AAMA Exam Questions & Answers
1. This procedure is used to puncture the chest and remove fluid.
Answer Thoracentesis
2. Which of the following is not a function of the skeletal system?
A. provides a framework for the body
B. Protection
C. Storage of minerals
D. Synthesis of Vitamin D
E. Hematopoiesis
Answer synthesis of vitamin D
3. An abnormal increase in total number of white blood cells is called
Answer Leukocytosis
4. Respiration is controlled by the
Answer Respiratory center of the medulla Swallowing, breathing,
vomiting
5. An oophorectomy is a surgical procedure performed on the
Answer ovaries oophor-ovaries
6. A communicable disease
,A. exists at birth
B. is native to a local region
C. develops slowly
D. can be transmitted from one person to another
E. is felt only by the patient
Answer D. can be transmitted from one person to another parasites,
fungus, viruses
7. The plane that divides the body into front and back halves is
Answer Frontal
8. Reye's Syndrome
Answer can follow a viral illness in children, swelling of the brain, from aspring
9. The bone located in the posterior of the sill is the
A. frontal
B. ethmoid
C. Temporal
D. occipital
E. Mandible
Answer D. Occipital- located in the back of the skull. articulates with the two parietal bones and
contains the foramen magnum (opening for the spinal cord)
, 10. The type of bone fracture in which the bone is bent and
partially broken is a
Answer greenstick fracture
11. The peripheral nervous system is composed of how many
pairs of spinal nerves
Answer 31 spinal nerves
12. The pons and medulla make up the
Answer Brainstem
13. The failure of bone marrow to produce red blood cells results
in which type of anemia?
Answer Aplastic
14. Which of the following demonstrates an involuntary muscle
action?
A. heartbeat
B. breathing
C. peristalsis
D. pupil dilation
E. all of the above
Answer E. all of the above- smooth, not under control
1. This procedure is used to puncture the chest and remove fluid.
Answer Thoracentesis
2. Which of the following is not a function of the skeletal system?
A. provides a framework for the body
B. Protection
C. Storage of minerals
D. Synthesis of Vitamin D
E. Hematopoiesis
Answer synthesis of vitamin D
3. An abnormal increase in total number of white blood cells is called
Answer Leukocytosis
4. Respiration is controlled by the
Answer Respiratory center of the medulla Swallowing, breathing,
vomiting
5. An oophorectomy is a surgical procedure performed on the
Answer ovaries oophor-ovaries
6. A communicable disease
,A. exists at birth
B. is native to a local region
C. develops slowly
D. can be transmitted from one person to another
E. is felt only by the patient
Answer D. can be transmitted from one person to another parasites,
fungus, viruses
7. The plane that divides the body into front and back halves is
Answer Frontal
8. Reye's Syndrome
Answer can follow a viral illness in children, swelling of the brain, from aspring
9. The bone located in the posterior of the sill is the
A. frontal
B. ethmoid
C. Temporal
D. occipital
E. Mandible
Answer D. Occipital- located in the back of the skull. articulates with the two parietal bones and
contains the foramen magnum (opening for the spinal cord)
, 10. The type of bone fracture in which the bone is bent and
partially broken is a
Answer greenstick fracture
11. The peripheral nervous system is composed of how many
pairs of spinal nerves
Answer 31 spinal nerves
12. The pons and medulla make up the
Answer Brainstem
13. The failure of bone marrow to produce red blood cells results
in which type of anemia?
Answer Aplastic
14. Which of the following demonstrates an involuntary muscle
action?
A. heartbeat
B. breathing
C. peristalsis
D. pupil dilation
E. all of the above
Answer E. all of the above- smooth, not under control
