OMSA Exam #1 Questions With
Correct Answers
/. Deoxygenated blood flows from the right ventricle into: - Answer-✅the pulmonary
artery
/.Blood flow from the right side of the heart to the left side of the heart is called: -
Answer-✅pulmonary circulation
/.The heart contracts to pump blood during: - Answer-✅systole
/.Blood flows from the heart through the body in the following order: - Answer-✅arteries,
arterioles, capillaries, venues, veins
AACVV
/.Oxygen is carried in the blood primarily: - Answer-✅on the hemoglobin molecule
/.Oxygen depleted blood is found where? - Answer-✅in the right atrium
/.Oxygen saturation in a healthy patient breathing room air should be at least: - Answer-
✅97%
/.The maximum amount of oxygen that a person's blood is able to carry is called what? -
Answer-✅oxygen capacity
/.The percentage of actual oxygen carried combined with total capacity is called what? -
Answer-✅oxygen saturation
/.Internal respiration takes place when? - Answer-✅oxygen is transported from
capillaries to the cells
/.Gas exchange (uptake of 02, elimination of C02) during respiration occurs where? -
Answer-✅in the alveolar sacs
/.In the healthy patient, the respiratory centers that control breathing are most sensitive
to what? - Answer-✅carbon dioxide
/.The MAIN centers for nerve control of respiration are located where? - Answer-✅in the
brainstem
Correct Answers
/. Deoxygenated blood flows from the right ventricle into: - Answer-✅the pulmonary
artery
/.Blood flow from the right side of the heart to the left side of the heart is called: -
Answer-✅pulmonary circulation
/.The heart contracts to pump blood during: - Answer-✅systole
/.Blood flows from the heart through the body in the following order: - Answer-✅arteries,
arterioles, capillaries, venues, veins
AACVV
/.Oxygen is carried in the blood primarily: - Answer-✅on the hemoglobin molecule
/.Oxygen depleted blood is found where? - Answer-✅in the right atrium
/.Oxygen saturation in a healthy patient breathing room air should be at least: - Answer-
✅97%
/.The maximum amount of oxygen that a person's blood is able to carry is called what? -
Answer-✅oxygen capacity
/.The percentage of actual oxygen carried combined with total capacity is called what? -
Answer-✅oxygen saturation
/.Internal respiration takes place when? - Answer-✅oxygen is transported from
capillaries to the cells
/.Gas exchange (uptake of 02, elimination of C02) during respiration occurs where? -
Answer-✅in the alveolar sacs
/.In the healthy patient, the respiratory centers that control breathing are most sensitive
to what? - Answer-✅carbon dioxide
/.The MAIN centers for nerve control of respiration are located where? - Answer-✅in the
brainstem
