AAMA EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
A wound that does not heal as expected due to infection is said to heal by - Answer-
Second intention
Which of the following cavities are separated by the diaphragm - Answer-Thoracic and
abdominal
Describes the motion of bending the forearm toward the body? - Answer-Flexion
Positions does a patient lie face down - Answer-Prone
The aorta, esophagus, heart and trachea are located in the - Answer-Mediastinum
IF a foot is abducted, it is moved in which direction - Answer-Outward
The anatomic location for the spinal canal is - Answer-dorsal
What is a structural, fibrous protein found in the dermis - Answer-Collagen
A patient has a fracture in which the radius is bent but not displaced, and the skin is
intact is known as what type of fracture. - Answer-Closed, greenstick
A large bone found superior to the patella and inferior to the ischium - Answer-The
Femur
The morphology of cocci bacteria - Answer-Spherical
Condition of excessive sweating - Answer-Hyperhidrosis
The combing form path/o means - Answer-Disease
A flexible connective tissue that is attached to bones at the joints - Answer-Cartilage
What closes and seals off the lower airway during swallowing - Answer-Epiglottis
The body's ability to maintain its normal state is called - Answer-Homeostasis
Is not known to help prevent infection - Answer-osteoblasts
, Does not have mature cells has a nucleus - Answer-erythrocyte
The body cavity that contains the pituitary gland - Answer-Cranial
Is located beneath the diaphragm in the right upper quadrant of the abdominal cavity -
Answer-The Liver
anatomical regions of abdomen lies just distal to the sternum? - Answer-Epigastric
THe physician directs the medical assistant to complete a request form for an x-ray
study of the fibula. the procedure is preformed on what structure - Answer-the lower leg
a disorder characterized by uncontrollable episodes of falling asleep during the day. -
Answer-narcolepsy
the point at which an impluse is transmitted from one neuron to another neuron is called
the - Answer-synapse
what controls body temperature, sleep and appetite - Answer-The hypothalamus
what cranial nerves is related to the sense of smell - Answer-olfactory
A substance that aids the transmission of nerve impulses - Answer-Acetylcholine
The carotid pulse is located - Answer-on the anterior side of the neck
A patient sustains severe blunt trauma to the left upper abdomen and requires surgery.
The body organ most likely to be involved is the - Answer-The spleen
where is the sinoatrial node located - Answer-In the upper wall of the right atrium
Blood flows from the right ventricle of the heart into the - Answer-Pulmonary arteries
Oxygenated blood is carried to the heart by - Answer-The Pulmonary veins
the thoracic cage is a structural unit important for - Answer-respiration
Exhaled air, when comapared with inhaled air, contains more - Answer-carbon dioxide
and less oxygen
In the lungs, gas exchange occurs in tiny one-celled air sacs called - Answer-alveoli
bile enters the gastrointstinal tracct at the - Answer-the duodenum
ANSWERS
A wound that does not heal as expected due to infection is said to heal by - Answer-
Second intention
Which of the following cavities are separated by the diaphragm - Answer-Thoracic and
abdominal
Describes the motion of bending the forearm toward the body? - Answer-Flexion
Positions does a patient lie face down - Answer-Prone
The aorta, esophagus, heart and trachea are located in the - Answer-Mediastinum
IF a foot is abducted, it is moved in which direction - Answer-Outward
The anatomic location for the spinal canal is - Answer-dorsal
What is a structural, fibrous protein found in the dermis - Answer-Collagen
A patient has a fracture in which the radius is bent but not displaced, and the skin is
intact is known as what type of fracture. - Answer-Closed, greenstick
A large bone found superior to the patella and inferior to the ischium - Answer-The
Femur
The morphology of cocci bacteria - Answer-Spherical
Condition of excessive sweating - Answer-Hyperhidrosis
The combing form path/o means - Answer-Disease
A flexible connective tissue that is attached to bones at the joints - Answer-Cartilage
What closes and seals off the lower airway during swallowing - Answer-Epiglottis
The body's ability to maintain its normal state is called - Answer-Homeostasis
Is not known to help prevent infection - Answer-osteoblasts
, Does not have mature cells has a nucleus - Answer-erythrocyte
The body cavity that contains the pituitary gland - Answer-Cranial
Is located beneath the diaphragm in the right upper quadrant of the abdominal cavity -
Answer-The Liver
anatomical regions of abdomen lies just distal to the sternum? - Answer-Epigastric
THe physician directs the medical assistant to complete a request form for an x-ray
study of the fibula. the procedure is preformed on what structure - Answer-the lower leg
a disorder characterized by uncontrollable episodes of falling asleep during the day. -
Answer-narcolepsy
the point at which an impluse is transmitted from one neuron to another neuron is called
the - Answer-synapse
what controls body temperature, sleep and appetite - Answer-The hypothalamus
what cranial nerves is related to the sense of smell - Answer-olfactory
A substance that aids the transmission of nerve impulses - Answer-Acetylcholine
The carotid pulse is located - Answer-on the anterior side of the neck
A patient sustains severe blunt trauma to the left upper abdomen and requires surgery.
The body organ most likely to be involved is the - Answer-The spleen
where is the sinoatrial node located - Answer-In the upper wall of the right atrium
Blood flows from the right ventricle of the heart into the - Answer-Pulmonary arteries
Oxygenated blood is carried to the heart by - Answer-The Pulmonary veins
the thoracic cage is a structural unit important for - Answer-respiration
Exhaled air, when comapared with inhaled air, contains more - Answer-carbon dioxide
and less oxygen
In the lungs, gas exchange occurs in tiny one-celled air sacs called - Answer-alveoli
bile enters the gastrointstinal tracct at the - Answer-the duodenum
