Chapter 01: Introduction to the Human Body
Herlihy: The Human Body in Health and Illness, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Complete Test Bank 1. What is the branch of science that studies how the body functions?
a. Anatomy
The Human Body in Health and Illness 7th Edition b. Histology
c. Pathology
by Barbara Herlihy d. Physiology
ANS: D
2. Which word comes from the Greek word meaning “to dissect”?
a. Anatomy
b. Histology
c. Pathology
d. Physiology
ANS: A
3. Which of the following is a higher order of organization?
a. Molecule
b. Cell
c. Organ
d. Tissue
ANS: C
4. The head is located to the chest.
a. anterior
b. inferior
c. deep
d. superior
ANS: D
5. The foot is located to the leg.
a. proximal
b. superior
c. superficial
d. distal
ANS: D
6. The leg is to the thigh.
a. distal
b. proximal
c. superior
d. deep
ANS: A
, d. Pleural cavity and mediastinum
7. The thigh is to the foot.
a. distal ANS: C
b. proximal
14. Which cavity is divided into quadrants?
c. inferior
a. Thoracic
d. deep
b. Abdominopelvic
ANS: B c. Dorsal
d. Cranial
8. The thoracic cavity is to the abdominopelvic cavity.
a. deep ANS: B
b. distal
15. Which region is included within the right upper quadrant (RUQ)?
c. anterior
a. Umbilical
d. superior
b. Hypogastric
ANS: D c. Right iliac
d. Right hypochondriac
9. The kneecap is located distal to the
a. leg. ANS: D
b. thigh.
16. Which region is included within the left lower quadrant (LLQ)?
c. foot.
a. Umbilical
d. toes.
b. Left hypochondriac
ANS: B c. Epigastric
d. Left iliac
10. Which organ is located in both the ventral and thoracic cavities?
a. Stomach ANS: D
b. Liver
17. Which of the following refers to the umbilicus?
c. Lung
a. Groin
d. Spinal cord
b. Armpit
ANS: C c. Navel
d. Patellar
11. Which organ is located in the ventral cavity but not in the thoracic cavity?
a. Lung ANS: C
b. Heart
18. Which of the following refers to the lower back region?
c. Liver
a. Groin
d. Brain
b. Axillary
ANS: C c. Umbilical
d. Lumbar
12. Which organ is located in the dorsal cavity?
a. Liver ANS: D
b. Brain
19. Which of the following refers to the groin region?
c. Heart
a. Axillary
d. Urinary bladder
b. Lumbar
ANS: B c. Cranial
d. Inguinal
13. Which of the following is descriptive of the location of the reproductive organs?
a. Dorsal cavity and vertebral cavity ANS: D
b. Mediastinum and the thoracic cavity
20. Which of the following refers to the area in front of the elbow?
c. Ventral cavity and pelvic cavity
, a. Axillary ANS: C
b. Brachial
c. Antecubital 27. Which organ is located within the mediastinum?
d. Popliteal a. Lungs
b. Stomach
ANS: C c. Liver
d. Heart
21. Which area appears only on the anterior part of the body?
a. Popliteal ANS: D
b. Umbilical
c. Lumbar 28. In which cavity is the heart not located?
d. Occipital a. Mediastinum
b. Thoracic cavity
ANS: B c. Ventral cavity
d. Dorsal cavity
22. Which area appears only on the posterior part of the body?
a. Gluteal ANS: D
b. Patellar
c. Umbilical 29. Which organ is located in the ventral cavity and thoracic cavity but not in the mediastinum?
d. Sternal a. Lung
b. Liver
ANS: A c. Stomach
d. Heart
23. Which area is inferior to the diaphragm?
a. Axillary ANS: A
b. Inguinal
c. Occipital 30. Which group is incorrect?
d. Cervical a. Planes: transverse, sagittal, frontal
b. Cavities: dorsal, ventral
ANS: B c. Ventral cavities: thoracic, vertebral
d. Organs: heart, stomach, lungs, brain
24. What is another name for the frontal plane?
a. Sagittal plane ANS: C
b. Cross section
c. Transverse plane 31. Which group is incorrect?
d. Coronal plane a. Cavities: dorsal, ventral
b. Ventral cavities: thoracic, abdominopelvic
ANS: D c. Organ systems: circulatory, digestive, respiratory, brain
d. Organs: heart, stomach, lungs, liver
25. Which plane divides the body into right and left halves?
a. Sagittal ANS: C
b. Coronal
c. Transverse 32. Which group is incorrect?
d. Frontal a. Planes: sagittal, frontal, transverse
b. Ventral cavities: thoracic, abdominopelvic, cranial
ANS: A c. Dorsal cavities: cranial, vertebral
d. Organ systems: circulatory, digestive, respiratory
26. In which cavity is the mediastinum located?
a. Pelvic ANS: B
b. Dorsal
c. Thoracic 33. The distal humerus (arm bone) is
d. Abdominal a. closer to the axillary area than to the elbow.
b. closer to the wrist than to the antecubital area.
, c. distal to the wrist. 40. The sternal area is
d. closer to the elbow than to the axillary area. a. superior to the cervical region.
b. the breastbone area.
ANS: D
c. deep to the mediastinum.
d. inferior to the thoracic cavity.
34. The proximal end of the thigh bone (femur) is
a. distal to the knee. ANS: B
b. closer to the knee than to the inguinal area.
c. distal to the pedal area. 41. Which of the following is descriptive of the mediastinum?
d. closer to the inguinal area than to the umbilical area. a. Thoracic cavity
b. Dorsal cavity
ANS: D
c. Abdominopelvic cavity
d. RUQ
35. The lung is located in the thoracic cavity. What is the relationship of the lung to the head?
a. Inferior ANS: A
b. Deep
c. Anterior 42. The sagittal plane
d. Superior a. is also called the coronal plane.
b. splits the body into a top and bottom.
ANS: A
c. splits the body into front and back.
d. splits the body into right and left.
36. Which of the following is superior to the umbilicus?
a. Groin ANS: D
b. Popliteal area
c. Sternal area 43. Which of the following is least descriptive of the occipital area?
d. Pelvic cavity a. Cranial
b. Midepigastric
ANS: C
c. Posterior head
d. Superior to the cervical area
37. The heart is located in all the following except the
a. mediastinum. ANS: B
b. ventral cavity.
c. cranial cavity. 44. A patient has been in a car wreck and is admitted to the emergency department with a chief
d. thoracic cavity. complaint of severe cervical pain accompanied by loss of sensation in all extremities. Which
of the following indicates the site of pain?
ANS: C
a. Lower back
b. Both knees
38. The lungs are located in all the following except the
c. Neck
a. thoracic cavity.
d. RUQ
b. mediastinum.
c. ventral cavity. ANS: C
d. pleural cavity.
45. The LUQ is
ANS: B
a. inferior to the sternal area.
b. inferior to the epigastric region.
39. Which of the following is true of the dorsal cavity?
c. inferior to the umbilical region.
a. It contains the mediastinum.
d. located in the groin.
b. It contains the brain and spinal cord.
c. It contains the thoracic cavity. ANS: A
d. It is smaller than the cranial cavity.
46. Which of the following describes pain that is located immediately below the shoulder blade?
ANS: B
a. Cervical
b. Lumbar
Herlihy: The Human Body in Health and Illness, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Complete Test Bank 1. What is the branch of science that studies how the body functions?
a. Anatomy
The Human Body in Health and Illness 7th Edition b. Histology
c. Pathology
by Barbara Herlihy d. Physiology
ANS: D
2. Which word comes from the Greek word meaning “to dissect”?
a. Anatomy
b. Histology
c. Pathology
d. Physiology
ANS: A
3. Which of the following is a higher order of organization?
a. Molecule
b. Cell
c. Organ
d. Tissue
ANS: C
4. The head is located to the chest.
a. anterior
b. inferior
c. deep
d. superior
ANS: D
5. The foot is located to the leg.
a. proximal
b. superior
c. superficial
d. distal
ANS: D
6. The leg is to the thigh.
a. distal
b. proximal
c. superior
d. deep
ANS: A
, d. Pleural cavity and mediastinum
7. The thigh is to the foot.
a. distal ANS: C
b. proximal
14. Which cavity is divided into quadrants?
c. inferior
a. Thoracic
d. deep
b. Abdominopelvic
ANS: B c. Dorsal
d. Cranial
8. The thoracic cavity is to the abdominopelvic cavity.
a. deep ANS: B
b. distal
15. Which region is included within the right upper quadrant (RUQ)?
c. anterior
a. Umbilical
d. superior
b. Hypogastric
ANS: D c. Right iliac
d. Right hypochondriac
9. The kneecap is located distal to the
a. leg. ANS: D
b. thigh.
16. Which region is included within the left lower quadrant (LLQ)?
c. foot.
a. Umbilical
d. toes.
b. Left hypochondriac
ANS: B c. Epigastric
d. Left iliac
10. Which organ is located in both the ventral and thoracic cavities?
a. Stomach ANS: D
b. Liver
17. Which of the following refers to the umbilicus?
c. Lung
a. Groin
d. Spinal cord
b. Armpit
ANS: C c. Navel
d. Patellar
11. Which organ is located in the ventral cavity but not in the thoracic cavity?
a. Lung ANS: C
b. Heart
18. Which of the following refers to the lower back region?
c. Liver
a. Groin
d. Brain
b. Axillary
ANS: C c. Umbilical
d. Lumbar
12. Which organ is located in the dorsal cavity?
a. Liver ANS: D
b. Brain
19. Which of the following refers to the groin region?
c. Heart
a. Axillary
d. Urinary bladder
b. Lumbar
ANS: B c. Cranial
d. Inguinal
13. Which of the following is descriptive of the location of the reproductive organs?
a. Dorsal cavity and vertebral cavity ANS: D
b. Mediastinum and the thoracic cavity
20. Which of the following refers to the area in front of the elbow?
c. Ventral cavity and pelvic cavity
, a. Axillary ANS: C
b. Brachial
c. Antecubital 27. Which organ is located within the mediastinum?
d. Popliteal a. Lungs
b. Stomach
ANS: C c. Liver
d. Heart
21. Which area appears only on the anterior part of the body?
a. Popliteal ANS: D
b. Umbilical
c. Lumbar 28. In which cavity is the heart not located?
d. Occipital a. Mediastinum
b. Thoracic cavity
ANS: B c. Ventral cavity
d. Dorsal cavity
22. Which area appears only on the posterior part of the body?
a. Gluteal ANS: D
b. Patellar
c. Umbilical 29. Which organ is located in the ventral cavity and thoracic cavity but not in the mediastinum?
d. Sternal a. Lung
b. Liver
ANS: A c. Stomach
d. Heart
23. Which area is inferior to the diaphragm?
a. Axillary ANS: A
b. Inguinal
c. Occipital 30. Which group is incorrect?
d. Cervical a. Planes: transverse, sagittal, frontal
b. Cavities: dorsal, ventral
ANS: B c. Ventral cavities: thoracic, vertebral
d. Organs: heart, stomach, lungs, brain
24. What is another name for the frontal plane?
a. Sagittal plane ANS: C
b. Cross section
c. Transverse plane 31. Which group is incorrect?
d. Coronal plane a. Cavities: dorsal, ventral
b. Ventral cavities: thoracic, abdominopelvic
ANS: D c. Organ systems: circulatory, digestive, respiratory, brain
d. Organs: heart, stomach, lungs, liver
25. Which plane divides the body into right and left halves?
a. Sagittal ANS: C
b. Coronal
c. Transverse 32. Which group is incorrect?
d. Frontal a. Planes: sagittal, frontal, transverse
b. Ventral cavities: thoracic, abdominopelvic, cranial
ANS: A c. Dorsal cavities: cranial, vertebral
d. Organ systems: circulatory, digestive, respiratory
26. In which cavity is the mediastinum located?
a. Pelvic ANS: B
b. Dorsal
c. Thoracic 33. The distal humerus (arm bone) is
d. Abdominal a. closer to the axillary area than to the elbow.
b. closer to the wrist than to the antecubital area.
, c. distal to the wrist. 40. The sternal area is
d. closer to the elbow than to the axillary area. a. superior to the cervical region.
b. the breastbone area.
ANS: D
c. deep to the mediastinum.
d. inferior to the thoracic cavity.
34. The proximal end of the thigh bone (femur) is
a. distal to the knee. ANS: B
b. closer to the knee than to the inguinal area.
c. distal to the pedal area. 41. Which of the following is descriptive of the mediastinum?
d. closer to the inguinal area than to the umbilical area. a. Thoracic cavity
b. Dorsal cavity
ANS: D
c. Abdominopelvic cavity
d. RUQ
35. The lung is located in the thoracic cavity. What is the relationship of the lung to the head?
a. Inferior ANS: A
b. Deep
c. Anterior 42. The sagittal plane
d. Superior a. is also called the coronal plane.
b. splits the body into a top and bottom.
ANS: A
c. splits the body into front and back.
d. splits the body into right and left.
36. Which of the following is superior to the umbilicus?
a. Groin ANS: D
b. Popliteal area
c. Sternal area 43. Which of the following is least descriptive of the occipital area?
d. Pelvic cavity a. Cranial
b. Midepigastric
ANS: C
c. Posterior head
d. Superior to the cervical area
37. The heart is located in all the following except the
a. mediastinum. ANS: B
b. ventral cavity.
c. cranial cavity. 44. A patient has been in a car wreck and is admitted to the emergency department with a chief
d. thoracic cavity. complaint of severe cervical pain accompanied by loss of sensation in all extremities. Which
of the following indicates the site of pain?
ANS: C
a. Lower back
b. Both knees
38. The lungs are located in all the following except the
c. Neck
a. thoracic cavity.
d. RUQ
b. mediastinum.
c. ventral cavity. ANS: C
d. pleural cavity.
45. The LUQ is
ANS: B
a. inferior to the sternal area.
b. inferior to the epigastric region.
39. Which of the following is true of the dorsal cavity?
c. inferior to the umbilical region.
a. It contains the mediastinum.
d. located in the groin.
b. It contains the brain and spinal cord.
c. It contains the thoracic cavity. ANS: A
d. It is smaller than the cranial cavity.
46. Which of the following describes pain that is located immediately below the shoulder blade?
ANS: B
a. Cervical
b. Lumbar
