RAD 121 EXAM REVIEW (CH. 3 GENERAL ANATOMY &
RADIOGRAPHIC POSITIONING TERMINOLOGY)
Which term refers to the study of the function of the body organs?
a. anatomy
b. osteology
c. physiology - Answers - c
Which are the four fundamental body planes?
a. sagittal, coronal, horizontal, and oblique
b. sagittal, coronal, mid-axillary, and transverse
c. mid-sagittal, mid-coronal, horizontal, and oblique
d. mid-sagittal, mid-coronal, mid-axillary, and transverse - Answers - a
Which plane divides the body into equal right and left halves?
a. oblique
b. horizontal
c. mid-sagittal
d. mid-coronal - Answers - c
Which are the two great cavities of the torso?
a. pelvic and pleural
b. pelvic and abdominal
c. thoracic and pleural
d. thoracic and abdominal - Answers - d
Which body structure is located within the thoracic cavity?
a. liver
b. heart
c. gallbladder
d. urinary bladder - Answers - b
In which quadrant of the abdomen is the appendix located?
a. right upper quadrant
b. right lower quadrant
c. left upper quadrant
d. left lower quadrant - Answers - b
Which region of the abdomen is located below the umbilical region?
a. epigastrium
b. hypogastrium
c. left hypochondrium
d. right hypochondrium - Answers - b
, Which vertebra is located at the level of the xiphoid process?
a. C7
b. T7
c. T10
d. L3 - Answers - c
Which body habitus represents a person of large, massive stature in whom the stomach
is located high and nearly horizontal within the abdomen?
a. sthenic
b. asthenic
c. hyposthenic
d. hypersthenic - Answers - d
Excluding small sesamoid and accessory bones in the skull, how many bones comprise
the skeleton?
a. 202
b. 206
c. 210
d. 215 - Answers - b
Which structure belongs to the axial skeleton?
a. skull
b. lower limb
c. upper limb
d. pelvic girdle - Answers - a
Which bone has a medullary cavity?
a. tibia
b. sacrum
c. parietal
d. sternum - Answers - a
Bones are classified according to their:
a. size
b. shape
c. function
d. origination - Answers - b
Which bone classifications are vertebrae?
a. flat
b. long
c. short
d. irregular - Answers - d
Which bone classification is the trapezium?
a. flat
RADIOGRAPHIC POSITIONING TERMINOLOGY)
Which term refers to the study of the function of the body organs?
a. anatomy
b. osteology
c. physiology - Answers - c
Which are the four fundamental body planes?
a. sagittal, coronal, horizontal, and oblique
b. sagittal, coronal, mid-axillary, and transverse
c. mid-sagittal, mid-coronal, horizontal, and oblique
d. mid-sagittal, mid-coronal, mid-axillary, and transverse - Answers - a
Which plane divides the body into equal right and left halves?
a. oblique
b. horizontal
c. mid-sagittal
d. mid-coronal - Answers - c
Which are the two great cavities of the torso?
a. pelvic and pleural
b. pelvic and abdominal
c. thoracic and pleural
d. thoracic and abdominal - Answers - d
Which body structure is located within the thoracic cavity?
a. liver
b. heart
c. gallbladder
d. urinary bladder - Answers - b
In which quadrant of the abdomen is the appendix located?
a. right upper quadrant
b. right lower quadrant
c. left upper quadrant
d. left lower quadrant - Answers - b
Which region of the abdomen is located below the umbilical region?
a. epigastrium
b. hypogastrium
c. left hypochondrium
d. right hypochondrium - Answers - b
, Which vertebra is located at the level of the xiphoid process?
a. C7
b. T7
c. T10
d. L3 - Answers - c
Which body habitus represents a person of large, massive stature in whom the stomach
is located high and nearly horizontal within the abdomen?
a. sthenic
b. asthenic
c. hyposthenic
d. hypersthenic - Answers - d
Excluding small sesamoid and accessory bones in the skull, how many bones comprise
the skeleton?
a. 202
b. 206
c. 210
d. 215 - Answers - b
Which structure belongs to the axial skeleton?
a. skull
b. lower limb
c. upper limb
d. pelvic girdle - Answers - a
Which bone has a medullary cavity?
a. tibia
b. sacrum
c. parietal
d. sternum - Answers - a
Bones are classified according to their:
a. size
b. shape
c. function
d. origination - Answers - b
Which bone classifications are vertebrae?
a. flat
b. long
c. short
d. irregular - Answers - d
Which bone classification is the trapezium?
a. flat
