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BASIC ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY EXAM REVIEWS 2023/2024 Define anatomy - CORRECT ANSWERS-the study of the structure of the human body Define physiology - CORRECT ANSWERS-the science that deals with the function of the living organism Describe the anatomic position - CORRECT ANSWERS-standing erect with feet together -facing the observer -arms at the sides with the palms forward mid-sagittal/ median - CORRECT ANSWERS-divides the body into equal right and left proportions transverse - CO...

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Martin Caon Examination Questions and Answers in Basic Anatomy and Physiology Third Edition Chapter 21: Sixty-Four Essay Topics for a Written Assignment Assessment in Anatomy and Physiology

Martin Caon Examination Questions and Answers in Basic Anatomy and Physiology Third Edition Chapter 20: Work, Energy, Body Temperature and Heat Loss 20.1 Work and Energy 1. What is the meaning of “work” in the scientific sense? a. An artist’s completed painting. b. The amount of energy transferred between objects. c. The functions performed during the course of paid employment. d. Sustained physical or mental activity. Answer is B: The amount of work done on an object is the...

Martin Caon Examination Questions and Answers in Basic Anatomy and Physiology Third Edition Chapter 18: Electricity 1. Which is the correct statement about the behaviour of electrical charges? a. An electron and a proton will repel each other. b. Two like charges would repel each other. c. Like charges would attract each other. d. Unlike charges repel each other. Answer is B: Two positive charges would repel each other. Two negative charges will repel each other. So “like” charge...

Martin Caon Examination Questions and Answers in Basic Anatomy and Physiology Third Edition Chapter 19: Biomechanics 19.1 Force, Vectors and Levers 1. Choose the INCORRECT statement from the four below. a. Mass is the amount of matter contained in an object. b. Gravity is the name of the force that acts between any objects with mass. c. Weight is the pressure with which earth’s gravity acts on an object. d. For a standing person, base of support is the area bounded by their fee...

Martin Caon Examination Questions and Answers in Basic Anatomy and Physiology Third Edition Chapter 17: Ionising Radiation 17.1 Medical Imaging with X-Radiation X-ray photons directed at a patient do one of three things: 1. Pass straight through the patient (who is mostly empty space) without deviating from their trajectory, to strike the detector and form the medical image. 2. Are stopped within the patient by ionising some of the patient’s atoms, leaving their energy in the pat...

Martin Caon Examination Questions and Answers in Basic Anatomy and Physiology Third Edition Chapter 15: Reproductive System 15.1 Reproductive Anatomy 1. Where are the male ejaculatory ducts? a. In the testicles before the epididymis b. In the penis c. Between the bulbourethral glands and the urethra d. At the end of the vas deferens (ductus deferens) Answer is D: The ejaculatory ducts commence where the ducts of the seminal glands join the vas deferens and end where the vas defe...

Martin Caon Examination Questions and Answers in Basic Anatomy and Physiology Third Edition Chapter 16: Waves, Light Waves, Sound Waves, Ultrasound (the Physics of) 16.1 Waves Mechanical waves (sound waves, waves on water) are a mechanism for transferring energy through a medium (the air or water) without transferring matter. Another definition is: A periodic disturbance in some property of the medium, the medium itself remaining relatively at rest. Waves have the following measurable p...

Martin Caon Examination Questions and Answers in Basic Anatomy and Physiology Third Edition Chapter 14: Nervous System 14.1 Cells and Action Potential 1. Which word correctly completes the statement: “All motor neurons are…”? a. Interneurons b. Multipolar c. Bipolar d. Unipolar Answer is B: Motor neurones (that innervate muscles) are multipolar. 2. In the peripheral nervous system, which cells form the myelin sheath? a. Ependymal cells b. Schwann cells c. Astrocytes d...