Chapter 1 An Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology
1.1 Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Characteristics of living organisms include the ability to
A) repair and completely restore itself during any type of injury.
B) respond and adapt to their environment.
C) control the external environment.
D) form positive feedback loops.
E) create a protective covering over themselves.
Answer: B
Learning Outcome: 1-1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering
2) The waste products of metabolism are eliminated through the process of
A) assimilation.
B) absorption.
C) excretion.
D) digestion.
E) resorption.
Answer: C
Learning Outcome: 1-1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering
3) Humans have specialized organ systems compared to smaller organisms because
A) we have to interact with our environment and smaller organisms do not.
B) smaller organisms do not need as many nutrients.
C) our cells are larger.
D) small organisms do not do the same processes than humans do.
E) there is multicellularity and increased size in larger organisms.
Answer: E
Learning Outcome: 1-1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understanding
4) Think about the definitions of anatomy and of physiology. The relationship between these two
fields is best described by the following statement:
A) Anatomy is the study of function.
B) All structures are derived from an ancestral structure.
C) Physiology becomes more complex over time.
D) Structure follows function.
E) Organs that have similar function also have similar structure.
Answer: D
Learning Outcome: 1-2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understanding
,5) Diseases Csuch Cas Cdiabetes Cand Ccardiovascular Cdisease Cwould Cbe Ccovered Cin Cthe Cspecialty
Carea Cof Cphysiology Ccalled
A) hyperbaric Cphysiology.
B) pathophysiology.
C) gross Canatomy.
D) regional Canatomy.
E) systemic
Canatomy.
Answer: C B
Learning COutcome: C 1-2
Bloom's CTaxonomy: C Understanding
6) Studying Call Cthe Csuperficial Cand Cinternal Cfeatures Cin Cone Cspecific Carea Cof Cthe Cbody Cis Ccalled
A) gross Canatomy.
B) surface Canatomy.
C) systemic Canatomy.
D) regional Canatomy.
E) surgical
Canatomy.
Answer: C D
Learning COutcome: C 1-2
Bloom's CTaxonomy: C Remembering
7) One Cdifference Cbetween Ca Cgross Canatomist Cand Ca Chistologist Cwould Cbe
A) the Cuse Cof Ca Cmicroscope.
B) the Cneed Cto Cuse Csophisticated Cdiagnostic Cimaging Cmethods.
C) one Cstudies Cphysiology Cand Cthe Cother Cstudies Canatomy.
D) which Corgan Csystems Cone Cstudies.
E) which Cdiseases Care
Cseen. CAnswer: C A
Learning COutcome: C 1-2
Bloom's CTaxonomy: C Understanding
8) The Cstudy Cof Ccells Cand Ccellular Cstructures Cis Ccalled
A) gross Canatomy.
B) cytology.
C) histology.
D) organology.
E) microbiology.
Answer: C B
Learning COutcome: C 1-2
Bloom's CTaxonomy: C Remembering
, 9) Biopsy Csamples Cfrom Corgans Care Csent Cto Cyour Clab Cfor Cstaining Cand Cthen
Cviewing Cin Ca Cmicroscope. CYour Carea Cof Cexpertise Cwould Cbe
A) regional Cphysiology.
B) gross Canatomy.
C) regional Canatomy.
D) systemic Canatomy.
E) histology.
Answer: C E
Learning COutcome: C 1-2
Bloom's CTaxonomy: C Understanding
10) The Cstudy Cof Cbody Cstructure Cis Ccalled
A) physiology.
B) homeostasis.
C) anatomy.
D) positive Cfeedback.
E) negative
Cfeedback.
Answer: C C
Learning COutcome: C 1-2
Bloom's CTaxonomy: C Remembering
11) The Cbranch Cof Cbiological Cscience Cthat Cdeals Cwith Chow Cthe Ckidney Cfunctions Cis Ccalled
A) endocrine Cphysiology.
B) histology.
C) adrenal Canatomy.
D) cytology.
E) renal
Cphysiology.
Answer: C E
Learning COutcome: C 1-2
Bloom's CTaxonomy: C Remembering
12) Which Cdivision Cof Canatomy Cfocuses Con Cthe Cform Cand Cstructure Cof Cthe Cheart, Cblood, Cand
Cblood Cvessels?
A) regional Canatomy
B) surface Canatomy
C) cytology
D) histology
E) systemic
Canatomy CAnswer:
CE
Learning COutcome: C 1-2
Bloom's CTaxonomy: C Understanding