HUMAN BODY IN HEALTH 2026 CORE EXAM TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔female reproductive - ✔✔produces female gametes for fertilization and support for
prenatal development
✔✔male reproductive - ✔✔produces male gametes for fertilization and a means to
inseminate a female
✔✔endocrine system - ✔✔controls homeostasis by releasing hormones into the
bloodstream, altering body functions
✔✔nervous system - ✔✔controls homeostasis by sensing changes in the environment
and initiating body responses
✔✔Musculoskeletal system - ✔✔muscles produce movement of body parts, bones,
joints support
✔✔Integumentary system - ✔✔protects the body from fluid loss, injury and infection
✔✔What is the anatomical position? - ✔✔Erect posture with the face forward.
✔✔In the anatomical position, where are the arms positioned? - ✔✔At the side.
✔✔In the anatomical position, how are the palms oriented? - ✔✔Facing down.
✔✔In the anatomical position, how are the legs positioned? - ✔✔Apart with the feet
pointing forward.
✔✔supine - ✔✔patient is lying on the back with the face upwards
✔✔prone - ✔✔patient is lying on the belly side
✔✔super - ✔✔above
✔✔infer - ✔✔below
✔✔anter - ✔✔front
✔✔poster - ✔✔back
✔✔medi - ✔✔middle
✔✔later - ✔✔side
, ✔✔proxim - ✔✔near
✔✔dist - ✔✔distant
✔✔ventr - ✔✔belly
✔✔dors - ✔✔back
✔✔cuad - ✔✔tail
✔✔superior - ✔✔toward the head or upper part of the body
Ex: the head is superior to the neck
✔✔Inferior - ✔✔away from the head end or toward the lwer part of the body
Ex: the neck is inferior to the head
✔✔Anterior - ✔✔toward the front of belly side
Ex: the eyes are on the anterior side of the head
✔✔posterior - ✔✔toward the back
Ex: the vertebral column(backbone) extends dwn the posterior side
✔✔medial - ✔✔toward the midline, vertical line down the middle of the body
Ex: the nose is medial to the ears
✔✔Lateral - ✔✔toward the side
Ex: the ears are lateral to the nose
✔✔superficial - ✔✔external, toward the body surface
Ex: the skin is superfiial to the muscles
✔✔Deep - ✔✔internal, inward from the surface of the body
Ex: the heart lies deep to the ribcage
✔✔Proximal - ✔✔toward the origin of attachment to the trunk
ex: the elbow is proximal to the wrist
✔✔Distal - ✔✔away from the origin of attachment to the trunk
Ex: the knee is distal to the hip and thigh
✔✔Frontal Plane - ✔✔vertical plane passing through the body from side to side,
anterior and posterior
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔female reproductive - ✔✔produces female gametes for fertilization and support for
prenatal development
✔✔male reproductive - ✔✔produces male gametes for fertilization and a means to
inseminate a female
✔✔endocrine system - ✔✔controls homeostasis by releasing hormones into the
bloodstream, altering body functions
✔✔nervous system - ✔✔controls homeostasis by sensing changes in the environment
and initiating body responses
✔✔Musculoskeletal system - ✔✔muscles produce movement of body parts, bones,
joints support
✔✔Integumentary system - ✔✔protects the body from fluid loss, injury and infection
✔✔What is the anatomical position? - ✔✔Erect posture with the face forward.
✔✔In the anatomical position, where are the arms positioned? - ✔✔At the side.
✔✔In the anatomical position, how are the palms oriented? - ✔✔Facing down.
✔✔In the anatomical position, how are the legs positioned? - ✔✔Apart with the feet
pointing forward.
✔✔supine - ✔✔patient is lying on the back with the face upwards
✔✔prone - ✔✔patient is lying on the belly side
✔✔super - ✔✔above
✔✔infer - ✔✔below
✔✔anter - ✔✔front
✔✔poster - ✔✔back
✔✔medi - ✔✔middle
✔✔later - ✔✔side
, ✔✔proxim - ✔✔near
✔✔dist - ✔✔distant
✔✔ventr - ✔✔belly
✔✔dors - ✔✔back
✔✔cuad - ✔✔tail
✔✔superior - ✔✔toward the head or upper part of the body
Ex: the head is superior to the neck
✔✔Inferior - ✔✔away from the head end or toward the lwer part of the body
Ex: the neck is inferior to the head
✔✔Anterior - ✔✔toward the front of belly side
Ex: the eyes are on the anterior side of the head
✔✔posterior - ✔✔toward the back
Ex: the vertebral column(backbone) extends dwn the posterior side
✔✔medial - ✔✔toward the midline, vertical line down the middle of the body
Ex: the nose is medial to the ears
✔✔Lateral - ✔✔toward the side
Ex: the ears are lateral to the nose
✔✔superficial - ✔✔external, toward the body surface
Ex: the skin is superfiial to the muscles
✔✔Deep - ✔✔internal, inward from the surface of the body
Ex: the heart lies deep to the ribcage
✔✔Proximal - ✔✔toward the origin of attachment to the trunk
ex: the elbow is proximal to the wrist
✔✔Distal - ✔✔away from the origin of attachment to the trunk
Ex: the knee is distal to the hip and thigh
✔✔Frontal Plane - ✔✔vertical plane passing through the body from side to side,
anterior and posterior
