EMT Midterm Exam Study Guide 2024
The most muscular and strongest part of the heart. - Correct Answer-Left Ventricle
Primary organs of the renal system. - Correct Answer-Kidneys
Carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs. - Correct Answer-Pulmonary artery
Carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. - Correct Answer-Pulmonary veins
A source of major airway obstruction in children. - Correct Answer-The tongue
The amount of air the moves in and out of the chest in one normal breathing cycle. - Correct
Answer-Tidal volume
Tidal volume x Breaths per minute = ? - Correct Answer-Minute volume
What is ATP? - Correct Answer-The cell's internally created fuel that is responsible for
powering all cellular function.
, When glucose and other nutrients are converted into energy. - Correct Answer-Cellular
Respiration
The byproducts of anaerobic respiration. - Correct Answer-Lactic acid and carbon dioxide
The byproduct of cellular respiration that is removed from the blood and released through
exhalation. - Correct Answer-Carbon dioxide
The main control center of respiratory control. - Correct Answer-Medulla Oblongata
Pathway of air from the nose to the alveoli. - Correct Answer-nose, nasopharynx, pharynx,
hypopharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs, alveoli.
A condition that is caused by a decreased number of red blood cells. - Correct Answer-
Anemia
Respiratory drive is triggered by changes in levels of ___. - Correct Answer-Carbon dioxide
Birth to one year. - Correct Answer-Infancy
A reflex in an newborn where it throws its arms out when started. - Correct Answer-Moro
reflex
Age group most concerned with body image - Correct Answer-Adolescence
The most muscular and strongest part of the heart. - Correct Answer-Left Ventricle
Primary organs of the renal system. - Correct Answer-Kidneys
Carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs. - Correct Answer-Pulmonary artery
Carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. - Correct Answer-Pulmonary veins
A source of major airway obstruction in children. - Correct Answer-The tongue
The amount of air the moves in and out of the chest in one normal breathing cycle. - Correct
Answer-Tidal volume
Tidal volume x Breaths per minute = ? - Correct Answer-Minute volume
What is ATP? - Correct Answer-The cell's internally created fuel that is responsible for
powering all cellular function.
, When glucose and other nutrients are converted into energy. - Correct Answer-Cellular
Respiration
The byproducts of anaerobic respiration. - Correct Answer-Lactic acid and carbon dioxide
The byproduct of cellular respiration that is removed from the blood and released through
exhalation. - Correct Answer-Carbon dioxide
The main control center of respiratory control. - Correct Answer-Medulla Oblongata
Pathway of air from the nose to the alveoli. - Correct Answer-nose, nasopharynx, pharynx,
hypopharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs, alveoli.
A condition that is caused by a decreased number of red blood cells. - Correct Answer-
Anemia
Respiratory drive is triggered by changes in levels of ___. - Correct Answer-Carbon dioxide
Birth to one year. - Correct Answer-Infancy
A reflex in an newborn where it throws its arms out when started. - Correct Answer-Moro
reflex
Age group most concerned with body image - Correct Answer-Adolescence
