Chapter 6: The Human Body EMR

A patient has an injury to the midshaft humerus following a car accident.  What major joint is immediately distal to her injury?

• wrist
• elbow
• shoulder
• xiphoid

A fracture of a femur in a location farthest away from the hip is:

• superior
• medial
• proximal
• distal

A patient in anatomic position is standing facing you with arms to the side and palms touching the side of the lower extremeities

• True
• False

A pulse if felt:

• as oxygen and nutrients pass from the blood cells into the cells of the body tissues
• when a wave of pressure is created by the heart as it forces blood into the arteries 
• on any part of the body
• wherever a large capillary lies between a bony structure and a thin layer of skin

Voluntary muscles are a specialized type of muscle found only in the heart

• True
• False
• False, cardiac muscle

a patient sustained a stab wound to the artery in the neck.  To control the bleeding from this injury, you should apply pressure to the:

• carotid artery
• femoral artery
• radial artery
• popliteal artery

After blood picks up oxygen in the lungs, it:

• is eliminated from the body
• is received by the right atrium
• is combined with carbon dioxide
• returns to the left side of the heart

Air is inhaled into the lungs when the diaphragm contracts and moves downward in the chest

• False
• True

The skin functions include producing sweat when body temperature falls

• True
• False

At what age do the body's systems typically begin to decline?

• 22 years
• 35 years
• 41 years
• 50 years