Paramedic SOE- Exam 1 (A&P)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What is the anatomic position? -
correct answer ✅Standing upright
Feet parallel and on the floor
Head level and looking forward
Arms at side of body
Palms facing forward and thumbs pointing away from body
Coronal/Frontal Plane -
correct answer ✅Dividing the body into a front and back
Transverse Plane -
correct answer ✅Dividing the body into a top half and bottom half
Sagittal/Lateral Plane -
correct answer ✅Dividing the body into a left and right sides,
down the midline
Anteroposterial Axis -
correct answer ✅Left and right halves
,Paramedic SOE- Exam 1 (A&P)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Longitudinal Axis -
correct answer ✅Front and back halves
Horizontal Axis -
correct answer ✅Top and bottom halves
What is in the dorsal cavity -
correct answer ✅includes the cranial and spinal cavities
What is in the ventral cavity -
correct answer ✅Thoracic cavity (heart, lungs, great vessels), the
abdominal cavity, and pelvic cavity
Define superior -
correct answer ✅above; toward the head
Define inferior -
correct answer ✅below the structure
Define Proximal -
correct answer ✅Closer to the trunk
,Paramedic SOE- Exam 1 (A&P)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Define Distal -
correct answer ✅Further from the trunk
Define superficial -
correct answer ✅Shallow/close to surface
Define Deep -
correct answer ✅Further inside the body
Define Anterior/Ventral -
correct answer ✅Belly side of body
Define Posterior/Dorsal -
correct answer ✅Back side of body
Define Palmar -
correct answer ✅Front region of hand (palm)
Define Plantar -
correct answer ✅Bottom of foot
, Paramedic SOE- Exam 1 (A&P)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Define apex -
correct answer ✅Tip of structure
Define Flexion -
correct answer ✅Distal point of extremity moves toward the trunk
(flex your bicep)
Define Extension -
correct answer ✅Distal point of extremity moves away from trunk
(Extend your arm out)
Define Abduction -
correct answer ✅Move away from midline (abducted by aliens)
Define Adduction -
correct answer ✅Moving toward midline (adding to your body)
Define hyperextension/hyperflexion -
correct answer ✅continuation of extension beyond the anatomical
position
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What is the anatomic position? -
correct answer ✅Standing upright
Feet parallel and on the floor
Head level and looking forward
Arms at side of body
Palms facing forward and thumbs pointing away from body
Coronal/Frontal Plane -
correct answer ✅Dividing the body into a front and back
Transverse Plane -
correct answer ✅Dividing the body into a top half and bottom half
Sagittal/Lateral Plane -
correct answer ✅Dividing the body into a left and right sides,
down the midline
Anteroposterial Axis -
correct answer ✅Left and right halves
,Paramedic SOE- Exam 1 (A&P)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Longitudinal Axis -
correct answer ✅Front and back halves
Horizontal Axis -
correct answer ✅Top and bottom halves
What is in the dorsal cavity -
correct answer ✅includes the cranial and spinal cavities
What is in the ventral cavity -
correct answer ✅Thoracic cavity (heart, lungs, great vessels), the
abdominal cavity, and pelvic cavity
Define superior -
correct answer ✅above; toward the head
Define inferior -
correct answer ✅below the structure
Define Proximal -
correct answer ✅Closer to the trunk
,Paramedic SOE- Exam 1 (A&P)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Define Distal -
correct answer ✅Further from the trunk
Define superficial -
correct answer ✅Shallow/close to surface
Define Deep -
correct answer ✅Further inside the body
Define Anterior/Ventral -
correct answer ✅Belly side of body
Define Posterior/Dorsal -
correct answer ✅Back side of body
Define Palmar -
correct answer ✅Front region of hand (palm)
Define Plantar -
correct answer ✅Bottom of foot
, Paramedic SOE- Exam 1 (A&P)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Define apex -
correct answer ✅Tip of structure
Define Flexion -
correct answer ✅Distal point of extremity moves toward the trunk
(flex your bicep)
Define Extension -
correct answer ✅Distal point of extremity moves away from trunk
(Extend your arm out)
Define Abduction -
correct answer ✅Move away from midline (abducted by aliens)
Define Adduction -
correct answer ✅Moving toward midline (adding to your body)
Define hyperextension/hyperflexion -
correct answer ✅continuation of extension beyond the anatomical
position
