NORTH SEATTLE EMT ENTRANCE EXAM PREP UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

NORTH SEATTLE EMT ENTRANCE EXAM PREP UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. Sagittal
Answer:
Plane that separates the body into left & right portions (does not have to be equal halves)

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2. Midsagittal
Answer:
Plane that separates the body into equal left & right halves. This is one specific sagittal plane.

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3. Frontal
Answer:
Plane that separates the body into front & back portions

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4. Transverse
Answer:
Plane that separates the body into top & bottom portions

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5. Superior
Answer:
Towards the top

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6. Inferior
Answer:
Towards the bottom

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7. Anterior
Answer:
Toward the front

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8. Posterior
Answer:
toward the back

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9. Cephalic

,Answer:
Towards the head (towards the top on a human / towards the front on a quadruped)

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10. Caudal
Answer:
Towards the tail (towards the bottom on a human / towards the rearon a quadruped)

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11. Ventral
Answer:
Towards the stomach (towards the front on a human / towards the ground on a quadruped)

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12. Dorsal
Answer:
toward the back or spine (towards the back on a human / towards the top on a quadruped)

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13. Medial
Answer:
Towards the midline

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14. Lateral
Answer:
Away from the midline

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15. Proximal
Answer:
Closer to the point of origin or attachment

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16. Distal
Answer:
Further away from the point of origin or attachment

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17. Contralateral
Answer:
Opposite side of midline

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18. Ipsilateral

,Answer:
Same side of midline

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19. Superficial
Answer:
Toward the surface

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20. Deep
Answer:
Towards the core

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21. Physiology
Answer:
the study of the normal functions of an organism

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22. cells
Answer:
basic building blocks of the body

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23. tissues
Answer:
cells that cluster together to perform a specialized function (ex: nervous tissue is specialized to receive and
conduct electrical signals over long distances in the body)

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24. organ
Answer:
made up of at least two different types of tissue that work together to perform a particular function

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25. vital organs
Answer:
essential for life (ex: brain, heart, lungs)

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26. organ system
Answer:
tissues and organs that work together to provide a common function; 10 major organ systems: skeletal,
muscular, respiratory, circulatory, nervous, integumentary, digestive, endocrine, reproductive, and urinary

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27. homeostasis

, Answer:
the process by which organisms maintain a relatively stable internal environment; very sensitive to
changes caused by illness or injury

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28. body cavity
Answer:
a hollow space in the body that contains internal organs

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29. cranial cavity
Answer:
located in head, contains brain and is protected by skull




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30. spinal cavity
Answer:
extends from bottom of the skull to the lower back; contains the spinal cord and is protected by the
vertebral (spinal) column