EMT B COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● 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
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● 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
