Anatomy And Physiology

Question 1

What is another term for first set of vitals

Answer 1

Baseline vitals

Question 2

What is an organ?

Answer 2

Combination of tissues which form a structure in order to carry out a specific or specialised functions

Question 3

What is the largest organ?

Answer 3

Skin

Question 4

What is the largest internal organ?

Answer 4

Liver

Question 5

What is a septum?

Answer 5

Wall of an organ that separates one side from the other

Question 6

What is the mediastinum?

Answer 6

Where the heart and lungs sit

Question 7

What is the name of the sac in which the heart sits?

Answer 7

Pericardium

Question 8

What is the stroke volume of the heart?

Answer 8

70mls per beat

Question 9

What is the average stroke volume per minute?

Answer 9

4900mls per minute

Question 10

How is pulse pressure calculated?

Answer 10

Difference between systolic and diastolic pressure

Question 11

Where is the heart situated?

Answer 11

In the thoracic cavity slightly to the left

Question 12

Where does the apex rest?

Answer 12

On the diaphragm

Question 13

What artery carries de-oxygenated blood?

Answer 13

Pulmonary artery

Question 14

What carries oxygenated blood?

Answer 14

Pulmonary vein

Question 15

What is the function of arteries?

Answer 15

• transports blood away from the heart
• primarily carries oxygenated blood (exception to pulmonary artery)

Question 16

What is the purpose of veins?

Answer 16

• transport blood to the heart
• primarily carries de-oxygenated blood (except is pulmonary circulation)

Question 17

What is the function of carpillaries?

Answer 17

Gas exchange

Question 18

What are functions of the blood?

Answer 18

• delivery of oxygen
• delivery of nutrients
• removal of waste products
• fight infection
• clotting

Question 19

What is the composition of blood?

Answer 19

Liquid: 55%
Solid: 45%

Question 20

What percentage of plasma is water?

Answer 20

90%

Question 21

What does SpO2 test for?

Answer 21

Amount of haemoglobin in the blood?

Question 22

What is average blood oxygen SpO2

Answer 22

94-98%

Question 23

What percentage of SpO2 is considered hypoxic?

Answer 23

85%?

Question 24

What is the function of white blood cells?

Answer 24

• part of body’s defence against infection
• macrophages remove injured/abnormal cells
• removal of foreign microbes

Question 25

What is another term for white blood cells?

Answer 25

Leukocytes

Question 26

What are the functions of platelets?

Answer 26

Essential for formation of blood clots

Question 27

What is plasma?

Answer 27

Fluid that carries the blood cells and dissolved substances (eg. Protein/salt/hormones/enzymes)

Question 28

What are the sections of the abdomen?

Answer 28

• upper right quadrant
• upper left quadrant
• lower right quadrant
• lower left quadrant

Question 29

What organs are in the upper right quadrant?

Answer 29

• liver
• gallbladder
• head of pancreas
• right kidney
• transverse colon

Question 30

What organs are in the upper left quadrant?

Answer 30

• spleen
• tail of pancreas
• stomach
• left kidney
• transverse Colin

Question 31

What organs are in the lower right quadrant?

Answer 31

• appendix
• small intestine
• right ovary
• fallopian tube
• ascending colon
• caecum

Question 32

What organs are in the lower left quadrant?

Answer 32

• small intestine
• left ovary
• fallopian tube
• descending colon

Question 33

What are the functions of the skin?

Answer 33

• protects the body from the external environment
• keeps out bacteria + other harmful micro organisms
• helps regulate body temperature
• prevents water loss