Human Body Anatomy Overview

Which part of the human body connects the head to the trunk?

What organ is located inside the cranial cavity of the skull?

Where are the teeth, gums, and tongue located in the human body?

Which part of the head is formed by the maxilla and is immobile?

What part of the head is covered with hair and is also known as the top of the head?

Which part of the head extends from the forehead to the chin?

Where are symmetrical nasolabial folds found on the head?

What primarily covers and protects the eyes?

What connects the face and skull in a human head?

Which part of the body contains the thorax, abdomen, and pelvis?

What is located on the superior surface of the chest?

Which cavity is located immediately under the diaphragm?

What divides the thoracic and abdominal cavities?

Which segment is part of the lower extremities?

What is a distinct structural unit made up of different types of tissue?

Where are the shoulder blades located?

Which organs are placed in the middle part of the thoracic cavity?

What are the two main structures that most organs are composed of?

Which type of tissue is closely packed with little ground-substance?

Which type of tissue has ground substance that is more important than the cells which produce it?

Which type of tissue forms the whole nervous system?

What are the three types of highly specialized cells that make up muscular tissues?

What does the text state about the ground-substance in mechanical tissues?

Which type of tissue includes the outer layer of the skin, or epidermis, and the lining membranes of hollow organs?

What does the text say about the behavior of nervous tissue compared to other tissues?

Which type of tissue arises in the embryo from the same layer of tissue as the outer skin?

What is the function of the stroma in an organ?

What is the main function of the eyelids?

Which part of the head is the mandible?

Where are the nasolabial folds located on the face?

What is the function of the philtrum?

Which part of the skull contains the brain?

How many cervical vertebrae are in the neck?

Which part of the trunk contains the abdomen?

What is the function of the oral cavity?

Where are the ears located on the head?

What is the function of the vertex and occiput of the skull?

What separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities?

Which of the following organs is located in the upper part of the peritoneal cavity?

Which of these is a joint that connects the segments of the lower extremities?

What is located on the superior surface of the chest?

Where are the shoulder blades located?

What is the lower extension of the abdominal cavity?

Which of the following is a segment of the upper extremities?

What is the function of the tissue fluid in the body?

What are the three primitive cell types that all tissues of the body are derived from?

What is the function of the walls of cells and capillaries in the body?

What is the specialized working tissue of an organ called?

Which of the following is NOT one of the four main types of tissue that organs are built up of?

What is the ground substance referring to?

In which type of tissue is the ground substance more important than the cells?

Which of these is NOT a type of muscular tissue?

From which embryonic layer does nervous tissue arise?

What does the stroma do in an organ?

Which type of tissue forms a lining or covering?

Which tissue is closely packed with little ground substance?

What forms the whole nervous system?