Test Bank Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, 10th
Edition by Kenneth Saladin
7) Which of these is the best imaging technique for routinely examining the anatomical development
of a fetus?
A) Auscultation
Chap 01 10e Saladin Answers Included B) PET scan
1) The study of normal body structures is called_________. C) MRI
A) physiology D) Sonography
B) anatomy E) Radiography
C) pathology
D) microscopy
E) biology 8) The study of the structure and function of cells is called_________. A) cytology
B) gross anatomy
C) exploratory physiology
2) The study of how the body functions is called_________. D) comparative physiology
A) neuroanatomy E) radiology
B) anatomy
C) chemistry
D) histology 9) Ultrastructure refers to the detailed structure to the level of the _________.
E) physiology A) molecule
B) cell
C) organelle
3) Feeling for swollen lymph nodes is an example of auscultation. true D) tissue
false E) organ
4) We can see through bones with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). true 10) The study of how hormones function is called_________.
false A) neuroanatomy
B) neurophysiology
C) endocrinology
5) Histology is the study of structures that can be observed without a magnifying lens. D) histology
true E) pathophysiology
false
11) The study of mechanism of disease is called_________.
A) neuroanatomy
6) Feeling structures with your fingertips is called_________, whereas tapping on the
B) neurophysiology
body and listening for sounds of abnormalities is called_________.
C) endocrinology
A) palpation; auscultation
D) histology
B) auscultation; percussion
E) pathophysiology
C) percussion; auscultation
D) palpation; percussion E) percussion; palpation
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,12) The terms physics, physiology, and physician come from a term_________ proposed to
distinguish natural causes from supernatural causes. 18) Who established a code of ethics for physicians and is considered the "father of medicine"? A)
A) Hippocrates Aristotle
B) Plato B) Hippocrates
C) Schwann C) Galen
D) Aristotle D) Vesalius
E) Avicenna E) Hooke
13) Who was a physician to the Roman gladiators, learned by dissection of animals, and saw science 19) The hypothetico-deductive method is common in physiology, whereas the inductive method is
as a method of discovery? common in anatomy.
A) Hippocrates true
B) Plato false
C) Schwann
D) Aristotle
E) Galen 20) What is the process of using numerous observations to develop general principles and predictions
about a specific subject called?
14) Cells were first named by microscopist Robert Hooke. true A) Experimental design
false B) The deductive method
C) The inductive method
D) A hypothesis
15) All functions of the body can be interpreted as the effects of cellular activity. true E) Statistical testing
false
21) Most people think that ulcers are caused by psychological stress. It was discovered that an acid-
16) Known as "the father of modern anatomy,"_________ was the first to publish accurate drawings resistant bacterium, Heliobacter pylori, lives in the lining of the stomach. If these bacteria cause
of the body. ulcers, then treatment with an antibiotic should reduce ulcers. This line of investigation is an
A) Vesalius example of_________.
B) Maimonides A) hypothetical reasoning
C) Harvey B) hypothetico-deductive reasoning
D) Aristotle C) the inductive method
E) van Leeuwenhoek D) experimental design
E) statistical analysis
17) The most influential medical textbook of the ancient era was written by_________.
A) Hippocrates 22) The use of controls and statistical testing are two aspects of experimental design that help to
B) Aristotle ensure_________.
C) Galen A) an adequate sample size
D) Vesalius B) objective and reliable results
E) Avicenna C) experimental bias
D) psychosomatic effects
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, E) treatment groups D) hypothesis
E) fact
23) Which process submits a scientist's ideas to the critical judgment of other specialists in the field
before the research is funded or published? 28) Which of the following would contain the greatest amount of information that scientists consider
A) Adjudication to be true to the best of their knowledge?
B) Statistical testing A) A fact
C) Falsification B) A law of nature
D) Peer review C) A hypothesis
E) Hypothetico-deductive testing D) An equation
E) A theory
24) A new drug apparently increases short-term memory. Students were divided randomly into two
groups at the beginning of the semester. One group was given the memory pill once a day for the 29) Evolutionary (Darwinian) medicine traces some of our diseases to our evolutionary past. true
semester, and the other group was given a same-looking pill, but it was just sugar. The sugar pill false
is termed a(n)_________.
A) controlled pill
B) placebo 30) If a species of animal evolves over generations to grow a large fan-blade like growth on its back
C) treatment pill to catch the wind and cool its body, this would be an example of responding to_________.
D) variable A) selection pressure
E) effective dose B) adaptation
C) natural selection
D) climate change
25) Two groups of people were tested to determine whether garlic lowers blood cholesterol levels. E) positive feedback
One group was given 800 mg of garlic powder daily for four months and exhibited an average
12% reduction in the blood cholesterol. The other group was not given any garlic and after four
months averaged a 3% reduction in cholesterol. The group that was not given the garlic was 31) The terms development and evolution have the same meaning in physiology. true
the_________ group. false
A) peer
B) test
C) treatment 32) What is a change in the genetic composition of a population over time called?
D) control A) Mutation
E) double-blind B) Natural selection
C) Selection pressure
26) An individual scientific fact has more information than a theory. true false D) Evolution
E) Adaptation
27) An educated speculation or a possible answer to a question is called a(n)_________.
A) scientific method 33) The constant appearance of new strains of influenza virus is an example of_________.
B) theory A) a model
C) law B) evolution
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, C) selection pressure
D) survivorship 39) What is the species of modern humans?
E) success A) Homo erectus
B) Homo sapiens
34) What is the principal theory of how evolution works? C) Homo habilis
A) Natural pressure D) Neanderthal
B) Selective pressure E) Australopithecus
C) Darwinian pressure
D) Natural adaptation
E) Natural selection 40) Organs are made of tissues. true
false
35) Stereoscopic vision provides_________.
A) opposable perception
B) color perception 41) A molecule of water is more complex than a mitochondrion (organelle). true false
C) depth perception
D) bipedalism
E) opposition of thumbs 42) An_________ is composed of two or more tissues types, whereas_________ are microscopic
structures in a cell.
36) Most primates are_________, meaning they live in trees. A) organ system; organs
A) prehensile B) organ system; organelles
B) bipedal C) organ; organelles
C) cursorial D) organ; molecules
D) troglodytic E) organelle; molecules
E) arboreal
43) Which of the following lists levels of human structure from the most complex to the simplest?
A) Organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system B) Organ system, organ, cell, tissue, organelle C)
37) Which of the following was an adaptation that evolved in connection with human upright
walking? Organ system, organelle, tissue, cell, organ D) Organ system, organ, tissue, cell, organelle E)
Organ, organ system, tissue, cell, organelle
A) Hair
B) Fully opposable thumbs
C) Stereoscopic vision
44) Which of the following lists examples of body structures from the simplest to the most complex?
D) Color vision
A) Mitochondrion, connective tissue, protein, stomach, adipocyte (fat cell) B) Protein,
E) Spinal and pelvic anatomy
mitochondrion, adipocyte (fat cell), connective tissue, stomach
C) Mitochondrion, connective tissue, stomach, protein, adipocyte (fat cell)
38) A human is born before his/her nervous system has matured. This is traceable to_________. D) Protein, adipocyte (fat cell), stomach, connective tissue, mitochondrion E) Protein,
A) their inability to regulate body temperature
stomach, connective tissue, adipocyte (fat cell), mitochondrion
B) skeletal adaptations to bipedalism
C) the arboreal habits of early primates
45) A(n)_________ is a group of similar cells and their intercellular materials in a discrete region of
D) the conditions of modern civilization
an organ performing a specific function.
E) the diet of early species of Homo
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Edition by Kenneth Saladin
7) Which of these is the best imaging technique for routinely examining the anatomical development
of a fetus?
A) Auscultation
Chap 01 10e Saladin Answers Included B) PET scan
1) The study of normal body structures is called_________. C) MRI
A) physiology D) Sonography
B) anatomy E) Radiography
C) pathology
D) microscopy
E) biology 8) The study of the structure and function of cells is called_________. A) cytology
B) gross anatomy
C) exploratory physiology
2) The study of how the body functions is called_________. D) comparative physiology
A) neuroanatomy E) radiology
B) anatomy
C) chemistry
D) histology 9) Ultrastructure refers to the detailed structure to the level of the _________.
E) physiology A) molecule
B) cell
C) organelle
3) Feeling for swollen lymph nodes is an example of auscultation. true D) tissue
false E) organ
4) We can see through bones with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). true 10) The study of how hormones function is called_________.
false A) neuroanatomy
B) neurophysiology
C) endocrinology
5) Histology is the study of structures that can be observed without a magnifying lens. D) histology
true E) pathophysiology
false
11) The study of mechanism of disease is called_________.
A) neuroanatomy
6) Feeling structures with your fingertips is called_________, whereas tapping on the
B) neurophysiology
body and listening for sounds of abnormalities is called_________.
C) endocrinology
A) palpation; auscultation
D) histology
B) auscultation; percussion
E) pathophysiology
C) percussion; auscultation
D) palpation; percussion E) percussion; palpation
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,12) The terms physics, physiology, and physician come from a term_________ proposed to
distinguish natural causes from supernatural causes. 18) Who established a code of ethics for physicians and is considered the "father of medicine"? A)
A) Hippocrates Aristotle
B) Plato B) Hippocrates
C) Schwann C) Galen
D) Aristotle D) Vesalius
E) Avicenna E) Hooke
13) Who was a physician to the Roman gladiators, learned by dissection of animals, and saw science 19) The hypothetico-deductive method is common in physiology, whereas the inductive method is
as a method of discovery? common in anatomy.
A) Hippocrates true
B) Plato false
C) Schwann
D) Aristotle
E) Galen 20) What is the process of using numerous observations to develop general principles and predictions
about a specific subject called?
14) Cells were first named by microscopist Robert Hooke. true A) Experimental design
false B) The deductive method
C) The inductive method
D) A hypothesis
15) All functions of the body can be interpreted as the effects of cellular activity. true E) Statistical testing
false
21) Most people think that ulcers are caused by psychological stress. It was discovered that an acid-
16) Known as "the father of modern anatomy,"_________ was the first to publish accurate drawings resistant bacterium, Heliobacter pylori, lives in the lining of the stomach. If these bacteria cause
of the body. ulcers, then treatment with an antibiotic should reduce ulcers. This line of investigation is an
A) Vesalius example of_________.
B) Maimonides A) hypothetical reasoning
C) Harvey B) hypothetico-deductive reasoning
D) Aristotle C) the inductive method
E) van Leeuwenhoek D) experimental design
E) statistical analysis
17) The most influential medical textbook of the ancient era was written by_________.
A) Hippocrates 22) The use of controls and statistical testing are two aspects of experimental design that help to
B) Aristotle ensure_________.
C) Galen A) an adequate sample size
D) Vesalius B) objective and reliable results
E) Avicenna C) experimental bias
D) psychosomatic effects
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, E) treatment groups D) hypothesis
E) fact
23) Which process submits a scientist's ideas to the critical judgment of other specialists in the field
before the research is funded or published? 28) Which of the following would contain the greatest amount of information that scientists consider
A) Adjudication to be true to the best of their knowledge?
B) Statistical testing A) A fact
C) Falsification B) A law of nature
D) Peer review C) A hypothesis
E) Hypothetico-deductive testing D) An equation
E) A theory
24) A new drug apparently increases short-term memory. Students were divided randomly into two
groups at the beginning of the semester. One group was given the memory pill once a day for the 29) Evolutionary (Darwinian) medicine traces some of our diseases to our evolutionary past. true
semester, and the other group was given a same-looking pill, but it was just sugar. The sugar pill false
is termed a(n)_________.
A) controlled pill
B) placebo 30) If a species of animal evolves over generations to grow a large fan-blade like growth on its back
C) treatment pill to catch the wind and cool its body, this would be an example of responding to_________.
D) variable A) selection pressure
E) effective dose B) adaptation
C) natural selection
D) climate change
25) Two groups of people were tested to determine whether garlic lowers blood cholesterol levels. E) positive feedback
One group was given 800 mg of garlic powder daily for four months and exhibited an average
12% reduction in the blood cholesterol. The other group was not given any garlic and after four
months averaged a 3% reduction in cholesterol. The group that was not given the garlic was 31) The terms development and evolution have the same meaning in physiology. true
the_________ group. false
A) peer
B) test
C) treatment 32) What is a change in the genetic composition of a population over time called?
D) control A) Mutation
E) double-blind B) Natural selection
C) Selection pressure
26) An individual scientific fact has more information than a theory. true false D) Evolution
E) Adaptation
27) An educated speculation or a possible answer to a question is called a(n)_________.
A) scientific method 33) The constant appearance of new strains of influenza virus is an example of_________.
B) theory A) a model
C) law B) evolution
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, C) selection pressure
D) survivorship 39) What is the species of modern humans?
E) success A) Homo erectus
B) Homo sapiens
34) What is the principal theory of how evolution works? C) Homo habilis
A) Natural pressure D) Neanderthal
B) Selective pressure E) Australopithecus
C) Darwinian pressure
D) Natural adaptation
E) Natural selection 40) Organs are made of tissues. true
false
35) Stereoscopic vision provides_________.
A) opposable perception
B) color perception 41) A molecule of water is more complex than a mitochondrion (organelle). true false
C) depth perception
D) bipedalism
E) opposition of thumbs 42) An_________ is composed of two or more tissues types, whereas_________ are microscopic
structures in a cell.
36) Most primates are_________, meaning they live in trees. A) organ system; organs
A) prehensile B) organ system; organelles
B) bipedal C) organ; organelles
C) cursorial D) organ; molecules
D) troglodytic E) organelle; molecules
E) arboreal
43) Which of the following lists levels of human structure from the most complex to the simplest?
A) Organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system B) Organ system, organ, cell, tissue, organelle C)
37) Which of the following was an adaptation that evolved in connection with human upright
walking? Organ system, organelle, tissue, cell, organ D) Organ system, organ, tissue, cell, organelle E)
Organ, organ system, tissue, cell, organelle
A) Hair
B) Fully opposable thumbs
C) Stereoscopic vision
44) Which of the following lists examples of body structures from the simplest to the most complex?
D) Color vision
A) Mitochondrion, connective tissue, protein, stomach, adipocyte (fat cell) B) Protein,
E) Spinal and pelvic anatomy
mitochondrion, adipocyte (fat cell), connective tissue, stomach
C) Mitochondrion, connective tissue, stomach, protein, adipocyte (fat cell)
38) A human is born before his/her nervous system has matured. This is traceable to_________. D) Protein, adipocyte (fat cell), stomach, connective tissue, mitochondrion E) Protein,
A) their inability to regulate body temperature
stomach, connective tissue, adipocyte (fat cell), mitochondrion
B) skeletal adaptations to bipedalism
C) the arboreal habits of early primates
45) A(n)_________ is a group of similar cells and their intercellular materials in a discrete region of
D) the conditions of modern civilization
an organ performing a specific function.
E) the diet of early species of Homo
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