PRIMARY CARE PARAMEDIC UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

PRIMARY CARE PARAMEDIC UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. Cardiac Output (CO)
Answer:
stroke volume x heart rate

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2. Basophil
Answer:
white blood cell containing granules that stain blue; associated with release of histamine and heparin

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3. Histamine
Answer:
a compound that is released by cells in response to injury and in allergic and inflammatory reactions,
causing contraction of smooth muscle and dilation of capillaries.

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4. Heparin
Answer:
Anticoagulant

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5. Frank-Starling Law
Answer:
The greater the stretch, the stronger is the heart's contraction. This increased contractility results in an
increased volume of blood ejected (Increased SV)

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6. Diencephalon
Answer:
Contains thalamus and hypothalamus

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7. vagus nerve
Answer:
the tenth cranial nerve that innervates digestive organs, heart and other areas

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8. trigerminal nerve
Answer:
The fifth cranial nerve responsible for motor functions in the face, such as chewing

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9. pneumotaxic center
Answer:
clusters of neurons in the pons that quicken respiration rate

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10. PaCO2
Answer:
partial pressure of carbon dioxide 35-45 mmHg

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11. Proprioception
Answer:
our sense of body position

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12. Glycogenolysis
Answer:
breakdown of glycogen to glucose

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13. hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin)
Answer:
This stimulates the corpus luteum to produce estrogen & progesterone

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14. Osmosis
Answer:
Diffusion of a low concentrated solution to a higher one through a semipermeable membrane

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15. Endocytosis
Answer:
A process in which a cell engulfs extracellular material through an inward folding of its plasma membrane.

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16. acromion process
Answer:
extension of the scapula, which forms the high point of the shoulder

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17. glenoid fossa
Answer:
The part of the scapula that joins with the humeral head to form the glenohumeral joint.