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RAGER'S TEXTBOOK OF RADIOGRAPHIC
POSITIONING AND RELATED ANATOMY
10TH EDITION LAMPIGNANO TEST BANK
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
1. What type of tissue binds together and supports the
various structures of the body?
a. Epithelial
b. Connective
c. Muscular
d. Nervous
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Answer: B. Connective
Rationale: Connective tissue supports and binds other tissues.
Examples include bone, cartilage, and tendons (Bontrager, p. 3).
2. The lowest level of structural organization in the human
body is the _____ level.
a. Cellular
b. Chemical
c. Tissue
d. Atomic
Answer: B. Chemical
Rationale: The chemical level (atoms and molecules) is the most
basic, followed by cellular, tissue, organ, and system levels
(Bontrager, p. 3).
3. How many individual body systems comprise the human
body?
a. 8
b. 10
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c. 12
d. 15
Answer: B. 10
Rationale: The ten systems include skeletal, muscular, nervous,
circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary, endocrine,
reproductive, and integumentary (Bontrager, p. 3).
4. Which of the following bones is classified as a long
bone?
a. Carpal bone
b. Scapula
c. Cranium
d. Humerus
Answer: D. Humerus
Rationale: Long bones have a shaft (diaphysis) and two ends
(epiphyses). The humerus, femur, and tibia are classic examples
(Bontrager, p. 8).
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5. A vertical plane that divides the body into equal right
and left halves is the _____ plane.
a. Coronal
b. Horizontal
c. Midsagittal
d. Oblique
Answer: C. Midsagittal
Rationale: The midsagittal (median) plane runs vertically through
the body's midline, creating equal left and right halves
(Bontrager, p. 17).
6. What is the name of the dense fibrous membrane that
covers bone?
a. Cancellous portion
b. Periosteum
c. Diploë
d. Medullary portion
RAGER'S TEXTBOOK OF RADIOGRAPHIC
POSITIONING AND RELATED ANATOMY
10TH EDITION LAMPIGNANO TEST BANK
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
1. What type of tissue binds together and supports the
various structures of the body?
a. Epithelial
b. Connective
c. Muscular
d. Nervous
,Page 2 of 176
Answer: B. Connective
Rationale: Connective tissue supports and binds other tissues.
Examples include bone, cartilage, and tendons (Bontrager, p. 3).
2. The lowest level of structural organization in the human
body is the _____ level.
a. Cellular
b. Chemical
c. Tissue
d. Atomic
Answer: B. Chemical
Rationale: The chemical level (atoms and molecules) is the most
basic, followed by cellular, tissue, organ, and system levels
(Bontrager, p. 3).
3. How many individual body systems comprise the human
body?
a. 8
b. 10
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c. 12
d. 15
Answer: B. 10
Rationale: The ten systems include skeletal, muscular, nervous,
circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary, endocrine,
reproductive, and integumentary (Bontrager, p. 3).
4. Which of the following bones is classified as a long
bone?
a. Carpal bone
b. Scapula
c. Cranium
d. Humerus
Answer: D. Humerus
Rationale: Long bones have a shaft (diaphysis) and two ends
(epiphyses). The humerus, femur, and tibia are classic examples
(Bontrager, p. 8).
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5. A vertical plane that divides the body into equal right
and left halves is the _____ plane.
a. Coronal
b. Horizontal
c. Midsagittal
d. Oblique
Answer: C. Midsagittal
Rationale: The midsagittal (median) plane runs vertically through
the body's midline, creating equal left and right halves
(Bontrager, p. 17).
6. What is the name of the dense fibrous membrane that
covers bone?
a. Cancellous portion
b. Periosteum
c. Diploë
d. Medullary portion
