EMT-Basic Questions and Answers Rated A

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EMT-Basic Questions and Answers Rated 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

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