Anatomy & Physiology
Describing a location on the body using anatomical terminology is known as?
What is topographic anatomy.
What is the longest strongest bone in the body?
What is the femur?
Infant's airways are prone to FBAO because their airways are?
What is much smaller.
This system is responsible for pumping and circulating blood throughout the body through a network of blood vessels?
What is the Circulatory System.
The skeletal system is made up of this many bones?
What is 206.
This term means the front of the body?
What is Anterior
The function of this system is to bring oxygen into the body and remove carbon dioxide?
What is the Respiratory System.
This structure in a child is typically larger, which can create a blocked airway if the child becomes unresponsive?
What is the tongue.
The human heart has this many chambers?
What is four, the atrium's and the ventricles.
The function of the skeletal system is to support the body, protect vital structures and to?
What is produce red blood cells.
This term means closer to the midline of the body?
What is Medial?
What is the anatomical name for the nose?
What is nasopharynx.
In the first 6 months of a infant's life, they are this kind of breather?
What is obligatory nasal breather.
The right ventricle pumps blood to this location?
What is the lungs. (To pick up needed oxygen, where waste gas is given off and oxygen is picked up.)
This anatomical name for the only movable bone in the head is?
What is the mandible. (Remember the tongue is attached to the mandible; this is why you must do jaw thrust when there is trauma suspected to open the airway with jaw thrust when you can't use head tilt, chin lift.)
This term means closer to the head?
What is Superior or Cephalad.
The anatomical name for the voice box is?
What is Larynx.
If an infant is conscious and choking. You provide 5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts using the?
Heel of one hand.
These structures prevent the heart from flowing backwards if they are not damaged?
What are the valves.
The spine is composed of 33 bones called?
What are vertebrae?
What bones are missing from a baby not including the fontanelles?
What are Patella Bones (Kneecaps). They are a sesamoid bone and grow in the tendon when the baby begins walking.
At the upper end of the larynx, there is a small flap of tissue known as?
What is the Epiglottis.
You must find the sweet spot when opening an infant's airway, this is usually accomplished by placing their airway in this position.
What is sniffing position.
These are the smallest vessels in the circulatory system?
What are capillaries.
Muscles are held together by tendons, but bones are held together by these structures?
What are Ligaments.