Gray's Anatomy for Students – Drake (4th Edition, 2020) | Chapter 1–8 Test Bank with Detailed MCQs

Gray’s Anatomy for Students – Drake et al.
(4th Edition, 2020), Test Bank
(All Chapters 1–8) with Verified Answers

,Table of Contents

Chapter 01: The Body 1
Chapter 02: Back 8
Chapter 03: Thorax 33
Chapter 04: Abdomen 57
Chapter 05: Pelvis and Perineum 73
Chapter 06: Lower Limb 98
Chapter 07: Upper Limb 106
Chapter 08: Head and Neck 116

,Chapter 01: The Body
Drake: Gray's Anatomy for Students, 4th Edition


MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following describes anatomy?
a. using devices to investigate parameters such as heart rate and blood pressure
b. investigating human structure via dissections and other methods
c. studying the unusual manner in which an organism responds to painful stimuli
d. examining the physiology of life
ANS: B DIF: memorization
REF: Anatomy and Imaging TOP: Anatomy and Physiology

2. Systemic anatomy is a term that refers to:
a. physiological investigation at a microscopic level.
b. anatomical investigation that begins in the head and neck and concludes at the feet.
c. anatomical investigation that utilizes an approach studying the body by
systems—groups of organs having a common function.
d. anatomical investigation at the molecular level.
ANS: C DIF: memorization
REF: Anatomy and Imaging TOP: Anatomy and Physiology

3. A plane through the body that would divide the body into right and left sides is called:
a. sagittal.
b. frontal.
c. coronal.
d. transverse.

ANS: A DIF: memorization
REF: Anatomy and Imaging TOP: Body Planes and Sections

4. A plane through the body that would divide the body into anterior and posterior portions is:
a. sagittal.
b. median.
c. coronal.
d. transverse.
ANS: C DIF: memorization
REF: Anatomy and Imaging TOP: Body Planes and Sections

5. The plane which divides the individual into upper and lower parts is the:
a. sagittal plane.
b. frontal plane.
c. transverse plane.
d. superficial plane.
ANS: C DIF: memorization
REF: Anatomy and Imaging TOP: Body Planes and Sections



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, 6. A sagittal section divides the body into:
a. upper and lower portions.
b. right and left portions.
c. front and back portions.
ANS: B DIF: memorization
REF: Anatomy and Imaging TOP: Body Planes and Sections

7. Moving a body part away from the medial plane of the body is called:
a. adduction.
b. abduction.
c. flexion.
d. extension.
ANS: B DIF: memorization
REF: Anatomy and Imaging TOP: Abduction and Adduction

8. Muscles may be named according to:
a. function.
b. direction of fibers.
c. points of attachment.
d. all of the above.
ANS: D DIF: application REF: Anatomy and Imaging
TOP: How Muscles Are Named

TRUE/FALSE

1. Anatomy is the study of the functions of an organism and its parts, as opposed to the study
of its structure.

ANS: F DIF: memorization
REF: Anatomy and Imaging TOP: Anatomy

2. In anatomical position, the person is standing erect with arms at the sides and palms dorsal.

ANS: F DIF: memorization
REF: Anatomy and Imaging TOP: Anatomical Position

3. Ipsilateral simply means on the same side.

ANS: T DIF: memorization
REF: Anatomy and Imaging TOP: Anatomical Position

4. Bilateral symmetry is characteristic of external body organization, but not necessarily of
internal organization.

ANS: T DIF: memorization
REF: Anatomy and Imaging TOP: Anatomical Position




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