This regional terms anatomy quiz will test your ability to name some of the major regional terms that you’ll need to know for anatomy and physiology courses. Regional terms are specific body part names that help healthcare practitioners use a standard language when communicating, researching, or documenting.
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Regional Terms Quiz
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Regional Terms Anatomy Quiz Answer Key:
1. Select the CORRECT statement(s) below. Select all that apply.
a. The area of the chin is called the mental region (Figure 8)
b. The area of the nose is called the ocular region (Figure 9)
c. The region of the mouth is called the oral region (Figure 7)
d. The area of the cheek is called the glandular region (Figure 6)
e. The base of the skull is called the occipital region (Figure 10)
The correct options are a, c, and e. The incorrect options are b and d. The nose is called the nasal region, and the cheek area is called the buccal region.
2. The name of the eye region is the __________ (Figure 4), and the name of the ear region is the __________ (Figure 5).
a. Otic region; nasal region
b. Ocular region; otic region
c. Nasal region; frontal region
d. Occipital region; otic region
The answer is b, ocular region is the eye, and otic region is the ear. You look through binoculars with your ocular region, and use an otoscope for your otic region!
3. The skull area is referred to as the ________ (Figure 2), and the forehead region is referred to as the _________ (Figure 3).
a. Cranial region; frontal region
b. Cervical region; cranial region
c. Cephalic region; mental region
d. Cranial region; nasal region
The answer is a, cranial region refers to the skull, and frontal region refers to the forehead. Think cranial, branial. Also front/fore mean the same thing, so you know that’s the front of the head (forehead).
4. Which region refers to the entire head region (Figure 1)?
a. Appendicular region
b. Thoracic region
c. Cephalic region
d. Cervical region
The answer is c, cephalic region. Cephalic refers to the entire head region, and you can remember this because it starts with a “c” and ends with a “lic,” which the head allows you to do.
5. The cervical region refers to which area of the body?
a. The entire head region
b. The entire neck region
c. The chest region
d. The pubic region
The answer is b, the neck region, where you also have cervical vertebrae.
6. What are the names of the two major regions of the body?
a. Cephalic and thoracic
b. Axial and appendicular
c. Appendicular and cephalic
d. Pelvic and crural
The answer is b, axial and appendicular are the two major regions of the body. The appendicular region includes the upper and lower limbs, whereas
7. Which region refers to the entire chest region between the neck and abdomen (Figure 11)?
a. Axillary region
b. Inguinal region
c. Cervical region
d. Thoracic region
The answer is d, thoracic region. You also have thoracic vertebrae here.
8. Select the incorrect statement(s) below. Select all that apply.
a. The axillary region refers to the armpit area (Figure 13)
b. The sternal region is located down the center of the chest (Figure 12)
c. The mammary region refers to the region between the hips (Figure 15)
d. The dorsal region is on the front of the trunk (Figure 16)
e. The inguinal region is inferior (below) the pubic region
f. The pubic region is the region of the genitals
g. The pelvic region is the region between the hips on the anterior side of the trunk (Figure 15)
The incorrect options were c, d, and e. The dorsal region is on the back of the trunk, not the front. The inguinal region is superior (above) the pubic region, not below it.
9. The lumbar region refers to which region listed below?
a. The groin, just above the pubic region
b. The area between the anus and genitals
c. The region of the buttocks
d. The lower back region
The answer is d, the lower back region. You also have lumbar vertebrae here.
10. The area between the anus and genitals is referred to as which region below?
a. The perineal region
b. The pubic region
c. The lumbar region
d. The dorsal region
The answer is a, the perineal region. Nurses perform peri-care in this area.
11. The belly button is referred to as which region?
a. Abdominal region
b. Umbilical region
c. Inguinal region
d. Pubic region
The answer is b, umbilical region. Your belly button (navel) is where your umbilical cord used to attach to your body in the womb.
12. The region of the spine is referred to as the ____________ region (Figure 22), and the region of the buttocks is referred to as the ___________ region (Figure 24).
a. Vertebral; occipital
b. Vertebral; lumbar
c. Vertebral; gluteal
d. Vertebral; perineal
The answer is c, the vertebral region is the area of the spine, and the gluteal region is the area of the buttocks.
13. The area inferior to the vertebral region is referred to as which region (Figure 20)?
a. The dorsal region
b. The sacral region
c. The perineal region
d. The crural region
The answer is b, sacral. You have a sacrum bone here, and some cultures believe the human soul resides in this bone.
14. The region of the arm is called the _____________ region (Figure 26), and the region of the forearm is called the _________ region (Figure 28).
a. Olecranal; antecubital
b. Brachial; antebrachial
c. Crural; sural
d. Patellar; popliteal
The answer is b, brachial and antebrachial. Brachial refers to the arm, and most muscles here have “Brach” in their name. Antebrachial refers to the forearm (ante means front/fore, and brachial means arm).
15. Select the incorrect statement(s) below. Select all that apply.
a. The antecubital region is at the front of the elbow (Figure 27)
b. The acromial region refers to the back of the elbow (Figure 32)
c. The olecranal region refers to the back of the elbow (Figure 32)
d. The carpal region refers to the wrist (Figure 29), and the metacarpal region is just beyond the wrist (Figure 33)
e. The palmar region refers to the shoulder region (Figure 25)
The incorrect options were b and e. The acromial region refers to the pointy part of the shoulder (Figure 25), not the back of the elbow (Figure 32). Remember, ACRObats stand on the Acromial region during their stunts! Also, the palmar region refers to the palm of the hand, not the shoulder region.
16. The thumb is referred to as the ___________ region (Figure 34), and the fingers and toes are referred to as the __________ region (Figure 31).
a. Hallux; digital
b. Pollex; digital
c. Crural; sural
d. Tarsal; metatarsal
The answer is b. The pollex refers to the thumb region, and the digital region refers to the fingers and toes.
17. The entire hand region is referred to as which region (Figure 30)?
a. The pedal region
b. The thoracic region
c. The cephalic region
d. The manual region
The answer is d, manual region. You use your hands to do manual labor, and the entire hand region is called the manual region.
18. In anatomy, the arm refers to the entire upper limb.
a. True
b. False
The answer is b, false. In anatomy, the arm only refers to the part between the elbow and shoulder (brachial region), not the entire upper limb. The portion between the elbow and wrist is called the forearm (antebrachial region).
19. The region at the side of the hips is called the _________ region (Figure 36), and the region of the thigh is referred to as the __________ region (Figure 37).
a. Crural; sural
b. Coxal; crural
c. Coxal; femoral
d. Calcaneal; femoral
The answer is c. The side of the hip region is called the coxal region, where a cowboy cocks his gun. The region of the thigh is called the femoral region.
20. Select the incorrect statement(s) below. Select all that apply.
a. The front of the leg is called the crural region (Figure 39), and the calf is referred to as the sural region (Figure 45)
b. The popliteal is at the front of the knee (Figure 38), and the patellar region is at the back of the knee (Figure 44)
c. The heel region is referred to as the hallux region (Figure 46)
d. The ankle is referred to as the tarsal region (Figure 42)
e. The entire foot region is referred to as the pedal region (Figure 40)
The incorrect statements were b and c. The popliteal region is on the back of the knee, not the front. Remember, you have to bend your popliteal to pop a squat. The patellar region is at the front of the knee, where the patella bone is located. Also, the heel region is the calcaneal region, not the hallux region, which refers to the big toe.
21. What is the name of the region just beyond the ankle region (Figure 43)?
a. Tarsal region
b. Metatarsal region
c. Hallux region
d. Pollex region
The answer is b, metatarsal region. The ankle is the tarsal region, and the area beyond that is the metatarsal region (meta means beyond)
22. The big toe is referred to as the __________ region (Figure 47), and the other toes are referred to as the ________region (Figure 48).
a. Hallux; digital
b. Pollex; digital
c. Calcaneal; hallux
d. Pollex; tarsal
The answer is a, hallux refers to the big toe. Hallux stars with hall, and you use it to walk down the hall. Toes and fingers are the digital region.
23. The sole of the foot is referred to as which region?
a. Palmar region
b. Plantar region
c. Calcaneal region
d. Popliteal region
The answer is b, plantar region. This is also where you can get those nasty plantar warts.
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