Test Bank for Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related Anatomy 11th Edition by John Lampignano – Complete All Chapters (2026/2027)

Test Bank – Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related Anatomy
(11th Edition, John Lampignano) – Complete All Chapters 2026/2027

1. What Type of Tissue Binds together and supports the various structures of the body?
a. Epithelial
b. Connective
c. Muscular
d. Nervous
ANS: B REF: 3
2. The lowest level of structural organization in the human body is the level.

a. molecular
b. cellular
c. chemical
d. atomic
ANS: C REF: 3

3. What type of tissue covers internal and external surfaces of the body?
a. Muscular
b. Connective
c. Nervous
d. Epithelial
ANS: D REF: 3

4. How many individual body systems comprise the human body?
a. 22
b. 13
c. 10
d. 8
ANS: C REF: 3

5. How many separate bones are found in the adult human body?
a. 181
b. 215
c. 206
d. 236
ANS: C REF: 4

6. Which system of the human body is responsible for the elimination of solid waste?
a. Circulatory
b. Respiratory
c. Urinary
d. Digestive

, ANS: D REF: 4

7. Which of the following systems of the human body includes all ductless glands of the b
ody?
a. Endocrine
b. Integumentary
c. Muscular
d. Glandular
ANS: A REF: 6

8. Which of the following body systems helps to regulate body temperature?
a. Circulatory
b. Urinary
c. Endocrine
d. Nervous
ANS: A REF: 7

9. Which of the following bones is part of the axial skeleton?
a. Radius
b. Hip bone
c. Clavicle
d. Sternum

ANS: D REF: 7

10. How many bones are there in the adult axial skeleton?
a. 206
b. 80
c. 54
d. 126
ANS: B
REF:
7

,11. What is the name of the small oval-shaped bone found in tendons?
a. Wormian
b. Tendinous
c. Irregular
d. Sesamoid
ANS: D REF: 8

12. Which of the following bones is classified as a long bone?
a. Carpal bone
b. Scapula
c. Cranium
d. Humerus
ANS: D REF: 8

13. What is the name of the dense fibrous membrane that covers bone?
a. Cancellous portion
b. Periosteum
c. Diploë
d. Medullary portion
ANS: B REF: 9

14. Which of the following bones is classified as a short bone?
a. Vertebrae
b. Phalanges (toes)
c. Scapulae
d. Carpal (wrist bones)
ANS: D REF: 9

15. Which of the following is a secondary growth center for endochondral ossification?
a. Diaphysis
b. Epiphyses
c. Metaphysis
d. Articular cartilage
ANS: B REF: 10

16. Which aspect of the long bones is responsible for the production of red blood cells?
a. Compact bone
b. Periosteum
c. Medullary cavity
d. Spongy or cancellous bone
ANS: D REF: 10
17. Examples of “flat” bones are the:
a. calvaria, ribs, scapulae, and sternum.
b. ribs, sternum, patella, and ilia of pelvis.
c. sternum, scapulae, ilia of pelvis, and base of cranium.
d. sternum and ilia of pelvis only.

ANS: A REF: 9

, 18. What is the primary center for bone growth termed?
a. Epiphyses
b. Diaphysis
c. Metaphysis
d. Epiphyseal plate
ANS: B REF: 10

19. Which of the following is NOT a functional classification of joints?
a. Synarthrosis
b. Amphiarthrosis
c. Cartilaginous
d. Diarthrosis
ANS: C REF: 11


20. The structural term for a freely movable joint is:
a. fibrous.
b. cartilaginous.
c. synovial.
d. gomphosis.
ANS: C REF: 11

21. Which of the following joints displays flexion and extension type of movement primarily
?
a. Pivot
b. Ellipsoidal
c. Saddle
d. Ginglymus
ANS: D REF: 13

22. Which of the following joints is NOT a synovial joint?
a. Skull suture
b. Elbow joint
c. Hip joint
d. Proximal radioulnar joint

ANS: A REF: 12 |14

23. Which of the following is classified as a saddle (sellar) joint?
a. Ankle joint
b. Temporomandibular j o i n t FV


d.
c. Intercarpal joint
ANS: A REF: 13

24. Which of the following is classified as a bicondylar joint?
a. Shoulder joint
b. Temporomandibular joint
c. First and second cervical vertebra joint
d. Distal radioulnar joint