Test Bank for Memmler's The Human Body in Health and Disease 14th Edition | Updated/Latest 2025–2026

TEST BANK FOR
Memmler's the Human Body in Health and Disease, Enhanced Edition
Fourteenth Edition
By: Barbara Janson Cohen, Kerry L. Hull

Unit I The Body as a Whole
Chapter 1 Organization of the Human Body
Chapter 2 Chemistry, Matter, and Life
Chapter 3 Cells and Their Functions
Chapter 4 Tissues, Glands, and Membranes
Unit II Disease and the First Line of Defense
Chapter 5 Disease and Disease-Producing
Organisms
Chapter 6 The Integumentary System
Unit III Movement and Support
Chapter 7 The Skeletal System
Chapter 8 The Muscular System
Unit IV Coordination and Control
Chapter 9 The Nervous System: The Spinal Cord
and Spinal Nerves
Chapter 10 The Nervous System: The Brain and
Cranial Nerves
Chapter 11 The Sensory System
Chapter 12 The Endocrine System: Glands and
Hormones
Unit V Circulation and Body Defense
Chapter 13 The Blood
Chapter 14 The Heart and Heart Disease
Chapter 15 Blood Vessels and Blood Circulation
Chapter 16 The Lymphatic System and Lymphatic Circulation
Chapter 17 Immunity
Unit VI Energy: Supply and Use
Chapter 18 The Respiratory System
Chapter 19 The Digestive System
Chapter 20 Metabolism, Nutrition, and Body Temperature
Chapter 21 The Urinary System
Chapter 22 Body Fluids
Unit VII Perpetuation of Life
Chapter 23 The Male and Female Reproductive Systems
Chapter 24 Development and Birth
Chapter 25 Heredity and Hereditary Diseases

,Question 1 See full question
Thejibasicjiunitsjiofjilifejiare
You Selected:
• cells
Correct response:
• cells
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen,jiBJ,jiandjiHull,jiKL.jiMemmler’sjiThejiHumanjiBodyjiinjiHealthjiandjiDisease,ji13thjied.,jiPhiladel
phia:jiWoltersjiKluwerjiHealth,ji2015,jiChapterji1:jiOrganizationjiofjithejiHumanjiBody,jip.ji4.
Question 2 See full question
Thejidifferencejibetweenjithejiinsidejiofjithejirefrigeratorjiandjithejiinsidejiofjithejifreezerjiisjicalledjithe
You Selected:
• Temperatureji gradient
Correct response:
• Temperatureji gradient
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen,jiBJ,jiandjiHull,jiKL.jiMemmler’sjiThejiHumanjiBodyjiinjiHealthjiandjiDisease,ji13thjied.,jiPhiladel
phia:jiWoltersjiKluwerjiHealth,ji2015,jiChapterji1:jiOrganizationjiofjithejiHumanjiBody
Question 3 See full question
Thejigallbladderjiliesjiinjithe
You Selected:
• abdominaljicavity
Correct response:
• abdominaljicavity
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen,jiBJ,jiandjiHull,jiKL.jiMemmler’sjiThejiHumanjiBodyjiinjiHealthjiandjiDisease,ji13thjied.,jiPhiladel
phia:jiWoltersjiKluwerjiHealth,ji2015,jiChapterji1:jiOrganizationjiofjithejiHumanjiBody,jip.ji10.
Question 4 See full question
Thejisumjiofjialljithejichemicaljireactionsjithatjioccurjiinjithejibodyjimakesjiupji .
You Selected:
• metabolism
Correct response:
• metabolism

, Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen,jiBJ,jiandjiHull,jiKL.jiMemmler’sjiThejiHumanjiBodyjiinjiHealthjiandjiDisease,ji13thjied.,jiPhiladel
phia:jiWoltersjiKluwerjiHealth,ji2015,jiChapterji1:jiOrganizationjiofjithejiHumanjiBody,jip.ji8.
Question 5 See full question
Anatomyjiisjithejistudyjiofjithejifunctioningjiofjithejibody.
You Selected:
• True
Correct response:
• False
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen,jiBJ,jiandjiHull,jiKL.jiMemmler’sjiThejiHumanjiBodyjiinjiHealthjiandjiDisease,ji13thjied.,jiPhiladel
phia:jiWoltersjiKluwerjiHealth,ji2015,jiChapterji1:jiOrganizationjiofjithejiHumanjiBody,jip.ji4.
Question 6 See full question
Thejifrontaljiplanejidividesjithejibodyjiintojiajidorsaljiandjiajiventraljisection.
You Selected:
• True
Correct response:
• True
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen,jiBJ,jiandjiHull,jiKL.jiMemmler’sjiThejiHumanjiBodyjiinjiHealthjiandjiDisease,ji13thjied.,jiPhiladel
phia:jiWoltersjiKluwerjiHealth,ji2015,jiChapterji1:jiOrganizationjiofjithejiHumanjiBody,jip.ji9.
Question 7 See full question
Thejitransversejiplanejiisjialsojicalledjithejicoronaljiplane.
You Selected:
• False
Correct response:
• False
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen,jiBJ,jiandjiHull,jiKL.jiMemmler’sjiThejiHumanjiBodyjiinjiHealthjiandjiDisease,ji13thjied.,jiPhiladel
phia:jiWoltersjiKluwerjiHealth,ji2015,jiChapterji1:jiOrganizationjiofjithejiHumanjiBody,jip.ji9.
Question 8 See full question
Thejibreakingjidownjiofjisubstancesjiintojisimplerjiproductsjiisjicalled

, You Selected:
• catabolism
Correct response:
• catabolism
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen,jiBJ,jiandjiHull,jiKL.jiMemmler’sjiThejiHumanjiBodyjiinjiHealthjiandjiDisease,ji13thjied.,jiPhiladel
phia:jiWoltersjiKluwerjiHealth,ji2015,jiChapterji1:jiOrganizationjiofjithejiHumanjiBody,jip.ji8.
Question 9 See full question
Thejipleuraljicavityjiliesjiwithinjitheji cavity.
You Selected:
• thoracic
Correct response:
• thoracic
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen,jiBJ,jiandjiHull,jiKL.jiMemmler’sjiThejiHumanjiBodyjiinjiHealthjiandjiDisease,ji13thjied.,jiPhiladel
phia:jiWoltersjiKluwerjiHealth,ji2015,jiChapterji1:jiOrganizationjiofjithejiHumanjiBody,jip.ji10.
Question 10 See full question
Wherejiisjithejimediastinum?
You Selected:
• thejipleuraljicavity
Correct response:
• thejithoracicjicavity
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen,jiBJ,jiandjiHull,jiKL.jiMemmler’sjiThejiHumanjiBodyjiinjiHealthjiandjiDisease,ji13thjied.,jiPhiladel
phia:jiWoltersjiKluwerjiHealth,ji2015,jiChapterji1:jiOrganizationjiofjithejiHumanjiBody,jip.ji10.
Question 11 See full question
Thejispleenjiisjipartjiofjitheji system.
You Selected:
• lymphatic/immune
Correct response:
• lymphatic/immune