quiz 6 Flashcards
Which of the following structures BEST describes the makeup of the torso?
part of the body where the head and extremities connect.
The body contains how many different types of muscle?
three
The two major portions of the skull are the:
cranium and face
Which organ secretes insulin after a person eats a large meal?
Pancreas
The largest artery in the body is the:
aorta
The chamber that pumps oxygen-rich blood out of the heart for distribution to the rest of the body is the:
left ventricle
What is the inferiormost portion of the sternum?
Xiphoid process
You have been dispatched to a local shopping mall where a 63-year-old female patient has slipped and fallen in a department store. Upon your arrival, you find her supine on the ground, conscious and oriented with stable vital signs, complaining of severe pain to the upper portion of her left leg and hip. Her left leg is slightly shortened and rotated outward. The bone most commonly fractured with a “broken hip” is the:
femur.
The pressure created in the arteries when blood is forced out of the heart is referred to as:
systolic.
What is the inferiormost portion of the sternum?
Xiphoid process
A clot cannot form without which of the following blood components?
platelets
Inferiorly, the knee connects with the:
tibia and fibula.
Which layer of the skin is exposed to the environment?
Epidermis
After inhaled air goes through the larynx, the NEXT part of the respiratory system the air passes as it moves to the lungs is the:
bronchus.
Which of the following respiratory processes requires the active use of muscles?
Inhalation
