Deck 4: Anatomy in Exercise Science

Question 1

Which of the following studies the anatomical changes that occur from conception to birth?

A) Histology
B) Gross anatomy
C) Pathological anatomy
D) Embryology

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Developmental anatomy is the study of which of the following?

A) Anatomical changes that occur from birth to death
B) Anatomical differences between different types of animals
C) Anatomical changes that occur as a result of disease
D) Anatomy using a microscope

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In which of the following career pathways would a background in anatomy NOT be useful?

A) Coaching
B) Physical educator
C) Exercise science professor
D) None of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What techniques are prehistoric people known to have used?

A) Mummification
B) Acupuncture
C) Trephination
D) Angioplasty

Question 5

When was the beginning of the scientific period, approximately?

A) 12,000 B.C.E.
B) 500 C.E.
C) 132 C.E.
D) 1922 C.E.

Question 6

Early surgical methods recorded in the Code of Hammurabi date back to when, approximately?

A) 3000 B.C.E.
B) 1750 B.C.E.
C) 380 B.C.E.
D) 130 C.E.

Question 7

Where, according to Alcm'on of Crotona, does intelligence reside?

A) Liver
B) Heart
C) Spleen
D) Brain

Question 8

Which of the following did Hippocrates believe?

A) Arteries contain blood.
B) Veins contain air.
C) The brain secretes mucus.
D) The liver pumps blood.

Question 9

Hippocrates believed that illness resulted from which of the following?

A) Natural causes
B) The punishment of God
C) Bad luck
D) An unbalance between Yin and Yang

Question 10

Which of the following did Aristotle believe?

A) The concept of parthenogenesis (virgin birth)
B) Both the male and female contributed hereditary material to the embryo
C) Intelligence resides in the brain
D) Veins and arteries always carried blood

Question 11

Who is known as the "Father of Anatomy"?

A) Herophilus
B) Alexander the Great
C) Erasistratus
D) Galen

Question 12

Who was the first person to make extensive, public dissections of the human body?

A) Euclid
B) Herophilus
C) Archimedes
D) Plato

Question 13

When much of the great library in Alexandria was destroyed, who preserved many anatomical papers?

A) Chinese
B) Romans
C) Arabians
D) Egyptians

Question 14

Galen's work survived undisputed for centuries due to which of the following?

A) The accuracy of his writings
B) The support of others, such as the French anatomist Sylvius
C) The lack of new discoveries by rival scientists
D) The sanction of the Catholic Church

Question 15

During the Renaissance human dissections became more frequent. Where were cadavers often obtained?

A) Executed criminals
B) New graves
C) Deceased clergymen
D) A and B

Question 16

By how much can an electron microscope magnify structures?

A) 10 times
B) 1400 times
C) 10,000 times
D) 10,000,000 times

Question 17

Who wrote the book Cell Pathology, in which he described how cells came from existing cells?

A) Rudolf Virchow
B) Theodor Schwann
C) M. J. Schleiden
D) Henry Gray

Question 18

The study of body structures that can be seen with the naked eye is called gross anatomy.

Question 19

The systemic method of learning anatomy involves studying one body system at a time.

Question 20

The best way to learn human anatomy is to study an animal such as the fetal pig.

Question 21

It is the job of physicians, not exercise scientists, to comment on the credibility of advertisers' claims regarding weight loss and exercise programs.

Question 22

Properly designed exercise programs for adults can also be applied to children.

Question 23

Religious and political institutions are usually the first to accept and embrace new discoveries in science.

Question 24

The period of time before written record is called the scientific period.

Question 25

In China, religious belief in Confucianism prevented the advancement of anatomy through dissection of the human body.

Question 26

The library of Alexandria contained most of the scientific knowledge of the western world.

Question 27

Like the Greeks, the Arabians had a tradition of allowing dissections for medical purposes.

Question 28

The invention of the printing press in the 1450s allowed for new knowledge to be spread quickly.

Question 29

Mondino de Luzzi publicly challenged Galen's writings, opening the field of anatomy to a new generation of scientists.

Question 30

The microscope was invented by Antony van Leeuwenhoek in 1665.

Question 31

Robert Hooke was the first to use the word "cell" to describe the microscopic appearance of dried cork.