North seattle EMT entrance exam Practice test questions with answers

North seattle EMT entrance exam Practice
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What would be an example of sympathetic stimulation - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔An increase in heart rate || || || || ||




The time when the heart contracts and pumps blood is referred to as -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔systole || ||




What is the definition of a pulse - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The expansion
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and recoil of an artery as blood flows through it
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Which artery is compressed during a standard blood pressure check -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The brachial artery
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The subclavian arteries carry blood to the - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔arms.
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What is the name of a vessel that carries blood away from the heart -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Artery || ||




What happens in the capillaries - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The exchange of
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gases between blood and body cells
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,Blood that is low in oxygen first arrives in which chamber of the heart? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Right atrium || || ||




How does the human body produce most of its carbon dioxide? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔As a byproduct of the cell's energy production || || || || || || || ||




What is the definition of external respiration - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
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exchange of gases between blood cells in the alveoli
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Which of the following correctly explains the ways in which the right and left
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lung differ? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The left lung has 2 lobes to make
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room for the heart, and the right lung has 3 lobes
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What is the purpose of Cricoid Pressure - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To
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decrease the amount of air entering the stomach during artificial ventilation
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Where is the Oropharynx located - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In the middle
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part of the throat
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What is the purpose of a turbinate - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To warm and
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filter air as it passes to the lungs
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What normally causes skeletal muscles to contract - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔When an electrical impulse from the brain stimulates a nerve
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,What is the strongest, heaviest, and longest bone in the human body? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Femur || ||




Why is the spinal cord most at risk of damage in the cervical and thoracic
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areas - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The spinal cord is close to the vertebrae
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walls



Which section of the spine has 7 vertebrae - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Cervical



Which of the following describes the location of the sphenoid bone -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In the central floor of the cranium
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Which of the following correctly describes one purpose of a bone - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔It produces red blood cells || || || || ||




A thoracic vertebra is an example of which bone type - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Irregular



The left upper quadrant contains - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the stomach,
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spleen, and pancreas || ||




Which of the following would be an example of homeostasis - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Shivering to stay warm || || || ||

, "The study of the normal functions of the human body" is the definition of -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Physiology || ||




What is the definition of pathophysiology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
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study of disease and injury processes which cause change in the human body.
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To function at its best, a healthy cell requires - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔oxygen and glucose || ||




When somebody experiences prolonged ischemia - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔his body cells become injured and ultimately die
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A cerebrovascular accident is more commonly referred to as a(n) - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔stroke ||




Perfusion depends on - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔cardiac output, peripheral
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vascular resistance, and oxygen transportation
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Why is it important that the tunica media is made of smooth muscle? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔It allows a blood vessel to constrict and dilate
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Sitting on a long car ride would most likely cause what reaction in the
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circulatory system? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A decrease in the amount of
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blood returning to the heart
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