NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE EMT ENTRANCE EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE 550 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR

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NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE EMT ENTRANCE
EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE 550
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
SOLUTIONS JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR

Question: What is the name of a vessel that carries blood away from the heart - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Artery




Question: What happens in the capillaries - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The exchange of gases
between blood and body cells




Question: Blood that is low in oxygen first arrives in which chamber of the heart? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Right atrium




Question: How does the human body produce most of its carbon dioxide? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔As a byproduct of the cell's energy production




Question: What is the definition of external respiration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The exchange of
gases between blood cells in the alveoli

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Question: Which of the following correctly explains the ways in which the right and left lung
differ? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The left lung has 2 lobes to make room for the heart, and the
right lung has 3 lobes




Question: What is the purpose of Cricoid Pressure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔To decrease the
amount of air entering the stomach during artificial ventilation




Question: Where is the Oropharynx located - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔In the middle part of the
throat




Question: What is the purpose of a turbinate - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔To warm and filter air as it
passes to the lungs




Question: What would be an example of sympathetic stimulation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔An
increase in heart rate



Question: The time when the heart contracts and pumps blood is referred to as - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔systole




Question: What is the definition of a pulse - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The expansion and recoil of
an artery as blood flows through it

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Question: Which artery is compressed during a standard blood pressure check - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔The brachial artery




Question: The subclavian arteries carry blood to the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔arms.




Question: What normally causes skeletal muscles to contract - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔When an
electrical impulse from the brain stimulates a nerve



Question: What is the strongest, heaviest, and longest bone in the human body? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Femur




Question: Why is the spinal cord most at risk of damage in the cervical and thoracic areas -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The spinal cord is close to the vertebrae walls




Question: Which section of the spine has 7 vertebrae - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Cervical




Question: Which of the following describes the location of the sphenoid bone - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔In the central floor of the cranium




Question: Which of the following correctly describes one purpose of a bone - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔It produces red blood cells

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Question: A thoracic vertebra is an example of which bone type - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Irregular




Question: The left upper quadrant contains - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔the stomach, spleen, and
pancreas




Question: Which of the following would be an example of homeostasis - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Shivering to stay warm




Question: "The study of the normal functions of the human body" is the definition of -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Physiology




Question: What is the definition of pathophysiology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The study of
disease and injury processes which cause change in the human body.




Question: To function at its best, a healthy cell requires - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔oxygen and
glucose




Question: When somebody experiences prolonged ischemia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔his body
cells become injured and ultimately die




Question: A cerebrovascular accident is more commonly referred to as a(n) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔stroke