Human anatomy worksheet with answers

Which is the largest artery in the body?

1. APulmonary artery
2. BFemoral artery
3. CCarotid artery
4. DAorta

In which region of the abdomen is the spleen found?

1. ARight lower quadrant
2. BLeft upper quadrant
3. CRight upper quadrant
4. DLeft lower quadrant

Which organ stores urine before it is passed out of the body?

1. AKidney
2. BUreter
3. CUrethra
4. DUrinary bladder

Which part of the brainstem contains the main cardiovascular and respiratory centres?

1. AMedulla oblongata
2. BCerebellum
3. CPons
4. DMidbrain

The hepatic portal vein is formed by the union of which two veins?

1. ASuperior mesenteric vein and splenic vein
2. BInferior vena cava and renal vein
3. CSuperior mesenteric vein and left renal vein
4. DHepatic vein and splenic vein

Which artery supplies most of the anterior wall of the left ventricle and the front of the interventricular septum?

1. ARight coronary artery
2. BCircumflex artery
3. CLeft anterior descending artery
4. DPosterior descending artery

In portal hypertension, oesophageal varices form at which portosystemic anastomosis?

1. ABetween the paraumbilical veins and the epigastric veins
2. BBetween the splenic vein and the left renal vein
3. CBetween the left gastric vein and the oesophageal tributaries of the azygos vein
4. DBetween the superior rectal and middle rectal veins

After an injury at the medial epicondyle of the elbow, a patient has numbness of the little finger and weakness of finger abduction. Which nerve is affected?

1. AMedian nerve
2. BUlnar nerve
3. CMusculocutaneous nerve
4. DRadial nerve