a. The area of the chin is called the mental region (Figure 8)
b. The area of the nose is called the ocular region (Figure 9)
c. The region of the mouth is called the oral region (Figure 7)
d. The area of the cheek is called the glandular region (Figure 6)
e. The base of the skull is called the occipital region (Figure 10)
The correct answers are a, c, and e. The incorrect options are b and d. The nose is called the nasal region, and
the cheek area is called the buccal region. All other statements were correct. If you do not select the correct
answers, the entire question is marked wrong.
2. The name of the eye region is the __________ (Figure 4), and the name of the ear region is the __________
(Figure 5).
a. Otic region; nasal region
b. Ocular region; otic region
c. Nasal region; frontal region
d. Occipital region; otic region
The answer is b, ocular region is the eye, and otic region is the ear. You look through binoculars with your ocula
region, and use an otoscope for your otic region!
3. The skull area is referred to as the ________ (Figure 2), and the forehead region is referred to as the
_________ (Figure 3).
a. Cranial region; frontal region
b. Cervical region; cranial region
, c. Cephalic region; mental region
d. Cranial region; nasal region
The answer is a, cranial region refers to the skull, and frontal region refers to the forehead. Think cranial, brania
Also front/fore mean the same thing, so you know that’s the front of the head (forehead).
4. Which region refers to the entire head region (Figure 1)?
a. Appendicular region
b. Thoracic region
c. Cephalic region
d. Cervical region
The answer is c, cephalic region. Cephalic refers to the entire head region, and you can remember this because
it starts with a “c” and ends with a “lic,” which the head allows you to do.
5. The cervical region refers to which area of the body?
a. The entire head region
b. The entire neck region
c. The chest region
d. The pubic region
The answer is b, the neck region, where you also have cervical vertebrae.
6. What are the names of the two major regions of the body?
a. Cephalic and thoracic
b. Axial and appendicular
c. Appendicular and cephalic
d. Pelvic and crural
The answer is b, axial and appendicular are the two major regions of the body. The appendicular region includes
the upper and lower limbs, whereas