b. superior
TEST BANK & SOLUTIONS MANUAL FOR HUMAN c. superficial
BODY IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS | COMPLETE d. distal
CHAPTERS | EXAM QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, ANS: D
RATIONALES & INSTRUCTOR SOLUTIONS GUIDE 6. The leg is to the thigh.
Chapter 01: Introduction to the Human Body
Herlihy: The Human Body in Health and Illness, 6th Edition
a. distal
b. proximal
MULTIPLE CHOICE c. superior
d. deep
1. What is the branch of science that studies how the body functions? ANS: A
a. Anatomy 7. The thigh is to the foot.
b. Histology a. distal
c. Pathology b. proximal
d. Physiology c. inferior
ANS: D d. deep
ANS: B
2. Which word comes from the Greek word meaning “to dissect”?
a. Anatomy 8. The thoracic cavity is to the abdominopelvic cavity.
b. Histology a. deep
c. Pathology b. distal
d. Physiology c. anterior
ANS: A d. superior
ANS: D
3. Which of the following is a higher order of organization?
a. Molecule 9. The kneecap is located distal to the
b. Cell a. leg.
c. Organ b. thigh.
d. Tissue c. foot.
ANS: C d. toes.
ANS: B
4. The head is located to the chest.
a. anterior 10. Which organ is located in both the ventral and thoracic cavities?
b. inferior a. Stomach
c. deep b. Liver
d. superior c. Lung
ANS: D d. Spinal cord
ANS: C
5. The foot is located to the leg.
a. proximal 11. Which organ is located in the ventral cavity but not in the thoracic cavity?
, a. Lung d. Pleural cavity and mediastinum
b. Heart ANS: C
c. Liver
d. Brain 14. Which cavity is divided into quadrants?
ANS: C a. Thoracic
b. Abdominopelvic
12. Which organ is located in the dorsal cavity? c. Dorsal
a. Liver d. Cranial
b. Brain
ANS: B
c. Heart
d. Urinary bladder
15. Which region is included within the right upper quadrant (RUQ)?
ANS: B a. Umbilical
b. Hypogastric
13. Which of the following is descriptive of the location of the reproductive organs? c. Right iliac
a. Dorsal cavity and vertebral cavity d. Right hypochondriac
b. Mediastinum and the thoracic cavity
ANS: D
c. Ventral cavity and pelvic cavity
16. Which region is included within the left lower quadrant (LLQ)?
a. Umbilical
b. Left hypochondriac
c. Epigastric
d. Left iliac
ANS: D
17. Which of the following referNs tUoRthSeIumNbGilTicBus.?COM
a. Groin
b. Armpit
c. Navel
d. Patellar
ANS: C
18. Which of the following refers to the lower back region?
a. Groin
b. Axillary
c. Umbilical
d. Lumbar
ANS: D
19. Which of the following refers to the groin region?
a. Axillary
b. Lumbar
, c. Cranial a. Sagittal
d. Inguinal b. Coronal
ANS: D
c. Transverse
d. Frontal
20. Which of the following refers to the area in front of the elbow? ANS: A
26. In which cavity is the mediastinum located?
a. Axillary a. Pelvic
b. Brachial b. Dorsal
c. Antecubital c. Thoracic
d. Popliteal d. Abdominal
ANS: C
ANS: C
27. Which organ is located within the mediastinum?
21. Which area appears only on the anterior part of the body?
a. Lungs
a. Popliteal
b. Stomach
b. Umbilical
c. Liver
c. Lumbar
d. Heart
d. Occipital
ANS: D
ANS: B
28. In which cavity is the heart not located?
22. Which area appears only on the posterior part of the body?
a. Mediastinum
a. Gluteal
b. Thoracic cavity
b. Patellar
c. Ventral cavity
c. Umbilical
d. Dorsal cavity
d. Sternal
ANS: D
ANS: A
29. Which organ is located in the ventral cavity and thoracic cavity but not in the mediastinum?
23. Which area is inferior to the diaphragm?
a. Lung
a. Axillary
b. Liver
b. Inguinal
c. Stomach
c. Occipital
d. Heart
d. Cervical
ANS: A
ANS: B
30. Which group is incorrect?
24. What is another name for the frontal plane?
a. Planes: transverse, sagittal, frontal
a. Sagittal plane
b. Cross section Cavities: dorsal, ventral N U SN T R I O
c. Transverse plane b.
d. Coronal plane c. Ventral cavities: thoracic, vertebral
ANS: D d. Organs: heart, stomach, lungs, brain
ANS: C
25. Which plane divides the body into right and left halves?
, 31. Which group is incorrect? a. mediastinum.
a. Cavities: dorsal, ventral b. ventral cavity.
b. Ventral cavities: thoracic, abdominopelvic c. cranial cavity.
c. Organ systems: circulatory, digestive, respiratory, brain d. thoracic cavity.
d. Organs: heart, stomach, lungs, liver ANS: C
ANS: C
38. The lungs are located in all the following except the
32. Which group is incorrect? a. thoracic cavity.
a. Planes: sagittal, frontal, transverse b. mediastinum.
b. Ventral cavities: thoracic, abdominopelvic, cranial c. ventral cavity.
c. Dorsal cavities: cranial, vertebral d. pleural cavity.
d. Organ systems: circulatory, digestive, respiratory
ANS: B
ANS: B
39. Which of the following is true of the dorsal cavity?
33. The distal humerus (arm bone) is a. It contains the mediastinum.
a. closer to the axillary area than to the elbow. b. It contains the brain and spinal cord.
b. closer to the wrist than to the antecubital area. c. It contains the thoracic cavity.
c. distal to the wrist. d. It is smaller than the cranial cavity.
d. closer to the elbow than to the axillary area. ANS: B
ANS: D 40. The sternal area is
a. superior to the cervical region.
34. The proximal end of the thigh bone (femur) is b. the breastbone area.
a. distal to the knee. c. deep to the mediastinum.
b. closer to the knee than to the inguinal area. d. inferior to the thoracic cavity.
c. distal to the pedal area. ANS: B
d. closer to the inguinal area than to the umbilical area.
ANS: D 41. Which of the following is descriptive of the mediastinum?
a. Thoracic cavity
35. The lung is located in the thoracic cavity. What is the relationship of the lung to the head? a. b. Dorsal cavity
Inferior c. Abdominopelvic cavity
b. Deep d. RUQ
c. Anterior
ANS: A
d. Superior
ANS: A 42. The sagittal plane
a. is also called the coronal plane.
36. Which of the following is superior to the umbilicus? b. splits the body into a top and bottom.
a. Groin c. splits the body into front and back.
b. Popliteal area d. splits the body into right and left.
c. Sternal area
ANS: D
d. Pelvic cavity
ANS: C 43. Which of the following is least descriptive of the occipital area?
a. Cranial
37. The heart is located in all the following except the b. Midepigastric
TEST BANK & SOLUTIONS MANUAL FOR HUMAN c. superficial
BODY IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS | COMPLETE d. distal
CHAPTERS | EXAM QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, ANS: D
RATIONALES & INSTRUCTOR SOLUTIONS GUIDE 6. The leg is to the thigh.
Chapter 01: Introduction to the Human Body
Herlihy: The Human Body in Health and Illness, 6th Edition
a. distal
b. proximal
MULTIPLE CHOICE c. superior
d. deep
1. What is the branch of science that studies how the body functions? ANS: A
a. Anatomy 7. The thigh is to the foot.
b. Histology a. distal
c. Pathology b. proximal
d. Physiology c. inferior
ANS: D d. deep
ANS: B
2. Which word comes from the Greek word meaning “to dissect”?
a. Anatomy 8. The thoracic cavity is to the abdominopelvic cavity.
b. Histology a. deep
c. Pathology b. distal
d. Physiology c. anterior
ANS: A d. superior
ANS: D
3. Which of the following is a higher order of organization?
a. Molecule 9. The kneecap is located distal to the
b. Cell a. leg.
c. Organ b. thigh.
d. Tissue c. foot.
ANS: C d. toes.
ANS: B
4. The head is located to the chest.
a. anterior 10. Which organ is located in both the ventral and thoracic cavities?
b. inferior a. Stomach
c. deep b. Liver
d. superior c. Lung
ANS: D d. Spinal cord
ANS: C
5. The foot is located to the leg.
a. proximal 11. Which organ is located in the ventral cavity but not in the thoracic cavity?
, a. Lung d. Pleural cavity and mediastinum
b. Heart ANS: C
c. Liver
d. Brain 14. Which cavity is divided into quadrants?
ANS: C a. Thoracic
b. Abdominopelvic
12. Which organ is located in the dorsal cavity? c. Dorsal
a. Liver d. Cranial
b. Brain
ANS: B
c. Heart
d. Urinary bladder
15. Which region is included within the right upper quadrant (RUQ)?
ANS: B a. Umbilical
b. Hypogastric
13. Which of the following is descriptive of the location of the reproductive organs? c. Right iliac
a. Dorsal cavity and vertebral cavity d. Right hypochondriac
b. Mediastinum and the thoracic cavity
ANS: D
c. Ventral cavity and pelvic cavity
16. Which region is included within the left lower quadrant (LLQ)?
a. Umbilical
b. Left hypochondriac
c. Epigastric
d. Left iliac
ANS: D
17. Which of the following referNs tUoRthSeIumNbGilTicBus.?COM
a. Groin
b. Armpit
c. Navel
d. Patellar
ANS: C
18. Which of the following refers to the lower back region?
a. Groin
b. Axillary
c. Umbilical
d. Lumbar
ANS: D
19. Which of the following refers to the groin region?
a. Axillary
b. Lumbar
, c. Cranial a. Sagittal
d. Inguinal b. Coronal
ANS: D
c. Transverse
d. Frontal
20. Which of the following refers to the area in front of the elbow? ANS: A
26. In which cavity is the mediastinum located?
a. Axillary a. Pelvic
b. Brachial b. Dorsal
c. Antecubital c. Thoracic
d. Popliteal d. Abdominal
ANS: C
ANS: C
27. Which organ is located within the mediastinum?
21. Which area appears only on the anterior part of the body?
a. Lungs
a. Popliteal
b. Stomach
b. Umbilical
c. Liver
c. Lumbar
d. Heart
d. Occipital
ANS: D
ANS: B
28. In which cavity is the heart not located?
22. Which area appears only on the posterior part of the body?
a. Mediastinum
a. Gluteal
b. Thoracic cavity
b. Patellar
c. Ventral cavity
c. Umbilical
d. Dorsal cavity
d. Sternal
ANS: D
ANS: A
29. Which organ is located in the ventral cavity and thoracic cavity but not in the mediastinum?
23. Which area is inferior to the diaphragm?
a. Lung
a. Axillary
b. Liver
b. Inguinal
c. Stomach
c. Occipital
d. Heart
d. Cervical
ANS: A
ANS: B
30. Which group is incorrect?
24. What is another name for the frontal plane?
a. Planes: transverse, sagittal, frontal
a. Sagittal plane
b. Cross section Cavities: dorsal, ventral N U SN T R I O
c. Transverse plane b.
d. Coronal plane c. Ventral cavities: thoracic, vertebral
ANS: D d. Organs: heart, stomach, lungs, brain
ANS: C
25. Which plane divides the body into right and left halves?
, 31. Which group is incorrect? a. mediastinum.
a. Cavities: dorsal, ventral b. ventral cavity.
b. Ventral cavities: thoracic, abdominopelvic c. cranial cavity.
c. Organ systems: circulatory, digestive, respiratory, brain d. thoracic cavity.
d. Organs: heart, stomach, lungs, liver ANS: C
ANS: C
38. The lungs are located in all the following except the
32. Which group is incorrect? a. thoracic cavity.
a. Planes: sagittal, frontal, transverse b. mediastinum.
b. Ventral cavities: thoracic, abdominopelvic, cranial c. ventral cavity.
c. Dorsal cavities: cranial, vertebral d. pleural cavity.
d. Organ systems: circulatory, digestive, respiratory
ANS: B
ANS: B
39. Which of the following is true of the dorsal cavity?
33. The distal humerus (arm bone) is a. It contains the mediastinum.
a. closer to the axillary area than to the elbow. b. It contains the brain and spinal cord.
b. closer to the wrist than to the antecubital area. c. It contains the thoracic cavity.
c. distal to the wrist. d. It is smaller than the cranial cavity.
d. closer to the elbow than to the axillary area. ANS: B
ANS: D 40. The sternal area is
a. superior to the cervical region.
34. The proximal end of the thigh bone (femur) is b. the breastbone area.
a. distal to the knee. c. deep to the mediastinum.
b. closer to the knee than to the inguinal area. d. inferior to the thoracic cavity.
c. distal to the pedal area. ANS: B
d. closer to the inguinal area than to the umbilical area.
ANS: D 41. Which of the following is descriptive of the mediastinum?
a. Thoracic cavity
35. The lung is located in the thoracic cavity. What is the relationship of the lung to the head? a. b. Dorsal cavity
Inferior c. Abdominopelvic cavity
b. Deep d. RUQ
c. Anterior
ANS: A
d. Superior
ANS: A 42. The sagittal plane
a. is also called the coronal plane.
36. Which of the following is superior to the umbilicus? b. splits the body into a top and bottom.
a. Groin c. splits the body into front and back.
b. Popliteal area d. splits the body into right and left.
c. Sternal area
ANS: D
d. Pelvic cavity
ANS: C 43. Which of the following is least descriptive of the occipital area?
a. Cranial
37. The heart is located in all the following except the b. Midepigastric
