EMT-Basic Exam Questions and Answers | 100% Correct

EMT-Basic Exam Questions and Answers | 100% Correct 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 thorax -Answer-the chest sternum -Answer-breastbone manubrium -Answer-the superior portion of the sternum xiphoid process -Answer-inferior portion of the sternum pelvis -Answer-the basin-shaped bony structure that supports the spine and is the point of proximal attachment for the lower extremities ilium -Answer-the superior and widest portion of the pelvis ischium -Answer-the lower, posterior portions of the pelvis pubis -Answer-the medial anterior portion of the pelvis acetabulum -Answer-the pelvis socket into which the ball at the proximal end of the femur fits to form the hip joint femur -Answer-the large bone of the thigh patella -Answer-kneecap tibia -Answer-the medial and larger bone of the lower leg fibula -Answer-the lateral and small bone of the lower leg malleolous -Answer-protrusion on the side of the ankle. tarsal -Answer-ankle bone metatarsal -Answer-the foot bone