SCI-220 Human Anatomy Final exam (Nightingale
College )
1. From smallest to largest, the levels of organization of the body are
Answer: chemical, organelle, cellular, tissue, organ, system, organism.
2. The lungs are located in the
Answer: thoracic cavity
3. A plane through the body that divides the body into right and left sides is
called
Answer: Sagittal
4. The number of abdominal regions is
Answer: 9
5. The reproductive system includes all of the following except the
Answer: Ureter
6. An organization of many similar cells that are specialized to perform a certain
function is called a(n)
Answer: Tissue
7. An x-ray technician has been asked to make x-ray films of the liver. Which
of the abdominopelvic regions must be included?
,Answer: Right hypochondriac, epigastric, and left hypochondriac
8. The structure that is called the "powerhouse" of the cell is the
Answer: mitochondria
9. A plane through the body that divides the body into anterior and posterior
portions is
Answer: coronal
10. Two major cavities of the human body are
Answer: ventral and dorsal
11. Atomic mass is determined by the number of
Answer: protons and neutrons
12. The type of reaction in which substances are combined to form more com-
plex substances is called a(n) reaction
Answer: synthesis
13. The octet rule refers to the
Answer: stability of the atom when there are eight electrons in the outermost energy level.
14. The kind of element is determined by the number of
Answer: protons
15. As the concentration of hydrogen ions (H+) increases, the
Answer: solution becomes more acidic
, 16. The approximate pH of gastric fluid is
Answer: 2
17. The most abundant and important compound(s) in the body is(are)
Answer: water
18. An ionic bond is formed by
Answer: a positive and negative ion attracting each other
19. A negatively charged subatomic particle that moves around the nucleus is
a(n)
Answer: electron
20. When atoms combine, they may gain, lose, or share
Answer: electrons
21. DNA is a major constituent of which cell organelle?
Answer: nucleus
College )
1. From smallest to largest, the levels of organization of the body are
Answer: chemical, organelle, cellular, tissue, organ, system, organism.
2. The lungs are located in the
Answer: thoracic cavity
3. A plane through the body that divides the body into right and left sides is
called
Answer: Sagittal
4. The number of abdominal regions is
Answer: 9
5. The reproductive system includes all of the following except the
Answer: Ureter
6. An organization of many similar cells that are specialized to perform a certain
function is called a(n)
Answer: Tissue
7. An x-ray technician has been asked to make x-ray films of the liver. Which
of the abdominopelvic regions must be included?
,Answer: Right hypochondriac, epigastric, and left hypochondriac
8. The structure that is called the "powerhouse" of the cell is the
Answer: mitochondria
9. A plane through the body that divides the body into anterior and posterior
portions is
Answer: coronal
10. Two major cavities of the human body are
Answer: ventral and dorsal
11. Atomic mass is determined by the number of
Answer: protons and neutrons
12. The type of reaction in which substances are combined to form more com-
plex substances is called a(n) reaction
Answer: synthesis
13. The octet rule refers to the
Answer: stability of the atom when there are eight electrons in the outermost energy level.
14. The kind of element is determined by the number of
Answer: protons
15. As the concentration of hydrogen ions (H+) increases, the
Answer: solution becomes more acidic
, 16. The approximate pH of gastric fluid is
Answer: 2
17. The most abundant and important compound(s) in the body is(are)
Answer: water
18. An ionic bond is formed by
Answer: a positive and negative ion attracting each other
19. A negatively charged subatomic particle that moves around the nucleus is
a(n)
Answer: electron
20. When atoms combine, they may gain, lose, or share
Answer: electrons
21. DNA is a major constituent of which cell organelle?
Answer: nucleus
