NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE EMT ENTRANCE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
2025-2026 UPDATE
Intercostal muscles - Answer-muscles between the ribs that contract
when breathing
Diaphragm - Answer-Muscle below lungs. Main muscle of respiration
and separates chest cavity from abdominal cavity
Hemoglobin - Answer-Part of the red blood cell that acquires oxygen in
the lungs
Cardiovascular system - Answer-Heart, blood and blood vessels
Lymphatic System - Answer-lymph, lymph nodes, lymph vessels,
tonsils, spleen
Great vessels - Answer-- Pulmonary Arteries/ veins
- Aorta
- Superior/ inferior vena cava
Atria - Answer-upper chambers of the heart. Receive blood from
body/lungs
,Ventricles - Answer-Lower chambers of the heart with thick muscle to
pump blood to the body
Arteries - Answer-carry blood away from the heart
Veins - Answer-Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
Plasma - Answer-liquid portion of blood
Arterioles - Answer-Small vessels that connect arteries to capillaries
Venules - Answer-small vessels that gather blood from the capillaries
into the veins
Capillaries - Answer-Microscopic vessel through which exchanges take
place between the blood and cells of the body
Aorta - Answer-Largest artery in the body
carotid artery - Answer-The major artery of the neck that supplies blood
to the head and brain.
Subclavian artery - Answer-Supplies blood to upper extremities
, Radial artery - Answer-Artery of the lower arm. It is felt when taking
the pulse at the wrist.
Femoral artery - Answer-the major artery supplying the leg
Superior vena cava - Answer-A vein that is the second largest vein in
the human body and returns blood to the right atrium of the heart from
the upper half of the body.
Inferior vena cava - Answer-A vein that is the largest vein in the human
body and returns blood to the right atrium of the heart from bodily parts
below the diaphragm.
Blood pressure - Answer-Force exerted by blood on inner walls of heart
and arteries
Systolic bp - Answer-Pressure in an artery when the heart is pumping
Diastolic bp - Answer-Pressure in an artery when heart is at rest
Perfusion - Answer-Flow of blood through an organ or a part of the
body
Shock - Answer-Hypoperfusion; inadequate blood flow through part of
the body
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
2025-2026 UPDATE
Intercostal muscles - Answer-muscles between the ribs that contract
when breathing
Diaphragm - Answer-Muscle below lungs. Main muscle of respiration
and separates chest cavity from abdominal cavity
Hemoglobin - Answer-Part of the red blood cell that acquires oxygen in
the lungs
Cardiovascular system - Answer-Heart, blood and blood vessels
Lymphatic System - Answer-lymph, lymph nodes, lymph vessels,
tonsils, spleen
Great vessels - Answer-- Pulmonary Arteries/ veins
- Aorta
- Superior/ inferior vena cava
Atria - Answer-upper chambers of the heart. Receive blood from
body/lungs
,Ventricles - Answer-Lower chambers of the heart with thick muscle to
pump blood to the body
Arteries - Answer-carry blood away from the heart
Veins - Answer-Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
Plasma - Answer-liquid portion of blood
Arterioles - Answer-Small vessels that connect arteries to capillaries
Venules - Answer-small vessels that gather blood from the capillaries
into the veins
Capillaries - Answer-Microscopic vessel through which exchanges take
place between the blood and cells of the body
Aorta - Answer-Largest artery in the body
carotid artery - Answer-The major artery of the neck that supplies blood
to the head and brain.
Subclavian artery - Answer-Supplies blood to upper extremities
, Radial artery - Answer-Artery of the lower arm. It is felt when taking
the pulse at the wrist.
Femoral artery - Answer-the major artery supplying the leg
Superior vena cava - Answer-A vein that is the second largest vein in
the human body and returns blood to the right atrium of the heart from
the upper half of the body.
Inferior vena cava - Answer-A vein that is the largest vein in the human
body and returns blood to the right atrium of the heart from bodily parts
below the diaphragm.
Blood pressure - Answer-Force exerted by blood on inner walls of heart
and arteries
Systolic bp - Answer-Pressure in an artery when the heart is pumping
Diastolic bp - Answer-Pressure in an artery when heart is at rest
Perfusion - Answer-Flow of blood through an organ or a part of the
body
Shock - Answer-Hypoperfusion; inadequate blood flow through part of
the body
