Intro to Anatomy Practice Quiz

1. A dermatologist is studying the ways that skin heals itself. Which category does this fit into?

• anatomy
• physiology

2. Put the following levels of organization in order from smallest to largest: heart, cardiac muscle cell, giraffe, cardiovascular system, muscle tissue

3. Which system of the body is responsible for protecting you from infection and recycling cellular fluids?

• skeletal
• nervous
• integumentary
• lymphatic

4. Your little sister fell and scraped her knee. What necessary function of life has been affected?

• movement
• maintaining boundaries
• metabolism
• responsiveness

7. Which abdominal region is part of all four quadrants?

• epigastric
• umbilical
• hypogastric
• right iliac
• left hypochondriac

8. If the body has been divided in half to produce symmetrical right and left sections, what type of plane is this?

• midsagittal
• frontal
• transverse

9. Which body cavity contains all the others listed here?

• pleural
• thoracic
• mediastinum
• pericardial