HCB TEST 1| 125 questions| with complete solutions

Caduceus correct answer: Rating insignia for the Hospital Corps Sickbay correct answer: where sick and injured men where taken for care Cockpit correct answer: Another name for sickbay Surgeon Steward correct answer: First enlisted rate requiring specific qualification What is breathing? correct answer: automatic, rhythmic, centrally regulated process with voluntary control. (inhaling and exhaling air) Inhalation correct answer: the act of taking in air as the diaphragm contracts and pulls downward Exhalation correct answer: The passive part of the breathing process in which the diaphragm and the intercostal muscles relax, forcing air out of the lungs. Ventilation correct answer: movement of gases to and from the alveoli Respiration correct answer: the process of moving gases between cells and the blood what is the process of the heart? correct answer: to circulate blood and oxygen to the body What are the chambers of the heart? correct answer: 2 upper atria 2 lower ventricles Automaticity correct answer: The ability of the heart to generate and conduct electrical impulses on its own. Dialostic BP correct answer: constant pressure in left ventricle (bottom number) Systolic BP correct answer: the pressure created when the heart contracts and forces blood out into the arteries (top) pushing* Who was the first HM medal of honor recipient? correct answer: Robert Stanley W.A.V.E.S correct answer: Women Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Service (WW2) NAVMED 6150/7 correct answer: Health Record Receipt (charge out form)