Deck 11: Anatomy and Physiology for the Pediatric Practitioner

Question 1

Which categories best reflect global mental functions?

A) Seeing, hearing, smell, taste, and pain
B) Joint mobility, muscle tone, endurance, and power
C) Attention, memory, thought, and emotional
D) Orientation, consciousness, energy and drive, and personality

Answer 1

Orientation, consciousness, energy and drive, and personality

Question 2

Which statement describes the autonomic nervous system?

A) It consists of the brain and spinal cord.
B) It consists of a network of peripheral nerves.
C) It consists of the "fight-or-flight" and "rest-and-digest" nerves.
D) It controls movement only.

Answer 2

It consists of the "fight-or-flight" and "rest-and-digest" nerves.

Question 3

What elbow movement is shown when a child straightens his arm out to reach a toy (starting from his hand being near his shoulder and moving it straight out in front of him)?

A) Flexion
B) Extension
C) Rotation
D) Abduction

Answer 3

Extension

Question 4

Where are the eyes located on the surface of the head?

A) Anterior
B) Posterior
C) Lateral
D) Proximal

Question 5

A physiologist is a biologist who studies

A) function.
B) structure.
C) evolution.
D) genetics.

Question 6

What is the purpose of the endocrine system?

A) Breaks down waste products.
B) Secretes hormones that travel to target cells.
C) Transports hormones to the body.
D) Fights diseases and disorders.

Question 7

How many thoracic vertebrae are there?

A) 1
B) 5
C) 7
D) 12

Question 8

What is the primary function of most epithelial tissue?

A) Sensation
B) Covering surfaces
C) Absorption
D) Connecting surfaces

Question 9

What is homeostasis?

A) Balancing water and electrolytes.
B) Maintaining a steady heart rate and blood pressure.
C) Maintaining a stable internal body temperature.
D) Creating an external barrier to microbes.

Question 10

Which tissue covers and protects the body surface, lines body cavities, and consists of densely arranged cells on the outer layer of the body?

A) Nervous
B) Muscle
C) Connective
D) Epithelial

Question 11

Which circuit allows transport and exchange between the heart and lungs?

A) Pulmonary
B) Systemic
C) Coronary
D) All of the above

Question 12

When standing in anatomic position, where are the hands in relation to the shoulder?

A) Anterior
B) Distal
C) Posterior
D) Proximal

Question 13

What is the term used to describe the primary muscle that shortens, producing movement around a joint?

A) Antagonist
B) Skeletal
C) Co-contraction
D) Agonist

Question 14

What are the two major divisions of the nervous system?

A) Sympathetic and parasympathetic
B) Central and peripheral
C) Sensory and motor
D) Voluntary and involuntary

Question 15

Which plane divides the body into upper and lower parts?

A) Frontal
B) Sagittal
C) Horizontal
D) Rotational