Module I: Basic Sciences

Question 1

What are the subdivisions of the Nervous System?

Answer 1

Central Nervous System

Peripheral Nervous System

Autonomic Nervous System

Question 2

The cells of the nervous system are called?

Answer 2

Neurons

Question 3

The junction (space) between two nerves is called a?

Answer 3

Synapse

Question 4

This process is dependent upon chemical substances that enable transmission of the wave of depolarization across the cleft from one nerve into the next.

Answer 4

neurotransmitters

Question 5

What is the the nerve that allows us to see?

Answer 5

Optic nerve

Question 6

What is the nerve that allows us to smell?

Answer 6

Olfactory nerve

Question 7

What is the nerve that supplies sensation to the teeth and jaws?

Answer 7

Trigeminal Nerve

Question 8

What is the flow of the heart?

Answer 8

Right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary valve, left atrium, left ventricle

Question 9

Ventricular relaxation is called what?

Answer 9

Diastolic phase

Question 10

Ventricular contraction is called what?

Answer 10

Systolic phase

Question 11

The number of cardiac cycles, or heart rate is usually what?

Answer 11

60 to 100 beats per minute.

Question 12

Any rate below 60 beats is called?

Answer 12

Bradycardia

Question 13

Any rate greater than 100 is called?

Answer 13

Tachycardia

Question 14

Normal function of the heart’s conduction system:

Answer 14

SA node

Question 15

The SA node is termed the heart’s:

Answer 15

Pacemaker

Question 16

A heart experiencing a lack of oxygen is called?

Answer 16

Hypoxia

Question 17

What is a reversal of electrical charge of the conducting fiber?

Answer 17

Wave of depolarization

Question 18

A return of the initial state of electrical charge is called?

Answer 18

Repolarization

Question 19

The reflection of depolarization is called?

Answer 19

P wave

Question 20

The reflection of the activity producing ventricular contraction is called?

Answer 20

The QRS complex

Question 21

The reflection of repolarization is called?

Answer 21

T wave

Question 22

What artery goes up into the neck, and into the right subclavian artery that goes into the arm?

Answer 22

Common Carotid Artery

Question 23

\What is the space between the nasal cavity and the trachea?

Answer 23

Pharynx

Question 24

What is the portion above the back of the soft palate is called what?

Answer 24

Nasopharynx

Question 25

What is the soft tissue valve located at the base of the tongue and covers the Larynx? It also allows air in and out of the lungs.

Answer 25

Epiglottis

Question 26

What procedure involves the passage of a large needle into the trachea?

Answer 26

Chricothyrotomy

Question 27

What are the air sacs that look like small bunches of grapes and come in contact with the capillaries of the bloodstream?

Answer 27

Alveoli

Question 28

Normal levels of blood volume made up of RBC's are what for females and males?

Answer 28

Females: 35-45% Males: 42-52%

Question 29

Normal levels of hemoglobin for males and females are what?

Answer 29

Females: 12-16 g/100 mL Males: 14-18 g/100 mL

Question 30

The area where gases are not exchanged is called what?

Answer 30

dead space

Question 31

Inhaled and exhaled is refereed to a person's what?

Answer 31

tidal volume

Question 32

The rhythm of inspiration and expiration is established in what?

Answer 32

The respiratory center

Question 33

Normal adult respiration rate is what?

Answer 33

12 to 16 respirations per minute at rest

Question 34

The Islets of Langerhans are located where?

Answer 34

Pancreas

Question 35

Small glands that sit atop the kidneys bilaterally.

Answer 35

Adrenal glands

Question 36

Too wide of a blood pressure cuff can result in a what?

Answer 36

Low reading

Question 37

Too narrow of a blood pressure can result in a what?

Answer 37

High reading

Question 38

History, physical, previous medical problems and drug allergies are examples of what?

Answer 38

Pre-operative evaluation

Question 39

The normal sequence for the flow of blood through the heart and lungs?

Answer 39

right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery, lungs, pulmonary vein, left atrium, left ventricle, aorta

Question 40

What chemical substance does the Parasympathetic Nervous System excrete?

Answer 40

Acetylcholine