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Memorization
REF: MCS: 7 TOP: Structural levels of organization

8. When using directional terms to describe the body, it is assumed that
the body is in what position?
A. supine C. lateral
B. anatomical D. prone

ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Memorization
REF: MCS: 9 TOP: Anatomical position

9. The supine position
A. describes the body lying face up
B. is also called anatomical position
C. describes the body lying face down
D. both A and B

ANS: A REF: MCS: 9



10. The prone position
A. describes the body lying face up
B. is also called the anatomical position
C. describes the body lying face down
D. both B and C

ANS: C REF: MCS: 9 PT

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11. Because humans walk upright, the term dorsal can be used in place of the
term
A. inferior C. anterior
B. posterior D. distal
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF:
Memorization REF: MCS: 9 TOP: Anatomical
direction

, 12. The opposite term for posterior in humans is
A. superior C. ventral
B. anterior D. both B and C

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Application REF: MCS: 9
TOP: Anatomical direction

13. The opposite term for superficial is
A. deep C. posterior
B. inferior D. medial

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Memorization
REF: MCS: 10 TOP: Anatomical direction

14. The body section that divides the right ear from the left ear is a
section.
A. frontal C. coronal
B. sagittal D. transverse
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Application REF: MCS: 10
TOP: Planes or body sections

15. The body section that divides the nose from the back of the head is a
section.
A. frontal C. midsagittal
B. sagittal D. transverse

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Application REF: MCS: 10
TOP: Planes or body sections

16. A section that divides the body into mirror images is a section.
A. frontal C. midsagittal
B. coronal D. transverse

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Application REF: MCS: 10
TOP: Planes or body sections

17. The two major body cavities are called
A. thoracic and C. dorsal and ventral
abdominal
B. thoracic and pelvic D. mediastinum and
pleural

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Memorization
REF: MCS: 10 TOP: Body cavities

18. The liver can be found in the