A&P ch 1 practice test

Taking a pulse by feeling the radial artery is an example of which of the following?

a. auscultation

b. autopsy

c. percussion

?????d. palpation

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A physician who is listening to your heart beat is utilizing which diagnostic procedure?

a. auscultation

b. autopsy

c. percussion

d. palpation

Auscultation

• this refers to performing a physical examination by listening to sounds in the body

Which can be revealed through percussion during a medical exam? (More than one may be correct)

a. tendon damage

b. cancer cells

c. pockets of air

d. pockets of fluid

Pockets of air

Pockets of fluid

Students are studying the shape, size, and parts of the heart. They are studying the ______ of the heart.

a. physiology

b. chemistry

c. physics

d. anatomy

Anatomy

The term for the process of carefully separating tissues to reveal anatomical relationship is _________

Dissection

The study of biological function is known as __________

Physiology

What is the act of looking at the body called?

a. palpation

b. inspection

c. autopsy

d. auscultation

Inspection

Which is an example of exploratory surgery?

a. tapping on the body to listen for air pockets

b. opening the body to help diagnose a problem

c. using blood tests to help diagnose a problem

d. taking an x-ray to diagnose a problem

Opening the body to help diagnose a problem

The technique of listening to the sounds of internal organs, typically with a stethoscope, during a physical examination is called _________

Auscultation

Which is an example of percussion?

a. feeling the radial artery for a pulse

b. tapping on the body to listen for pockets of air

c. listening to a heartbeat through a stethoscope

d. taking a patient’s temperature

Tapping on the body to listen for pockets of air

Dissection and Anatomy both mean ______

a. physical examination

b. too small to be seen without a microscope

c. multiple species

d. cutting apart

Cutting apart

Physiology is the study of _______

a. body structures

b. body functions

c. cells

d. matter

Body functions

Most exploratory surgery has been replaced with _______

a. dissection

b. percussion

c. histopathology

d. medical imaging techniques

Medical imaging techniques

The practice of diagnosing illness by opening a body is known as what type of surgery?

a. open

b. investigative

c. exploratory

d. revealed

Exploratory surgery

A physician who is listening to your heart beat is utilizing which diagnostic procedure?

a. palpation

b. autopsy

c. percussion

d. auscultation

Auscultation

Students are looking at major arteries and veins on the surface of the heart, which does not require a microscope. They are studying the _______ of the heart.

a. gross anatomy

b. histology

c. ultrastructure

d. cytology

Gross anatomy

Histology is also called ______

a. microscopic anatomy

b. radiology

c. pathology

d. gross anatomy

Microscopic anatomy

What does the term dissection refer to?

a. examination of the body through palpation, auscultation, or percussion

b. the process of carefully separating tissues to reveal anatomical relationships

c. the subdiscipline of anatomy concerned with macroscopic anatomy

The process of carefully seperating tissues to reveal anatomical relationships

An organism is a ______

a. complete individual

b. group of two or more atoms

c. structure composed of the same cell type

d. group of organs that carry out a similar function

Complete individual

Which branch of medicine is concerned with imaging, such as with X-rays?

a. radiology

b. histology

c. cytology

d. immunology

Radiology

A group of organs working together for a coordinated function is an organ _______

System

Which is an example of exploratory surgery?

a. opening the body to help diagnose a problem

b. tapping on the body to listen for air pockets

c. using blood tests to help diagnose a problem

d. taking an x-ray to diagnose a problem

Opening the body to help diagnose a problem

What is an anatomical structure that is composed of at least two different tissue types, has recognizable structural boundaries, and has a discrete function different from the structures around it called?

a. organ

b. organism

c. cell

d. tissue

Organ

What type of anatomy focuses on body structures that can be observed without magnification?

a. systemic

b. comparative

c. developmental

d. gross

Gross

Which branch of medicine examines tissues for disease?

a. histopathology

b. embryology

c. histology

d. cytology

Histopathology

Fill in the correct term for the following sequence:

Macromolecules, ___________, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism

Organelles

What is the body’s tendency to maintain relatively stable internal conditions in spite of greater changes in its external environment called?

a. excitability

b. homeostasis

c. static equilibrium

Homeostasis

An organ is best described as which of the following?

a. a single complete individual

b. two or more organs that work together for a common function

c. a structure composed of at least two different tissues, with recognizable boundaries, and with a discrete function

d. the smallest unit of an organism that can carry out all the functions of life

e. a group of cells working together for a common function

A structure composed of at least two different tissues, with recognizable boundaries, and with a discrete function

Differences in sex, age, weight, diet, degree of physical activity, environment, among other things; are important for what?

a. physiological variations

b. selective variations

c. metaphysical variations

d. anatomical variations

Physiological variations

What is gross anatomy?

a. the study of specific body systems, such as the cardiovascular system

b. the study of body structures that can be observed without magnification

c. the study of development of an individual from fertilization of an egg to death

d. the study of more than one species in order to observe the structural similarities and differences

The study of body structures that can be observed without magnification

When some bodily changes are detected, responses are activated that reverse the change, restoring stability and preserving normal body function. This would be an example of what type of feedback?

a. negative

b. positive

Negative

The study of tissue specimens is called _________

Histology

An aggregation of cells and extracellular materials, which perform a discrete function is known as a _________

Tissue

Homeostasis is the ability of an organism to _________

a. maintain a stable internal environment

b. grow

c. move away from an unstable external environment

d. reproduce

Maintain a stable internal environment

The name for a structure that is specialized to detect a stimulus is a __________

Receptor

Blood pressure is controlled by a _________ feedback mechanism

Negative

An integrating center ________

a. contracts in response to a stimulus

b. processes information

c. detects a change in conditions

Processes information

Histology is also called _________

a. pathology

b. gross anatomy

c. radiology

d. microscopic anatomy

Microscopic anatomy

An effector ________

a. processes information

b. carries out corrective behavior

c. detects changes in internal conditions

Carries out corrective behavior

Which is an example of a class of tissue?

a. stomach

b. mitochondrial

c. blood cell

d. connective

Connective

Which of the following are examples of a positive feedback mechanism? (more than one may be correct)

a. Maintenance of normal blood pressure

b. Maintenance of normal body temperature

c. Contractions during childbirth

d. Formation of a blood clot

Contractions during birth

Formations of a blood clot

What is a cell or organ that is specialized to detect a stimulus called?

a. Effector

b. Receptor

c. Integrator

Receptor

Medical mistakes, such as prescribing the wrong dose of medication, can result from failure to consider which of the following?

a. Negative feedback mechanisms

b. Natural selection

c. Physiological variation

d. Placebo effect

Physiological variation

Most medical terminology comes from the ______ and ______ languages

Latin & Greek

Which of the following describes the integration center of a feedback mechanism?

a. A cell or organ specialized to detect a stimulus

b. Processes information, relates it to other information, and makes a decision of what a response should be

c. A molecule, cell, or organ that carries out a response to a stimulus

Processes information, relates it to other information, and makes a decision of what a response should be

What is the cell or organ that directly carries out a response to a stimulus called?

a. Effector

b. Integrator

c. Receptor

Effector

A prefix and a ________ are word elements that modify the core meaning of the root

Suffix

What type of feedback is a self-amplifying cycle in which a physiological change leads to an even greater change in the same direction?

a. Negative

b. Positive

Positive

The name of the middle ear bone is ________, while the name of a bony protuberance at the ankle is _________

a. malleolus; malleus

b. malleus; malleolus

b. malleus; malleolus

What percentage of todays medical terms are formed from just 1,200 Greek and Latin roots?

a. 90%

b. 25%

c. 100%

d. 50%

90%

Which part of a feedback mechanism processes information, relates it to other information, and makes a decision of action?

a. Integrating center

b. Receptor

c. Effector

Integrating center

The name of a back muscle is ________, while the name of a wrist bone is _________

a. trapezium; trapezius

b. trapezius; trapezium

b. trapezius; trapezium

A receptor is a structure that ________

a. opens and closes in response to blood pressure

b. grows in response to a stimulus

c. detects a change

Detects a change

Part of a hip bone is an ________, while the final portion of the small intestine is the _________

a. ilium, ileum

b. ileum, ilium

a. ilium, ileum