Anatomy & Physiology

What is made of interstitial fluids?

What is the main function of the vagina?

What is the main concern in bowel obstruction?

What is the physiological function of hormones?

What are antibiotics used to treat?

What are antibiotics used to treat?

You report to a patient who experienced cardiac arrest 12-15 mins. ago - when you attach the AED, no shock is advised - what phase is this?

What plays an important role in disease prevention?

What is a predisposing risk factor for cold emergencies?

Intelligence/decision-making processes occur where?

When discussing disease risk factors, what kind of factor is epidemiological?

On an ECG graph, what does an upward pointing mean?

What medication is used to treat high-altitude illness?

Your patient went to the doctor with flu yesterday and now today he is not recognizing his family - what place in his home should you look?

What is the anatomical structure of a capillary?

Name of the cells in the musculoskeletal system that help form bone?

Name for percentage of blood with red blood cells?

What are the bones of the wrist called?

What is the tissue between muscle and dermis?

What type of solution is D5W?

What nerves are within the afferent division of the PNS?

If an 8 year old experienced cardiac arrest after three days of vomiting and diarrhea, what is most likely the cause?

How many boxes are in a normal PR interval? (beginning of P to beginning of Q/R)

What is fatty deposit build-up in the walls of the arterial system?

When ATP production fails during anaerobic metabolism, the Sodium-Potassium Pump retains sodium, which causes what?

What is the name of the layer of tissue that covers the lungs?

Digestive enzymes are contained in what kind of organelle?

When compensatory mechanisms fail during shock, what are cells forced into?

Regarding aging, what is the main negative effect to your immune response?

What layer of skin makes up our anatomical tissue structure?

Your patient has severe sharp chest pain, no peripheral pulse, and marked JVD - what are all these indicative of?

What are cations/anions that dissociate into positive or negative ions in water?

After a mother delivers her baby, what organ in her receives blood for the first time, which was absent in utero?

What is in use when the body produces inflammatory response/prostaglandins to cause pain?

Pupil dilation due to shock results from what?

What is the first thing that happens in the inflammatory response?

What tube of nephron does glucose reabsorb into?

What is the area of the torso above the Angle of Louis?

What is responsible for the ability of the cardiac muscle to function?

What is responsible for the ability of the cardiac muscle to function as a "single unit?"

What is the name of the mechanical process that moves air in and out of the lungs?

When hypertonic solution is injected into the blood, red blood cells will undergo what?

As an EMS provider, why is it important to understand Anatomy and Physiology?

Which part of the neuron is stimulated by environmental changes or the activity of other cells?

What is the name associated with the development of blood vessels from undamaged capillaries?

The middle layer of the uterus responsible for contractions is called...?

During depolarization of the heart muscle, what type of ion enters the cell?

What supplies blood to the inferior wall of the left ventricle in the right coronary dominant patient?

If you wish to view the anterior surface of your patient's myocardium, which leads would best accomplish this?

What is the name for the time period between exposure to a disease and seroconversion?

What best describes "afterload?"

The greatest percentage of total body water is located in the body within the...?

What is the most accurate term used to describe the initial state of the cell's condition during inadequate tissue perfusion (shock)?

Contraction of cardiac muscle tissue occurs after what process?

In patients with chronic lung disease, the kidneys send a hormone into the body to increase the production of what?

In the average adult, an increased diastolic pressure is a reflection of an increase in...?

Two bones that are specifically known for their large storage of bone marrow...

What is true regarding the chemoreceptor reflexes involved in respiration?

What is the most abundant type of tissue in the body?

In a menstrual cycle, what component is dominated by estrogen and causes the uterine lining to thicken and engorge with blood?

What is the percentage of oxygen in inspired room air?

What is the name of the outer covering of a blood vessel?

What hormone is secreted by the ovaries?

What is the definition of "Humoral Immunity?"

The innermost layer of the heart is known as...

When a child fractures a bone near the joint area, it is most concerning because it may affect what?

At what altitude does high-altitude illness begin to manifest itself?

What substance makes up the wall of the cell membrane?

When a positive charge is on the outside, and a negative charge is present on the inside, a cell is considered...

What is the principle cation that causes skeletal muscles to contract?

What organ is located in the retroperitoneal space?

What mechanism prevents us from over-expanding our lungs during inhalation?

Besides breaking down glucose, insulin can also...

What structure is located at the division of the trachea into the right and left bronchus?

What kind of shock comes from loss of sympathetic nervous system tone?

What is the largest portion of the uterus?

What is the definition of "emboli?"

What would losing a pint of blood from an arterial bleed do to your vital signs?

What is the main purpose of our epidermis?

How would having metabolic acidosis affect your breathing?

What is an early sign of high-altitude illness?

What is the primary chemoreceptor for inhalation?

What kind of shock can be caused by a tension pneumothorax?

What is the least responsible for returning blood to the heart?

What is both an environmental and genetic risk factor?

What is the most accurate form of acquiring temperature?

What could cause wound healing impairment in the elderly?

What is the body's main method of heat dissipation?

What is second cervical vertebrae called?

What is the result of Pulsus Paradoxus?

What form of shock is most likely for a motorcycle rider who crashed and was thrown from his bike?

What is the outermost layer of skin?

What is the name for pupil dilation during shock?

Low chest wall movement and blue lips in a patient are signs of what?

What is the definition of "hypertrophy?"

What is the definition of "inotrophy?"

What is the cerebellum responsible for?

Immune response is triggered by what?

What is the physiological response of a newly opened wound?