Airway
What is the epiglottis?
What is the work horse of the heart?
Define supine and prone.
Prone- laying face down on stomach
What are the 4 quadrants of the abdominal cavity.
Where is cardiac muscle found?
What is the nasopharynx?
Portion of the airway from the nostrils to the soft palate.
Where does blood enter the heart?
Define the midaxillary line.
Where do you check for a pulse on an 8 month old?
What is the orophrynx?
Portion of the airway from the mouth/soft palate to the epiglottis.
What is the only vein in the body to carry blood?
Define proximal and distal.
Proximal- near the point of reference
Distal- far from the point of reference
Name the 3 layers of skin
Define hypoperfusion
Insufficient supply of oxygen and nutrients to some of the body's cells and inadequate elimination of waste. Also known as shock.
What is the larynx?
What is a systolic blood pressure?
Define perfusion.
Name the cavities of the body.
Cranial, spinal, thoracic, abdominal, abdomino-pelvic, pelvic
What carries oxygen around in the blood?
Describe the process air movement takes from beginning to end.
Outside air enters the body via nasopharynx or oropharynx. It then enters the trachea moves through the bronchi into the left and right main stems. There is moves down into the bronchioles into smaller areas called the alveoli where gas exchange takes place.
If you have an 8 year old child, what should you get for a blood pressure?
Define aspiration.
When a substance is aspirated into the lungs.
Name the sections and number of vertebrae in the spine.
Cervical-7
Thoracic-12
Lumbar-5
Sacrum-5
Coccyx-4 (fused)
What part of the brain controls most of our "control centers"
Medulla Oblongata