BIOS 251- CHAPTER 1 QUIZ COMPREHENSIVE TEST PREP
| UPDATED FOR 2025–2026
Pleural Cavities - correct answer -The Lungs are located within the________________________
Sagittal - correct answer -This plane runs lengthwise front to back and divides the body into
right and left sides.
Anatomical - correct answer -When a person is standing with the arms at the sides and the
palms turned forward, with the head and feet pointing forward, the individual is said to be in
what position?
caudal - correct answer -The medical term that means "pertaining to the tail" is ____________
midsagittal plane - correct answer -The imaginary "line" created when the body is divided into
equal right and left halves is called the ______________________.
umbilicus - correct answer -The navel, or belly button, is also known as the
___________________.
costochondritis - correct answer -The term for inflammation of the cartilage of the ribs is
_____________________.
False - correct answer -The neck bones are the sacral vertebrae.
Sternal - correct answer -Which term relates to the breastbone?
Carpal - correct answer -Which term relates to the wrist?
, Histology - correct answer -The study of tissue is ________________.
Lumbar - correct answer -Which term relates to the lower back?
Femoral - correct answer -Which term relates to the the thigh?
Hippocrates - correct answer -Who was known as the Father of Medicine?
Hippocratic Oath - correct answer -What did Hippocrates establish that is still used in medicine
today?
Natural causes of disease rather than attributing them to acts of the gods and demons - correct
answer -What did Hippocrates urge physicians to seek?
diseases had a supernatural or physical causes and complex structures were built from simpler
parts - correct answer -What did Aristotle believe?
Claudius Galen - correct answer -did animal dissections because use of cadavers was banned
Avicenna (Ibn Sina) - correct answer -wrote the canon of medicine, used in medical schools for
500 years.
Andreas Vesalius - correct answer -published first atlas of anatomy
William Harvey - correct answer -birth of experimental physiology; realized blood flows out of
heart and back to it again
| UPDATED FOR 2025–2026
Pleural Cavities - correct answer -The Lungs are located within the________________________
Sagittal - correct answer -This plane runs lengthwise front to back and divides the body into
right and left sides.
Anatomical - correct answer -When a person is standing with the arms at the sides and the
palms turned forward, with the head and feet pointing forward, the individual is said to be in
what position?
caudal - correct answer -The medical term that means "pertaining to the tail" is ____________
midsagittal plane - correct answer -The imaginary "line" created when the body is divided into
equal right and left halves is called the ______________________.
umbilicus - correct answer -The navel, or belly button, is also known as the
___________________.
costochondritis - correct answer -The term for inflammation of the cartilage of the ribs is
_____________________.
False - correct answer -The neck bones are the sacral vertebrae.
Sternal - correct answer -Which term relates to the breastbone?
Carpal - correct answer -Which term relates to the wrist?
, Histology - correct answer -The study of tissue is ________________.
Lumbar - correct answer -Which term relates to the lower back?
Femoral - correct answer -Which term relates to the the thigh?
Hippocrates - correct answer -Who was known as the Father of Medicine?
Hippocratic Oath - correct answer -What did Hippocrates establish that is still used in medicine
today?
Natural causes of disease rather than attributing them to acts of the gods and demons - correct
answer -What did Hippocrates urge physicians to seek?
diseases had a supernatural or physical causes and complex structures were built from simpler
parts - correct answer -What did Aristotle believe?
Claudius Galen - correct answer -did animal dissections because use of cadavers was banned
Avicenna (Ibn Sina) - correct answer -wrote the canon of medicine, used in medical schools for
500 years.
Andreas Vesalius - correct answer -published first atlas of anatomy
William Harvey - correct answer -birth of experimental physiology; realized blood flows out of
heart and back to it again
