Prehospital Emergency Care Chapter 7
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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abdominal quadrants - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the four parts of the abdomen as
divided by imaginary horizontal and vertical lines through the umbilicus
abduction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Movement away from the midline of the body
Acetabulum - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the rounded cavity or socket on the external
surface of the pelvis that receives the head of the femur
Acromion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The lateral triangular projection of the scapula
that forms the point of the shoulder.
,adduction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔movement toward the midline
aeorbic metabolism - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔chemical and physical changes that
take place within the cells in the presence of oxygen
agonal respirations - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔gasping-type respirations that have no
pattern and occur very infrequently; a sign of impending cardiac or
respiratory arrest
airway - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the path by which air reaches the lungs
alveoli - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the air sacs of the lungs
anaerobic metabolism - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔chemical and physical changes
that take place within the cells without the presence of oxygen
anatomical planes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Imaginary divisions of the body
anatomical position - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a position in which the patient is
standing erect, facing forward, with arms down at the sides and palms
forward
anatomy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the study of structure of the body and the
relationship of its parts to each other
, anterior plane - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the front, or abdominal side of the body
anterior - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔toward the front
aorta - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Major artery that carries blood from the heart to the
body
aortic valve - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔at the base of the aortic artery in the left
ventricle
arteriole - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the smallest kind of artery; carry blood from
arteries into capillaries
artery - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
aspiration - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Breathing a foreign substance into the lungs
atria - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the two upper chambers of the heart
automaticity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the capability of cells within the cardiac
conduction system to generate a cardiac impulse on their own
ball and socket joint - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a joint that permits the widest range
of motion, including flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, and rotation,
for example the shoulder or hip joint
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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abdominal quadrants - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the four parts of the abdomen as
divided by imaginary horizontal and vertical lines through the umbilicus
abduction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Movement away from the midline of the body
Acetabulum - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the rounded cavity or socket on the external
surface of the pelvis that receives the head of the femur
Acromion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The lateral triangular projection of the scapula
that forms the point of the shoulder.
,adduction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔movement toward the midline
aeorbic metabolism - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔chemical and physical changes that
take place within the cells in the presence of oxygen
agonal respirations - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔gasping-type respirations that have no
pattern and occur very infrequently; a sign of impending cardiac or
respiratory arrest
airway - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the path by which air reaches the lungs
alveoli - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the air sacs of the lungs
anaerobic metabolism - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔chemical and physical changes
that take place within the cells without the presence of oxygen
anatomical planes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Imaginary divisions of the body
anatomical position - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a position in which the patient is
standing erect, facing forward, with arms down at the sides and palms
forward
anatomy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the study of structure of the body and the
relationship of its parts to each other
, anterior plane - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the front, or abdominal side of the body
anterior - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔toward the front
aorta - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Major artery that carries blood from the heart to the
body
aortic valve - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔at the base of the aortic artery in the left
ventricle
arteriole - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the smallest kind of artery; carry blood from
arteries into capillaries
artery - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
aspiration - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Breathing a foreign substance into the lungs
atria - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the two upper chambers of the heart
automaticity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the capability of cells within the cardiac
conduction system to generate a cardiac impulse on their own
ball and socket joint - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a joint that permits the widest range
of motion, including flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, and rotation,
for example the shoulder or hip joint
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