EMT-Basic Exam Questions and Answers | 100% Correct

EMT-Basic Exam Questions and Answers | 100% Correct medial -Answer-toward the midline of the body lateral -Answer-to the side, away from the midline of the body bilateral -Answer-on both sides mid-axillary line -Answer-a line drawn vertically from the middle of the armpit to the ankle anterior -Answer-the front of the body or body posterior -Answer-the back of the body or body part ventral -Answer-referring to the front of the body. a synonym for anterior dorsal -Answer-referring to the back of the body or the back of the hand or foot. A synonym for posterior superior -Answer-toward the head. inferior -Answer-away from the head; usually compared with another structure that is closer to the head proximal -Answer-closer to the torso distal -Answer-farther away from the torso torso -Answer-the trunk of the body; the body without the head and the extremities palmer -Answer-referring to the palm of the hand plantar -Answer-referring to the sole of the foot mid-clavicular -Answer-the line through the center of the clavical abdominal quadrants -Answer-four divisions of the abdomen used to pinpoint the location of a pain or injury: the right upper quadrant, the left upper quadrant, the right lower quadrant and the left lower quadrant supine -Answer-lying on the back recovery position -Answer-lying on the side. also called the lateral recumbent position Fowler's Position -Answer-a sitting position Right Upper Quadrant -Answer-Liver, Right Kidney, Colon, Pancreas, Gallbladder Left Upper Quadrant -Answer-Liver, Spleen, Left Kidney, Stomach, Colon Pancreas Right Lower Quadrant -Answer-Right Kidney, Colon, Small Intestines, Major artery and vein to the right leg, Ureter, Apendix Left Lower Quadrant -Answer-Left kidney, colon, small intestines, major artery and vein to the left leg, ureter Trendelenburg Position -Answer-a position in which the patients feet and legs are higher than the head (Shock position) musculoskeletal system -Answer-system of bones and skeletal muscles that support and protect the body and permit movement skeleton -Answer-the bones of the body muscle -Answer-tissue that can contract to allow movement of a body part ligament -Answer-tissue that connects bone to bone tendon -Answer-tissue that connects muscle to bone skull -Answer-the bony structure of the head cranium -Answer-the top, back and sides of the skull mandible -Answer-the lower jaw bone maxillae -Answer-the two fused bones forming the upper jaw nasal bones -Answer-the nose bones orbits -Answer-the bony structures around the eyes, the eye sockets zygomatic arches -Answer-form the structure of the cheeks vertebrae -Answer-the 33 bones of the spinal column thorax -Answer-the chest sternum -Answer-breastbone manubrium -Answer-the superior portion of the sternum xiphoid process -Answer-inferior portion of the sternum pelvis -Answer-the basin-shaped bony structure that supports the spine and is the point of proximal attachment for the lower extremities ilium -Answer-the superior and widest portion of the pelvis ischium -Answer-the lower, posterior portions of the pelvis pubis -Answer-the medial anterior portion of the pelvis acetabulum -Answer-the pelvis socket into which the ball at the proximal end of the femur fits to form the hip joint femur -Answer-the large bone of the thigh patella -Answer-kneecap tibia -Answer-the medial and larger bone of the lower leg fibula -Answer-the lateral and small bone of the lower leg malleolous -Answer-protrusion on the side of the ankle. tarsal -Answer-ankle bone metatarsal -Answer-the foot bone calcaneus -Answer-the heel bone phalanges -Answer-the toe and finger bones clavicle -Answer-the collarbone scapula -Answer-Shoulder Blade acromion process -Answer-the highest portion of the shoulder acromioclavicular joint -Answer-the joint where the acromion and the clavicle meet humerus -Answer-the bone of the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow radius -Answer-the lateral bone of the forearm carpals -Answer-wrist bones metacarpals -Answer-hand bones joints -Answer-the point where two bones come together voluntary muscle -Answer-muscle that can be conscious controlled; attaches to bones; forms the major muscle mass of the body, responsible for movement involuntary muscle -Answer-muscle that responds automatically to brain signals but cannot be consciously controlled cardiac muscle -Answer-specialized involuntary muscle found only in the heart; has its own blood supply; contracts on its own automaticity -Answer-the ability of the heart to generate and conduct electrical impulses on its own respiratory system -Answer-the system of the nose, mouth, throat, lungs, and muscles that bings oxygen into the body and expels carbon dioxide oropharynx -Answer-the area directly posterior to the mouth nasopharynx -Answer-the area directly posterior to the nose pharynx -Answer-the area directly posterior to the mouth and nose. It is made up of the oropharynx and the nasopharynx epiglottis -Answer-a leaf-shaped structure that prevents food and foreign matter from entering the trachea larynx -Answer-the voice box cricoid cartilage -Answer-the ring-structure that forms the lower portion of the larynx trachea -Answer-the 'windpipe'; the structure that connects the pharynx to the lungs lungs -Answer-the organs where exchange of atmospheric oxygen and waste carbon dioxide take place bronchi -Answer-the two large sets of branches that come o