MIlady Chapter 6 Test 1 Questions With Correct
Answers
Abductor digiti mini - Answer-Muscles that seperates the fingers and toes
/.Abductor hallucis - Answer-Muscles that moves the toes and helps and maintain
balance while walking and standing
/.Abductors - Answer-Muscles that draw a body part, such as a finger, arm, or toe,
inward toward the median axis of the body or of an extremity.
/.Adipose tissue - Answer-Technical term for fat; gives smoothness and contour to the
body.
/.Adrenal glands - Answer-Glands of the endocrine system that secrete about 30 steroid
hormones and control metabolic processes of the body, including the fight-or-flight
response.
/.Anabolism - Answer-All synthesis reactions in a living organism; the building of
complex organic molecules from simpler ones
/.Anatomy - Answer-Study of human body structures that can be seen by the naked eye
and how the body parts are organized; the science of the structure of the organisms or
of their parts.
/.Angular artery - Answer-Branch of the facial artery that supplies blood to the side of
the nose.
/.Anterior auricular artery - Answer-Branch of the superficial temporal artery that
supplies blood to the front part of the ear.
/.Aorta - Answer-Largest artery in the body
/.Arteries - Answer-Thick walled, muscular, flexible, tubes that carry oxygenated blood
away from the heart to the arteries
/.Arterioles - Answer-Small arteries that deliver blood to the capillaries.
/.Atrium - Answer-Upper, thin walled chamber of the heart through which blood is
pumped to the ventricles. There is a right atrium and left atrium.
/.Auricularis anterior - Answer-Muscles in front of the ear that draws the ear forward
, /.Auricularis posterior - Answer-Muscles behind the ear that draw the ear backward
/.Auricularis superior - Answer-Muscles above the ear that draws the ear upward
/.auriculotemporal nerve - Answer-Branch of the fifth cranial nerve that affects the
external ear and skin above the temple, up to the top of the skull.
/.Autonomic nervous system - Answer-ANS; the part of the nervous system that controls
the involuntary muscles; regulates the action of the smooth muscles, glands, blood
vessels, heart, and breathing.
/.Axon - Answer-The extension of a neuron through which impulses are sent away from
the body to other neurons, glands, or muscles.
/.Axon terminal - Answer-The extension of neuron through which impulses are sent
away from the body to other body neurons, glands, or muscles.
/.Belly - Answer-Middle part of a muscle
/.Bicep - Answer-Muscle that produces the contour of the front and inner side of the
upper arm; lifts the forearm and flexes the elbow.
/.Blood - Answer-Nutritive fluid circulating through the circulatory system (heart and
blood vessles) to supply oxygen and nutrients to cells and tissues and to remove carbon
dioxide and waste from them.
/.Blood Vessels - Answer-Tube-like structures that include arteries, arterioles,
capillaries, venules, and veins.
/.Body Systems - Answer-Also known as systems; groups of body organs acting
together to perform one or more function. The human body is composed of 11 major
systems.
/.Brain - Answer-Part of the central nervous system contained in the cranium; largest
and most complex nerve tissue and controls sensations, muscles, activity of glands, and
the power to think, sense and feel.
/.Buccal Nerve - Answer-Branch of the seventh cranial nerve that affects the muscles of
the mouth.
/.Buccinator muscle - Answer-Thin Flat muscle of the cheek between the upper and
lower jaw that compresses the cheeks and expels air between the lips.
/.Capillaries - Answer-Tiny, thin walled blood vessels that connect the smaller arteries to
the venules. Capillaries bring nutrients to the cells and carry away waste material.
Answers
Abductor digiti mini - Answer-Muscles that seperates the fingers and toes
/.Abductor hallucis - Answer-Muscles that moves the toes and helps and maintain
balance while walking and standing
/.Abductors - Answer-Muscles that draw a body part, such as a finger, arm, or toe,
inward toward the median axis of the body or of an extremity.
/.Adipose tissue - Answer-Technical term for fat; gives smoothness and contour to the
body.
/.Adrenal glands - Answer-Glands of the endocrine system that secrete about 30 steroid
hormones and control metabolic processes of the body, including the fight-or-flight
response.
/.Anabolism - Answer-All synthesis reactions in a living organism; the building of
complex organic molecules from simpler ones
/.Anatomy - Answer-Study of human body structures that can be seen by the naked eye
and how the body parts are organized; the science of the structure of the organisms or
of their parts.
/.Angular artery - Answer-Branch of the facial artery that supplies blood to the side of
the nose.
/.Anterior auricular artery - Answer-Branch of the superficial temporal artery that
supplies blood to the front part of the ear.
/.Aorta - Answer-Largest artery in the body
/.Arteries - Answer-Thick walled, muscular, flexible, tubes that carry oxygenated blood
away from the heart to the arteries
/.Arterioles - Answer-Small arteries that deliver blood to the capillaries.
/.Atrium - Answer-Upper, thin walled chamber of the heart through which blood is
pumped to the ventricles. There is a right atrium and left atrium.
/.Auricularis anterior - Answer-Muscles in front of the ear that draws the ear forward
, /.Auricularis posterior - Answer-Muscles behind the ear that draw the ear backward
/.Auricularis superior - Answer-Muscles above the ear that draws the ear upward
/.auriculotemporal nerve - Answer-Branch of the fifth cranial nerve that affects the
external ear and skin above the temple, up to the top of the skull.
/.Autonomic nervous system - Answer-ANS; the part of the nervous system that controls
the involuntary muscles; regulates the action of the smooth muscles, glands, blood
vessels, heart, and breathing.
/.Axon - Answer-The extension of a neuron through which impulses are sent away from
the body to other neurons, glands, or muscles.
/.Axon terminal - Answer-The extension of neuron through which impulses are sent
away from the body to other body neurons, glands, or muscles.
/.Belly - Answer-Middle part of a muscle
/.Bicep - Answer-Muscle that produces the contour of the front and inner side of the
upper arm; lifts the forearm and flexes the elbow.
/.Blood - Answer-Nutritive fluid circulating through the circulatory system (heart and
blood vessles) to supply oxygen and nutrients to cells and tissues and to remove carbon
dioxide and waste from them.
/.Blood Vessels - Answer-Tube-like structures that include arteries, arterioles,
capillaries, venules, and veins.
/.Body Systems - Answer-Also known as systems; groups of body organs acting
together to perform one or more function. The human body is composed of 11 major
systems.
/.Brain - Answer-Part of the central nervous system contained in the cranium; largest
and most complex nerve tissue and controls sensations, muscles, activity of glands, and
the power to think, sense and feel.
/.Buccal Nerve - Answer-Branch of the seventh cranial nerve that affects the muscles of
the mouth.
/.Buccinator muscle - Answer-Thin Flat muscle of the cheek between the upper and
lower jaw that compresses the cheeks and expels air between the lips.
/.Capillaries - Answer-Tiny, thin walled blood vessels that connect the smaller arteries to
the venules. Capillaries bring nutrients to the cells and carry away waste material.
