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North Seattle College EMT Entrance Exam Study Guide Solutions RUQ - ANSWER-Liver, gallbladder, major vessels LUQ - ANSWER-Stomach, spleen, pancreas RLQ - ANSWER-appendix LLQ - ANSWER-Intestine Cranial Cavity - ANSWER-Contains the brain, protected by skull Spinal Cavity - ANSWER-Extends from ...

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North Seattle College EMT Entrance Exam

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RUQ - ANSWER✔✔-Liver, gallbladder, major vessels


LUQ - ANSWER✔✔-Stomach, spleen, pancreas


RLQ - ANSWER✔✔-appendix


LLQ - ANSWER✔✔-Intestine


Cranial Cavity - ANSWER✔✔-Contains the brain, protected by skull


Spinal Cavity - ANSWER✔✔-Extends from base of skull to lower back. contains spinal chord and is

protected by vertebral column


Central nervous system - ANSWER✔✔-brain and spinal cord


thoracic cavity - ANSWER✔✔-Below neck, above diaphragm. protected by rig cage, contains heart, lungs

and major vessels


Pericardial Cavity - ANSWER✔✔-surrounds the heart


Pleural cavity - ANSWER✔✔-surrounds the lungs


Abdominal cavity - ANSWER✔✔-Contains stomach, intestines, spleen, and liver, and other organs


axial skeleton - ANSWER✔✔-Skull, spinal column, sternum and ribs




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appendicular skeleton - ANSWER✔✔-upper/lower extremities, shoulder girdle and pelvic girdle


Shoulder girdle - ANSWER✔✔-clavicle and scapula


Pelvic girdle - ANSWER✔✔-ilium, sacrum, coccyx, pubis and ischium


Tendons - ANSWER✔✔-Connect muscle to bone


Ligaments - ANSWER✔✔-Connect bone to bone/cartilege


Face bones - ANSWER✔✔-Orbits, nasal bones, maxilla, mandible, and zygomatic bones


Spine - ANSWER✔✔-7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 (fused) sacrum, 4 (fused) coccyx


Skeletal muscles - ANSWER✔✔-Voluntary muscle that facilitates movement of the body


Smooth muscle - ANSWER✔✔-Involuntary muscle found inside many internal organs of the body


cardiac muscle - ANSWER✔✔-Involuntary muscle tissue found only in the heart.


Upper airway - ANSWER✔✔-Nose, pharynx, larynx


Lower airway - ANSWER✔✔-trachea, lungs, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli


Sinuses - ANSWER✔✔-Produce mucus and trap bacteria


Pharynx - ANSWER✔✔-throat


Nasopharynx - ANSWER✔✔-region of the pharynx at the back of the nose and above the soft palate


Oropharynx - ANSWER✔✔-central portion of the pharynx between the roof of the mouth and the upper

edge of the epiglottis


Laryngopharynx - ANSWER✔✔-Lower throat that surrounds openings of esophagus and larynx

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Larynx - ANSWER✔✔-Connects pharynx with trachea. Voice box


Thyroid cartilage - ANSWER✔✔-adams apple, the largest cartilage of the larynx


Hyoid bone - ANSWER✔✔-a U-shaped bone in the neck that supports the tongue.


Epiglottis - ANSWER✔✔-A flap of tissue that seals off the windpipe and prevents food from entering.


Trachea - ANSWER✔✔-Windpipe that continues to chest and branches into right and left primary

bronchus


Alveoli - ANSWER✔✔-tiny sacs of lung tissue specialized for the movement of gases between air and

blood


Right Lung - ANSWER✔✔-Spongy, air-filled organ with 3 lobes


Left lung - ANSWER✔✔-Spongy, air-filled organ with 2 lobes and a cardiac notch


Mediastinum - ANSWER✔✔-Space in the middle of the chest between the lungs


Pleurae - ANSWER✔✔-serous membranes that form an envelope between the lungs and the chest wall


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



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