OEC Studying Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Superior
Answer: near patient's head
Question 2: Inferior
Answer: near patient's feet
Question 3: Medial
Answer: toward the midline
Question 4: Lateral
Answer: away from the midline
Question 5: Proximal
Answer: closer to the trunk of body (chest, abdomen)
Question 6: Distal
Answer: Farther from the trunk of the body, closer to extremeties
Question 7: Abduction
Answer: Movement away from the midline of the body
Question 8: Adduction
Answer: Movement toward the midline of the body
Question 9: Semi-fowler
Answer: patient sits at a 45 degree angle
Question 10: Normal Anatomical Position
Answer: standing, feet together, arms at sides, palms forward
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, Question 11: Diaphragm
Answer: Large, flat muscle at the bottom of the chest cavity that helps with breathing, separates chest and
abdomen
Question 12: cardiovasular system
Answer: Heart, blood vessels, blood
Question 13: upper left abdominal quadrant
Answer: stomach, spleen, pancreas
Question 14: upper right quadrant
Answer: liver, gallbladder
Question 15: lower left quadrant
Answer: colon, small intestine
Question 16: lower right quadrant
Answer: appendix
Question 17: Tendon
Answer: Connects muscle to bone
Question 18: ligament
Answer: bone to bone connection
Question 19: Kehr's sign
Answer: Referred pain down the left shoulder; indicative of a ruptured spleen.
Question 20: AEIOU-TIPS
Answer: Alcohol/acidosis, epilepsy/environment/electrolytes, insulin, oxygen/overdose, uremia (kidney
failure), trauma/tumors/thirst/TIA, infection, poisoning/psychiatric conditions,
seizures/stroke/sleep/syncope (passing out)
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Question 1: Superior
Answer: near patient's head
Question 2: Inferior
Answer: near patient's feet
Question 3: Medial
Answer: toward the midline
Question 4: Lateral
Answer: away from the midline
Question 5: Proximal
Answer: closer to the trunk of body (chest, abdomen)
Question 6: Distal
Answer: Farther from the trunk of the body, closer to extremeties
Question 7: Abduction
Answer: Movement away from the midline of the body
Question 8: Adduction
Answer: Movement toward the midline of the body
Question 9: Semi-fowler
Answer: patient sits at a 45 degree angle
Question 10: Normal Anatomical Position
Answer: standing, feet together, arms at sides, palms forward
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, Question 11: Diaphragm
Answer: Large, flat muscle at the bottom of the chest cavity that helps with breathing, separates chest and
abdomen
Question 12: cardiovasular system
Answer: Heart, blood vessels, blood
Question 13: upper left abdominal quadrant
Answer: stomach, spleen, pancreas
Question 14: upper right quadrant
Answer: liver, gallbladder
Question 15: lower left quadrant
Answer: colon, small intestine
Question 16: lower right quadrant
Answer: appendix
Question 17: Tendon
Answer: Connects muscle to bone
Question 18: ligament
Answer: bone to bone connection
Question 19: Kehr's sign
Answer: Referred pain down the left shoulder; indicative of a ruptured spleen.
Question 20: AEIOU-TIPS
Answer: Alcohol/acidosis, epilepsy/environment/electrolytes, insulin, oxygen/overdose, uremia (kidney
failure), trauma/tumors/thirst/TIA, infection, poisoning/psychiatric conditions,
seizures/stroke/sleep/syncope (passing out)
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