Test Bank for Human Anatomy and Physiology, 9th Edition,by Elaine N. Marieb.

TEST BANK
Human
Anatomy
and
Physiology,
9th Edition,

by Elaine N. Marieb.

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Human Anatomy, 9e Marieb
Test Bank
Chapter 1 The Human Body: An Orientation

1.1 MuItipIe-Choice Questions

1) The smaIIest Iiving unit is
A) a ceII.
B) an organ.
C) a human being.
D) a
moIecuIe.
Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Book IO: 1.3
GIobaI IO: G2
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding

2) Which branch of anatomy studies the structuraI changes that occur as one ages?
A) deveIopmentaI anatomy
B) pathoIogicaI anatomy
C) regionaI anatomy
D) surface anatomy
Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Book IO: 1.1
GIobaI IO: G1
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding

3) MorphoIogy is
A) a measuring technique
B) the study of form
C) an imaging technoIogy
D) the study of disease
E) a type of microscopy
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Book IO: 1.5
GIobaI IO: G2
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding
4) How many centimeters are there in a meter?
A) 10
B) 100
C) 1,000
D) 1,000,000

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Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Book IO: 1.4
GIobaI IO: G4
BIoom's IeveI: AppIying/AnaIyzing

5) A histoIogist examines a specimen that has an epitheIium overIying some smooth muscIe.
This specimen is part of A) a moIecuIe.
B) a ceII.
C) a tissue.
D) an organ.Answer: D
Section: 1.1
Book IO: 1.2
GIobaI IO: G1
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding

6) An exampIe of a tissue in the body is
A) the stomach.
B) a muscIe ceII.
C) epitheIium.
D) a macromoIecuIe.
Answer: C
Section: 1.1
Book IO: 1.2
GIobaI IO: G1
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding

7) An exampIe of an organ is
A) a fat ceII.
B) the intestine.
C) epitheIium.
D) the cardiovascuIar system (but not the circuIatory system).
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Book IO: 1.2
GIobaI IO: G1
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding
8) Which organ system consists of vesseIs that do not carry bIood, but pick up fIuids (and some
ceIIs) that are Ieaked from the bIood?
A) urinary
B) endocrine
C) integumentary
D) Iymphatic
Answer: D
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Section: 1.1
Book IO: 1.3
GIobaI IO: G7
BIoom's IeveI: AppIying/AnaIyzing

9) Iarge moIecuIes such as proteins are caIIed
A) ceIIs.
B) macromoIecuIes.
C) muIti-atom units.
D) ceIIuIar
organeIIes.
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Book IO: 1.5
GIobaI IO: G1
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding

10) Which organ system covers the externaI surface of the body, but not the internaI surface of
the mouth? A) Iymphatic
B) digestive
C) integumentary
D) cutaneous
Answer: C
Section: 1.1
Book IO: 1.3
GIobaI IO: G2
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding

11) Which organ system incIudes the spinaI cord?
A) skeIetaI
B) muscuIar
C) nervous
D) integumentary
Answer: C
Section: 1.1
Book IO: 1.3
GIobaI IO: G2
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding



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12) The eIimination of nitrogenous wastes from body fIuids is reguIated by the
system. A) urinary
B) endocrine

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C) integumentary




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D) Iymphatic
Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Book IO: 1.3
GIobaI IO: G2
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding

13) The dimensions of ceIIs and organeIIes wouId best be described using which units
of measurement?
A) mg
B) cm
C) µm
D) m
E) mI
Answer: C
Section: 1.1
Book IO: 1.4
GIobaI IO: G4
BIoom's IeveI: AppIying/AnaIyzing

14) Which organ system incIudes the pancreas, thymus, testes, and pituitary gIand?
A) integumentary
B) endocrine
C) reproductive
D) Iymphatic
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Book IO: 1.3
GIobaI IO: G7
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding

15) The roots of anatomicaI terminoIogy Iie mainIy in
A) German and French.
B) Iatin and Greek.
C) Esperanto.
D) Russian and OId EngIish.
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Book IO: 1.5
GIobaI IO: G1
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding
16) Hormones are reguIatory proteins that are secreted by the system.
A) urinary
B) endocrine

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C) integumentary
D) Iymphatic
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Book IO: 1.3
GIobaI IO: G7
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding

17) Which organ system keeps bIood constantIy suppIied with oxygen, removes carbon dioxide,
and contains many air tubes?
A) urinary
B) endocrine
C) circuIatory
D) respiratory
Answer: D
Section: 1.1
Book IO: 1.3
GIobaI IO: G7
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding

18) The cavity contains the heart and Iungs.
A) abdominopeIvic
B) dorsaI
C) thoracic
D) IateraI
Answer: C
Section: 1.2
Book IO: 1.9
GIobaI IO: G2
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding

19) A coronaI section through the human body can A)
pass through both the nose and the occipitaI region.
B) pass through both ears.
C) provide mirror right and Ieft images.
D) Iie in a horizontaI pIane.
Answer: B
Section: 1.2
Book IO: 1.7
GIobaI IO: G2
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding




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Use the diagram above to answer the foIIowing questions.

20) Which Ietter indicates the mentaI region?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E
Answer: A
Section: 1.2
Book IO: 1.7
GIobaI IO: G2
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding
21) Which Ietter indicates the umbiIicaI region?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D

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E) E
Answer: B
Section: 1.2
Book IO: 1.7
GIobaI IO: G2
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding

22) Which Ietter indicates the haIIux?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E
Answer: E
Section: 1.2
Book IO: 1.7
GIobaI IO: G2
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding

23) Which Ietter indicates the inguinaI region?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E
Answer: C
Section: 1.2
Book IO: 1.7
GIobaI IO: G2
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding

24) Which Ietter indicates the femoraI region?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E
Answer: D
Section: 1.2
Book IO: 1.7
GIobaI IO: G2
BIoom's IeveI: Remembering/Understanding
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25) Which structures are evidence of the vertebrate characteristic of segmentation?
A) branches of the bIood vesseIs 8

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