EMT-Basic Questions and Answers(scored A+)

medial - ANSWER toward the midline of the body lateral - ANSWER to the side, away from the midline of the body bilateral - ANSWER on both sides mid-axillary line - ANSWER a line drawn vertically from the middle of the armpit to the ankle anterior - ANSWER the front of the body or body posterior - ANSWER the back of the body or body part ventral - ANSWER referring to the front of the body. a synonym for anterior dorsal - ANSWER referring to the back of the body or the back of the hand or foot. A synonym for posterior superior - ANSWER toward the head. inferior - ANSWER away from the head; usually compared with another structure that is closer to the head proximal - ANSWER closer to the torso distal - ANSWER farther away from the torso torso - ANSWER the trunk of the body; the body without the head and the extremities palmer - ANSWER referring to the palm of the hand plantar - ANSWER referring to the sole of the foot mid-clavicular - ANSWER the line through the center of the clavical abdominal quadrants - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER lying on the back recovery position - ANSWER lying on the side. also called the lateral recumbent position Fowler's Position - ANSWER a sitting position Right Upper Quadrant - ANSWER Liver, Right Kidney, Colon, Pancreas, Gallbladder Left Upper Quadrant - ANSWER Liver, Spleen, Left Kidney, Stomach, Colon Pancreas Right Lower Quadrant - ANSWER Right Kidney, Colon, Small Intestines, Major artery and vein to the right leg, Ureter, Apendix Left Lower Quadrant - ANSWER Left kidney, colon, small intestines, major artery and vein to the left leg, ureter Trendelenburg Position - ANSWER a position in which the patients feet and legs are higher than the head (Shock position) musculoskeletal system - ANSWER system of bones and skeletal muscles that support and protect the body and permit movement skeleton - ANSWER the bones of the body muscle - ANSWER tissue that can contract to allow movement of a body part ligament - ANSWER tissue that connects bone to bone tendon - ANSWER tissue that connects muscle to bone skull - ANSWER the bony structure of the head cranium - ANSWER the top, back and sides of the skull mandible - ANSWER the lower jaw bone maxillae - ANSWER the two fused bones forming the upper jaw nasal bones - ANSWER the nose bones orbits - ANSWER the bony structures around the eyes, the eye sockets zygomatic arches - ANSWER form the structure of the cheeks vertebrae - ANSWER the 33 bones of the spinal column