ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY TWELFTH EDITION COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST 2026 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION PRACTICE BANK

ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY TWELFTH EDITION
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
2026 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
PRACTICE BANK

◉ Transverse plane
Answer: Plane dividing upper and lower part of the body


◉ What does the Dorsal body cavity contain?
Answer: Contains cranial cavity and spinal cavity


◉ What does the Cranial Cavity contain?
Answer: Houses the brain


◉ What does the Spinal Cavity contain?
Answer: Houses the spinal cord


◉ What does the Thoracic Cavity contain?
Answer: Houses lungs, heart, mediastinum

,◉ Where is the Diaphragm?
Answer: Separates thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities


◉ What does the Abdominal Cavity contain?
Answer: Stomach, liver, intestines


◉ What does the Pelvic Cavity contain?
Answer: Reproductive organs, bladder, rectum


◉ What is the Abdominal-Pelvic cavity?
Answer: Includes abdominal and pelvic cavities


◉ What are the Quadrants of abdominopelvic cavity?
Answer: 4 main - upper right, upper left, lower right, lower left
9 regions


◉ What does the Ventral body cavity contain?
Answer: Contains thoracic cavity, diaphragm, abdominal cavity,
pelvic cavity


◉ What is the Integumentary system?

, Answer: External covering, skin
Waterproofs, cushions and protects deeper tissue
Regulates body temperature
Excretes salts and urea
Temperature, pressure and pain receptors


◉ Name parts of axial skeleton
Answer: Skull, ribs, sternum, vertebra


◉ Name parts of appendicular skeleton
Answer: Shoulders, pelvic girdle, arms, legs


◉ What is the Skeletal System?
Answer: Bones, cartilage, ligaments and joints
Provides framework
Stones minerals
Functions to produce blood cells (hematopoiesis)
Protects organs (ie skull)
206 bones


◉ What is the Muscular System?
Answer: Functions to provide movement