Test Bank for
Memmler's the Human Body in Health and Disease, Enhanced Edition
Fourteenth Edition
By: Barbara Janson Cohen, Kerry L. Hull
Unit I The Body as a Whole
Chapter 1 Organization of the Human Body
Chapter 2 Chemistry, Matter, and Life
Chapter 3 Cells and Their Functions
Chapter 4 Tissues, Glands, and Membranes
Unit II Disease and the First Line of Defense
Chapter 5 Disease and Disease-Producing
Organisms
Chapter 6 The Integumentary System
Unit III Movement and Support
Chapter 7 The Skeletal System
Chapter 8 The Muscular System
Unit IV Coordination and Control
Chapter 9 The Nervous System: The Spinal Cord
and Spinal Nerves
Chapter 10 The Nervous System: The Brain and
Cranial Nerves
Chapter 11 The Sensory System
Chapter 12 The Endocrine System: Glands and
Hormones
Unit V Circulation and Body Defense
Chapter 13 The Blood
Chapter 14 The Heart and Heart Disease
Chapter 15 Blood Vessels and Blood Circulation
Chapter 16 The Lymphatic System and Lymphatic Circulation
Chapter 17 Immunity
Unit VI Energy: Supply and Use
Chapter 18 The Respiratory System
Chapter 19 The Digestive System
Chapter 20 Metabolism, Nutrition, and Body Temperature
Chapter 21 The Urinary System
Chapter 22 Body Fluids
Unit VII Perpetuation of Life
Chapter 23 The Male and Female Reproductive Systems
Chapter 24 Development and Birth
Chapter 25 Heredity and Hereditary Diseases
,Question 1 See full question
The basic units of life are
You Selected:
cells
Correct response:
cells
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen, BJ, and Hull, KL. Memmler’s The Human Body in Health and Disease, 13th ed.,
Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015, Chapter 1: Organization of the Human Body, p. 4.
Question 2 See full question
The difference between the inside of the refrigerator and the inside of the freezer is called the
You Selected:
Temperature gradient
Correct response:
Temperature gradient
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen, BJ, and Hull, KL. Memmler’s The Human Body in Health and Disease, 13th ed.,
Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015, Chapter 1: Organization of the Human Body
Question 3 See full question
The gallbladder lies in the
You Selected:
abdominal cavity
Correct response:
abdominal cavity
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen, BJ, and Hull, KL. Memmler’s The Human Body in Health and Disease, 13th ed.,
Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015, Chapter 1: Organization of the Human Body, p. 10.
Question 4 See full question
The sum of all the chemical reactions that occur in the body makes up _______________.
You Selected:
metabolism
Correct response:
metabolism
, Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen, BJ, and Hull, KL. Memmler’s The Human Body in Health and Disease, 13th ed.,
Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015, Chapter 1: Organization of the Human Body, p. 8.
Question 5 See full question
Anatomy is the study of the functioning of the body.
You Selected:
True
Correct response:
False
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen, BJ, and Hull, KL. Memmler’s The Human Body in Health and Disease, 13th ed.,
Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015, Chapter 1: Organization of the Human Body, p. 4.
Question 6 See full question
The frontal plane divides the body into a dorsal and a ventral section.
You Selected:
True
Correct response:
True
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen, BJ, and Hull, KL. Memmler’s The Human Body in Health and Disease, 13th ed.,
Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015, Chapter 1: Organization of the Human Body, p. 9.
Question 7 See full question
The transverse plane is also called the coronal plane.
You Selected:
False
Correct response:
False
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen, BJ, and Hull, KL. Memmler’s The Human Body in Health and Disease, 13th ed.,
Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015, Chapter 1: Organization of the Human Body, p. 9.
Question 8 See full question
The breaking down of substances into simpler products is called
, You Selected:
catabolism
Correct response:
catabolism
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen, BJ, and Hull, KL. Memmler’s The Human Body in Health and Disease, 13th ed.,
Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015, Chapter 1: Organization of the Human Body, p. 8.
Question 9 See full question
The pleural cavity lies within the _____ cavity.
You Selected:
thoracic
Correct response:
thoracic
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen, BJ, and Hull, KL. Memmler’s The Human Body in Health and Disease, 13th ed.,
Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015, Chapter 1: Organization of the Human Body, p. 10.
Question 10 See full question
Where is the mediastinum?
You Selected:
the pleural cavity
Correct response:
the thoracic cavity
Explanation:
Reference:
Cohen, BJ, and Hull, KL. Memmler’s The Human Body in Health and Disease, 13th ed.,
Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015, Chapter 1: Organization of the Human Body, p. 10.
Question 11 See full question
The spleen is part of the _____ system.
You Selected:
lymphatic/immune
Correct response:
lymphatic/immune
