AEMT Human Body Systems Quiz

Which of the following is not located in the mediastinum?

The adernergic receptors found in the bronchioles are:

The movement of water from lower to higher solute concentration across semipermeable membranes is called?

Mast cells release this substance when stimulated.

What term describes the skin as a system?

Which formula accurately represents cardiac output?

The entrance to the lower airway is the:

The substance in the body that works to keep clotting in check.

How much blood is an average adult female?

The normal stroke volume for an adult heart is:

Which type of muscle is under voluntary control?

What is ultimately produced when you body breaks down sugar without oxygen?

How many vertebra are in the spine?

The amount of oxygen in air that you exhale.

Which of the following is the normal pH in the human body?

A substance that dissolves into negatively and positively charged particles when place in water:

The heart tones are created by:

This substance in the lungs keep the alveoli from collapsing.

The principle intracellular cation is:

What formula predicts the tidal volume.

What is necessary to neutralize excess acid in the body?

Maintaining overall inner balance in the body is called?

Movement of air in and out of the lungs is:

The percentage of oxygen bound to hemoglobin in the blood.

Normal atmospheric pressure at sea level.

What is the signal to the brain to stimulate breathing?

The adernergic receptors that lead to vasoconstriction are:

The portion of cardiac conduction system that stimulates a normal heart beat:

Which cranial nerve is responsible for constricting and dilating the pupils?

Which type of fluid resuscitation will lead to crenation of RBC's?

What term describes the net movement of water into a cell causing it to burst?

Which of the following is the most important for your thyroid?

The majority of cardiac muscle is in the:

What is the opening in the base of skull for the spinal cord?

The amount of oxygen in room air.

Which plane divides the body into left and right equally?

What does the lateral end of the clavicle form?

What is required to maintain normal intra and extra cellular balance of sodium and potassium?

What is the first vertebra in the neck?

This nerve arises from the neck and controls the diaphragm.

The volume of air exchanged in a single maximal inhalation and exhalation.

The adernergic receptors found in the heart are:

The majority of CO2 is transported in the blood via:

What are the nerves called when the spinal cord ends?

The PaO2 in oxygenated blood will normally be:

Which cranial nerve when stimulated can slow the heart?

Which of the following is not part of the axial skeleton?

What percentage of water is the adult body weight?