Chapter 01
Major Themes of Anatomy and Physiology
True / False Questions
1. Sometimes anatomical terms come from origins that do not lend any insight into their meaning.
2. Feeling for swollen lymph nodes is an example of auscultation.
3. We can see through bones with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
4. Histology is the study of structures that can be observed without a magnifying lens.
5. Cells were first named by microscopist Robert Hooke.
6. All functions of the body can be interpreted as the effects of cellular activity.
7. The hypothetico-deductive method is common in physiology, whereas the inductive method is
common in anatomy.
8. An individual scientific fact has more information than a theory.
9. Evolutionary (Darwinian) medicine traces some of our diseases to our evolutionary past.
10. The terms development and evolution have the same meaning in physiology.
,11. Organs are made of tissues.
12. A molecule of water is more complex than a mitochondrion (organelle).
13. Homeostasis and occupying space are both unique characteristics of living things.
14. Positive feedback helps to restore normal function when one of the body's physiological variables
gets out of balance.
15. Negative feedback is a self-amplifying chain of events that tends to produce rapid change in the
body.
16. Anatomists around the world adhere to a lexicon of standard international terms, which stipulates
both Latin names and accepted English equivalents.
Multiple Choice Questions
17. Feeling structures with your fingertips is called _________, whereas tapping on the body and
listening for sounds of abnormalities is called ____________.
A. palpation; auscultation
,B. auscultation; percussion
C. percussion; auscultation
D. palpation; percussion
E. percussion; palpation
18. Known as "the father of modern anatomy," __________ was the first to publish accurate drawings
of the body.
A. Vesalius
B. Maimonides
C. Harvey
D. Aristotle
E. van Leeuwenhoek
19. The most influential medical textbook of the ancient era was written by __________.
A. Hippocrates
B. Aristotle
C. Galen
D. Vesalius
E. Avicenna
, 20. Which of these is the best imaging technique for routinely examining the anatomical development
of a fetus?
A. Auscultation
B. PET scan
C. MRI
D. Sonography
E. Radiography
21. The terms physics, physiology, and physician come from a term that __________ proposed to
distinguish natural causes from supernatural causes.
A. Hippocrates
B. Plato
C. Schwann
D. Aristotle
E. Avicenna
22. The process of using numerous observations to develop general principles and predictions about a
specific subject is called __________.
A. experimental design
B. the deductive method
C. the inductive method
Major Themes of Anatomy and Physiology
True / False Questions
1. Sometimes anatomical terms come from origins that do not lend any insight into their meaning.
2. Feeling for swollen lymph nodes is an example of auscultation.
3. We can see through bones with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
4. Histology is the study of structures that can be observed without a magnifying lens.
5. Cells were first named by microscopist Robert Hooke.
6. All functions of the body can be interpreted as the effects of cellular activity.
7. The hypothetico-deductive method is common in physiology, whereas the inductive method is
common in anatomy.
8. An individual scientific fact has more information than a theory.
9. Evolutionary (Darwinian) medicine traces some of our diseases to our evolutionary past.
10. The terms development and evolution have the same meaning in physiology.
,11. Organs are made of tissues.
12. A molecule of water is more complex than a mitochondrion (organelle).
13. Homeostasis and occupying space are both unique characteristics of living things.
14. Positive feedback helps to restore normal function when one of the body's physiological variables
gets out of balance.
15. Negative feedback is a self-amplifying chain of events that tends to produce rapid change in the
body.
16. Anatomists around the world adhere to a lexicon of standard international terms, which stipulates
both Latin names and accepted English equivalents.
Multiple Choice Questions
17. Feeling structures with your fingertips is called _________, whereas tapping on the body and
listening for sounds of abnormalities is called ____________.
A. palpation; auscultation
,B. auscultation; percussion
C. percussion; auscultation
D. palpation; percussion
E. percussion; palpation
18. Known as "the father of modern anatomy," __________ was the first to publish accurate drawings
of the body.
A. Vesalius
B. Maimonides
C. Harvey
D. Aristotle
E. van Leeuwenhoek
19. The most influential medical textbook of the ancient era was written by __________.
A. Hippocrates
B. Aristotle
C. Galen
D. Vesalius
E. Avicenna
, 20. Which of these is the best imaging technique for routinely examining the anatomical development
of a fetus?
A. Auscultation
B. PET scan
C. MRI
D. Sonography
E. Radiography
21. The terms physics, physiology, and physician come from a term that __________ proposed to
distinguish natural causes from supernatural causes.
A. Hippocrates
B. Plato
C. Schwann
D. Aristotle
E. Avicenna
22. The process of using numerous observations to develop general principles and predictions about a
specific subject is called __________.
A. experimental design
B. the deductive method
C. the inductive method
