Skeletal Syst.
A patient breaks the longest bone in their body. What bone is fractured?
Femur
A patient is able to consciously move their arm. What type of muscle allows voluntary movement?
Skeletal muscle
A patient's blood vessel carries blood away from the heart. What type of vessel is it?
Artery
A patient breathes air into their lungs. What is this process called?
Inspiration
What is the liquid portion of blood that carries nutrients, hormones, and waste products?
Plasma
A patient has an injury to one of the tiny bones in the middle ear. Which bone is the smallest?
Stapes
During an injury, a patient damages the structure connecting a muscle to a bone. What is injured?
Tendon
A patient's blood vessel carries blood back toward the heart. What type of vessel is it?
Vein
A patient breathes air out of their lungs. What is this process called?
Expiration
A patient needs a blood cell that carries oxygen throughout the body. Which cell does this?
Erythrocyte
A patient can move their shoulder in many different directions, including rotation. What type of joint allows this?
Ball-and-socket joint
A patient tears tissue connecting two bones at a joint. What structure is damaged?
Ligament
Systolic Pressure
the top number in a blood pressure reading that measures the force of blood against your artery walls when your heart beats
A patient has an injury to the tube that carries air from the larynx toward the bronchi. What structure is injured?
Trachea
A patient cuts their finger, and the blood begins forming a clot. Which blood component helps stop the bleeding?
Thrombocyte
A patient bends their knee to sit down. What type of joint allows the knee to bend and straighten?
Hinge joint
A patient moves their arm away from the body's midline. What movement is occurring?
Abduction
Diastolic Pressure
the bottom number in a blood pressure reading that measures the force in your arteries when your heart rests between beats
A patient has difficulty expanding their lungs because the major muscle responsible for breathing is not functioning properly. What muscle is affected?
Diaphragm
A patient has a condition that causes frequent infections because their body does not have enough cells to fight invading microorganisms. Which type of blood cell would the doctor be most concerned about?
Leukocytes
A patient has a small bone that develops inside a tendon near a joint. What type of bone is this?
Sesamoid Bone
A patient bends their elbow, decreasing the angle between the bones. What type of movement is occurring?
Flexion
During a physical exam, a doctor hears the normal “lub-dub” sounds of the patient's heart. What do these sounds primarily result from?
Heart valves opening and closing
A patient's brainstem is damaged, causing problems with automatic breathing and other vital functions. Which part of the brain is most directly involved?
Medulla oblongata
A patient receives a blood transfusion. Before the transfusion, the medical team must determine the patient's specific classification based on the markers found on their red blood cells. What is this classification called?
Blood type