EMT-Basic Questions Vocab With Meaning. Graded A+.

EMT-Basic Questions Vocab With Meaning. Graded A+. medial - ✔✔toward the midline of the body lateral - ✔✔to the side, away from the midline of the body bilateral - ✔✔on both sides mid-axillary line - ✔✔a li ...

EMT-Basic Questions Vocab With Meaning. Graded A+. medial - ✔✔toward the midline of the body lateral - ✔✔to the side, away from the midline of the body bilateral - ✔✔on both sides mid-axillary line - ✔✔a line drawn vertically from the middle of the armpit to the ankle anterior - ✔✔the front of the body or body posterior - ✔✔the back of the body or body part ventral - ✔✔referring to the front of the body. a synonym for anterior dorsal - ✔✔referring to the back of the body or the back of the hand or foot. A synonym for posterior superior - ✔✔toward the head. inferior - ✔✔away from the head; usually compared with another structure that is closer to the head proximal - ✔✔closer to the torso distal - ✔✔farther away from the torso torso - ✔✔the trunk of the body; the body without the head and the extremities palmer - ✔✔referring to the palm of the hand plantar - ✔✔referring to the sole of the foot mid-clavicular - ✔✔the line through the center of the clavical abdominal quadrants - ✔✔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 - ✔✔lying on the back recovery position - ✔✔lying on the side. also called the lateral recumbent position Fowler's Position - ✔✔a sitting position Right Upper Quadrant - ✔✔Liver, Right Kidney, Colon, Pancreas, Gallbladder Left Upper Quadrant - ✔✔Liver, Spleen, Left Kidney, Stomach, Colon Pancreas Right Lower Quadrant - ✔✔Right Kidney, Colon, Small Intestines, Major artery and vein to the right leg, Ureter, Apendix Left Lower Quadrant - ✔✔Left kidney, colon, small intestines, major artery and vein to the left leg, ureter Trendelenburg Position - ✔✔a position in which the patients feet and legs are higher than the head (Shock position) musculoskeletal system - ✔✔system of bones and skeletal muscles that support and protect the body and permit movement skeleton - ✔✔the bones of the body muscle - ✔✔tissue that can contract to allow movement of a body part ligament - ✔✔tissue that connects bone to bone tendon - ✔✔tissue that connects muscle to bone skull - ✔✔the bony structure of the head cranium - ✔✔the top, back and sides of the skull mandible - ✔✔the lower jaw bone maxillae - ✔✔the two fused bones forming the upper jaw nasal bones - ✔✔the nose bones orbits - ✔✔the bony structures around the eyes, the eye sockets zygomatic arches - ✔✔form the structure of the cheeks vertebrae - ✔✔the 33 bones of the spinal column thorax - ✔✔the chest sternum - ✔✔breastbone manubrium - ✔✔the superior portion of the sternum xiphoid process - ✔✔inferior portion of the sternum pelvis - ✔✔the basin-shaped bony structure that supports the spine and is the point of proximal attachment for the lower extremities ilium - ✔✔the superior and widest portion of the pelvis ischium - ✔✔the lower, posterior portions of the pelvis pubis - ✔✔the medial anterior portion of the pelvis acetabulum - ✔✔the pelvis socket into which the ball at the proximal end of the femur fits to form the hip joint femur - ✔✔the large bone of the thigh patella - ✔✔kneecap tibia - ✔✔the medial and larger bone of the lower leg fibula - ✔✔the lateral and small bone of the lower leg malleolous - ✔✔protrusion on the side of the ankle. tarsal - ✔✔ankle bone metatarsal - ✔✔the foot bone calcaneus - ✔✔the heel bone phalanges - ✔✔the toe and finger bones clavicle - ✔✔the collarbone scapula - ✔✔Shoulder Blade acromion process - ✔✔the highest portion of the shoulder acromioclavicular joint - ✔✔the joint where the acromion and the clavicle meet humerus - ✔✔the bone of the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow radius - ✔✔the lateral bone of the forearm carpals - ✔✔wrist bones metacarpals - ✔✔hand bones joints - ✔✔the point where two bones come together voluntary muscle - ✔✔muscle that can be conscious controlled; attaches to bones; forms the major muscle mass of the body, responsible for movement involuntary muscle - ✔✔muscle that responds automatically to brain signals but cannot be consciously controlled cardiac muscle - ✔✔specialized involuntary muscle found only in the heart; has its own blood supply; contracts on its own automaticity - ✔✔the ability of the heart to generate and conduct electrical impulses on its own respiratory system - ✔✔the system of the nose, mouth, throat, lungs, and muscles that bings oxygen into the body and expels carbon dioxide oropharynx - ✔✔the area directly posterior to the mouth nasopharynx - ✔✔the area directly posterior to the nose pharynx - ✔✔the area directly posterior to the mouth and nose. It is made up of the oropharynx and the nasopharynx epiglottis - ✔✔a leaf-shaped structure that prevents food and foreign matter from entering the trachea larynx - ✔✔the voice box cricoid cartilage - ✔✔the ring-structure that forms the lower portion of the larynx trachea - ✔✔the 'windpipe'; the structure that connects the pharynx to the lungs lungs - ✔✔the organs where exchange of atmospheric oxygen and waste carbon dioxide take place bronchi - ✔✔the two large sets of branches that come off the trachea and enter the lungs. There are right and left bronchi alveoli - ✔✔the microscopic sacs of the lungs where gas exchange with the bloodstream takes place diaphragm - ✔✔the muscular structure that divides the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity. A major muscle of respiration inhalation - ✔✔an active process in which the intercostal muscles and the diaphragm contract, expanding the size of the chest cavity and causing air to flow into the lungs exhalation - ✔✔a passive process in which the intercostal muscles and the diaphragm relax, causing the chest cavity to decrease in size and air to flow out of the lungs cardiovascular system/circulatory system - ✔✔the system made up of the heart and the blood vessels atria - ✔✔the two upper chambers of the heart, there is a right (receives unoxygenated blood returning from the body) and the left (which sends oxygen-rich blood to the body) ventricles - ✔✔the two lower chambers of the heart. There is a right (which sends oxygen poor blood to the lungs) and the left (sends oxygen rich blood to the body) venae cavae - ✔✔the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava. Return blood from the body to the right atrium valve - ✔✔a structure that opens and closes to permit the flow of a fluid in only one direction cardiac conduction system - ✔✔a system of specialized muscle tissues which conduct electrical impulses that stimulate the heart to beat artery - ✔✔any blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart coronary arteries - ✔✔blood vessels that supply the muscle of the heart aorta - ✔✔the largest artery in the body. transports blood from the left ventricle to begin systemic circulation pulmonary arteries - ✔✔vessels that carry blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs carotid arteries - ✔✔large neck arteries, one on each side of the neck, that carry blood blood from the heart to the head femoral artery - ✔✔the major artery supplying the leg brachial artery - ✔✔artery of the upper arm; site of the pulse checked during infant CPR radial artery - ✔✔artery of the lower arm. it is felt when taking the pulse at the wrist posterior tibial artery - ✔✔artery supplying the foot, behind the medial ankle dorsalis pedis artery - ✔✔artery supplying the foot, lateral to the large tendon of the big toe arteriole - ✔✔the smallest kind of artery capillary - ✔✔a thin-walled, microscopic blood vessel where the oxygen/carbon dioxide and nutrient/waste exchange with the body's