EMT-Basic Questions Vocab With Meaning. Graded A+.

EMT-Basic Questions Vocab With Meaning. Graded A+. Document Content and Description Below EMT-Basic Questions Vocab With Meaning. Graded A+. medial - toward the midline of the body lateral - to the side, away from the midline of the body bilateral - on both sid es mid-axillary line - a line drawn vertically from the middle of the armpit to the ankle anterior - the front of the body or body posterior - the back of the body or body part ventral - referring to the front of the body. a synonym for anterior dorsal - referring to the back of the body or the back of the hand or foot. A synonym for posterior superior - toward the head. inferior - away from the head; usually compared with another structure that is closer to the head proximal - closer to the torso distal - farther away from the torso torso - the trunk of the body; the body without the head and the extremities palmer - referring to the palm of the hand plantar - referring to the sole of the foot mid-clavicular - the line through the center of the clavical abdominal quadrants - 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 - lying on the back recovery position - lying on the side. also called the lateral recumbent position Fowler's Position - a sitting position Right Upper Quadrant - Liver, Right Kidney, Colon, Pancreas, Gallbladder Left Upper Quadrant - Liver, Spleen, Left Kidney, Stomach, Colon Pancreas Right Lower Quadrant - Right Kidney, Colon, Small Intestines, Major artery and vein to the right leg, Ureter, Apendix Left Lower Quadrant - Left kidney, colon, small intestines, major artery and vein to the left leg, ureter Trendelenburg Position - a position in which the patients feet and legs are higher than the head (Shock position) musculoskeletal system - system of bones and skeletal muscles that support and protect the body and permit movement skeleton - the bones of the body muscle - tissue that can contract to allow movement of a body part ligament - tissue that connects bone to bone tendon - tissue that connects muscle to bone skull - the bony structure of the head cranium - the top, back and sides of the skull mandible - the lower jaw bone maxillae - the two fused bones forming the upper jaw nasal bones - the nose bones orbits - the bony structures around the eyes, the eye sockets zygomatic arches - form the structure of the cheeks vertebrae - the 33 bones of the spinal column thorax - the chest sternum - breastbone manubrium - the superior portion of the sternum xiphoid process - inferior portion of the sternum pelvis - the basin-shaped bony structure that supports the spine and is the point of proximal attachment for the lower extremities ilium - the superior and widest portion of the pelvis ischium - the lower, posterior portions of the pelvis pubis - the medial anterior portion of the pelvis acetabulum - the pelvis socket into which the ball at the proximal end of the femur fits to form the hip joint femur - the large bone of the thigh patella - kneecap tibia - the medial and larger bone of the lower leg fibula - the lateral and small bone of the lower leg malleolous - protrusion on the side of the ankle. tarsal - ankle bone metatarsal - the foot bone calcaneus - the heel bone phalanges - the toe and finger bones clavicle - the collarbone scapula - Shoulder Blade acromion process - the highest portion of the shoulder acromioclavicular joint - the joint where the acromion and the clavicle meet humerus - the bone of the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow radius - the lateral bone of the forearm carpals - wrist bones metacarpals - hand bones joints - the point where two bones come together voluntary muscle - muscle that can be conscious controlled; attaches to bones; forms the major muscle mass of the body, responsible for movement involuntary muscle - muscle that responds automatically to brain signals but cannot be consciously controlled cardiac muscle - specialized involuntary muscle found only in the heart; has its own blood supply; contracts on its own automaticity - the ability of the heart to generate and conduct electrical impulses on its own respiratory system - the system of the nose, mouth, throat, lungs, and muscles that bings oxygen into the body and expels carbon dioxide oropharynx - the area directly posterior to the mouth nasopharynx - the area directly posterior to the nose pharynx - the area directly posterior to the mouth and nose. It is made up of the oropharynx and the nasopharynx epiglottis - a leaf-shaped structure that prevents food and foreign matter from entering the trachea larynx - the voice box cricoid cartilage - the ring-structure that forms the lower portion of the larynx trachea - the 'windpipe'; the structure that connects the pharynx to the lungs lungs - the organs where exchange of atmospheric oxygen and waste carbon dioxide take place bronchi - the two large sets of branches that come off the trachea and enter the lungs. There are right and left bronchi alveoli - the microscopic sacs of the lungs where gas exchange with the bloodstream takes place diaphragm - the muscular structure that divides the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity. A major muscle of respiration inhalation - an active process in which the intercostal muscles and the diaphragm contract, expanding the size of the chest cavity and causing air to flow into the lungs exhalation - a passive process in which the intercostal muscles and the diaphragm relax, causing the chest cavity to decrease in size and air to flow out of the lungs cardiovascular system/circulatory system - the system made up of the heart and the blood vessels atria - the two upper chambers of the heart, there is a right (receives unoxygenated blood returning from the body) and the left (which sends oxygen-rich blood to the body) ventricles - the two lower chambers of the heart. There is a right (which sends oxygen poor blood to the lungs) and the left (sends oxygen rich blood to the body) venae cavae - the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava. Return blood from the body to the right atrium valve - a structure that opens and closes to permit the flow of a fluid in only one direction cardiac conduction system - a system of specialized muscle tissues which conduct electrical impulses that stimulate the heart to beat artery - any blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart coronary arteries - blood vessels that supply the muscle of the heart aorta - the largest artery in the body. transports blood from the left ventricle to begin systemic circulation pulmonary arteries - vessels that carry blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs carotid arteries - large neck arteries, one on each side of the neck, that carry blood blood from the heart to the head femoral artery - the major artery supplying the leg brachial artery - artery of the upper arm; site of the pulse checked during infant CPR radial artery - artery of the lower arm. it is felt when taking the pulse at the wrist posterior tibial artery - artery supplying the foot, behind the medial ankle dorsalis pedis artery - artery supplying the foot, lateral to the large tendon of the big toe arteriole - the smallest kind of artery capillary - a thin-walled,