AEMT EXAM 2 CERTIFICATION PREPARATION
GUIDE
◉ Agonal respirations can be described as:
Answer: occasional gasping breaths.
◉ During an acidotic state, the kidneys attempt to maintain a normal
pH by:
Answer: retaining bicarbonate.
◉ Oxygen and carbon dioxide pass across the alveocapillary
membrane through a process called:
Answer: diffusion.
◉ The layer of tissue that lines the inside of the chest cavity is called
the:
Answer: parietal pleura.
◉ The majority of the body's total body water is contained within
the:
Answer: intracellular space.
,◉ The pneumotaxic center is located in the __________, and functions
by:
Answer: pons; inhibiting the dorsal respiratory group and increases
the speed and depth of breathing.
◉ The renin-angiotensin system in the kidneys helps to regulate:
Answer: blood pressure.
◉ What are the functions of the pancreas?
Answer: Production of insulin and certain enzymes that aid in
digestion.
◉ What is the function of the lymphatic system?
Answer: Filtration of debris and bacteria from the blood.
◉ A bruit differs from a murmur in that a bruit:
Answer: is auscultated over a main blood vessel.
◉ A medication that possesses a positive chronotropic effect is one
that:
Answer: increases heart rate.
, ◉ A person with type A+ blood could receive which of the following
blood types?
Answer: A+
◉ After the aorta arises from the left ventricle, it first:
Answer: ascends and branches into the coronary arteries.
◉ As an electrical impulse travels down the electrical conduction
system, it transiently slows at the:
Answer: AV node.
◉ Closure of the tricuspid and mitral valves occur during:
Answer: ventricular contraction.
◉ In addition to facilitating the uptake of sugar into the cells, insulin
is also responsible for:
Answer: the chemical conversion of glucose to glycogen.
◉ Release of the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is triggered
by:
Answer: stress.
◉ The adrenal cortex, a portion of the adrenal gland, produces:
GUIDE
◉ Agonal respirations can be described as:
Answer: occasional gasping breaths.
◉ During an acidotic state, the kidneys attempt to maintain a normal
pH by:
Answer: retaining bicarbonate.
◉ Oxygen and carbon dioxide pass across the alveocapillary
membrane through a process called:
Answer: diffusion.
◉ The layer of tissue that lines the inside of the chest cavity is called
the:
Answer: parietal pleura.
◉ The majority of the body's total body water is contained within
the:
Answer: intracellular space.
,◉ The pneumotaxic center is located in the __________, and functions
by:
Answer: pons; inhibiting the dorsal respiratory group and increases
the speed and depth of breathing.
◉ The renin-angiotensin system in the kidneys helps to regulate:
Answer: blood pressure.
◉ What are the functions of the pancreas?
Answer: Production of insulin and certain enzymes that aid in
digestion.
◉ What is the function of the lymphatic system?
Answer: Filtration of debris and bacteria from the blood.
◉ A bruit differs from a murmur in that a bruit:
Answer: is auscultated over a main blood vessel.
◉ A medication that possesses a positive chronotropic effect is one
that:
Answer: increases heart rate.
, ◉ A person with type A+ blood could receive which of the following
blood types?
Answer: A+
◉ After the aorta arises from the left ventricle, it first:
Answer: ascends and branches into the coronary arteries.
◉ As an electrical impulse travels down the electrical conduction
system, it transiently slows at the:
Answer: AV node.
◉ Closure of the tricuspid and mitral valves occur during:
Answer: ventricular contraction.
◉ In addition to facilitating the uptake of sugar into the cells, insulin
is also responsible for:
Answer: the chemical conversion of glucose to glycogen.
◉ Release of the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is triggered
by:
Answer: stress.
◉ The adrenal cortex, a portion of the adrenal gland, produces:
