Chapter 18: Introduction to the Human Body: Medical Terminology, Cells, Tissues,
and the Body Compass
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which term means the study of the structures of the human body and their positional
relationships to one another?
a. Anatomy b.
Pathology c.
Physiology
d. Craniotomy
ANS: A
Anatomy is the study of the structures of the human body and their positional relationships to
one another.
2. Which term means the study of how the body and its individual parts function in normal body
processes?
a. Anatomy b.
Pathology c.
Physiology
d. Craniotomy
ANS: C
Physiology is the study of how the body and its individual parts function in normal body
processes.
3. Which term means the study of disease?
a. Anatomy b.
Pathology c.
Physiology
d. Craniotomy
ANS: B
Pathology or pathophysiology is the study of disease.
4. Which term means the tendency of the body’s internal environment to remain relatively
constant with a narrow range of change?
a. Anatomy
b. Hemostasis
c. Physiology
d. Homeostasis
ANS: D
Homeostasis is the tendency of the body’s internal environment to remain relatively constant
with a narrow range of change.
5. Which prefix means within or inside?
a. Dors-
, b. Endo-
c. Epi-
d. Histo-
ANS: B
Endo- means within or inside, as in endometrium or endocardium.
6. Which suffix means cell?
a. -blast
b. -cele
c. -clast
d. -cyte
ANS: D
-cyte means cell, as in hemocyte or osteocyte.
7. Which suffix means pain?
a. -algia
b. -emia
c. -itis
d. -plasia
ANS: A
-algia means pain, as in fibromyalgia or neuralgia.
8. Which sequence represents how the body is organized from least complex to most?
a. Cells, tissues, membranes, organs, organ systems, organism
b. Chemicals, cells, tissue s, o rg a ns ,
T E S TB A
NorKgSanEsLyLstEemRs., CorOgaMnism
c. Cells, chemicals, organs, tissues, organ systems
d. Chemicals, molecules, tissues, cells, organism
ANS: B
The human body can be regarded as a universe made up of small components organized to
function as a unit. This organization follows a hierarchy based on levels of complexity. The
levels from least complex to most complex are chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, organ system,
and organism.
9. Which term means the inner region of an organ or structure?
a. Medulla
b. Cortex
c. Ipsilateral
d. Transverse
ANS: A
The medulla is the inner region of an organ or structure.
10. Which term means the space within a hollow or tubular structure, such as an artery or
intestine?
a. Cortex
b. Lumen
c. Ipsilateral
d. Transverse
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