EMT Chapter 7: Principles of Pathophysiology

Question 1

What is the cellular process of converting glucose and other nutrients into the form of ATP called?

Answer 1

Metabolism

Question 2

What are the important chemicals in the body that seperate into charged chemicals when dissolved in water?

Answer 2

Electrolytes

Question 3

What is the cellular process in which oxygen is used to metabolize glucose called?

Answer 3

Anaerobic metabolism

Question 4

What is the fraction of the concentration of Oxygen in the air that people breathe?

Answer 4

FiO2

Question 5

What is an airway that is open to allow air to move in and out called?

Answer 5

Patent

Question 6

What is the volume of air that is moved in and out during one breathing cycle called?

Answer 6

Tidal volume

Question 7

What is the air inside the space between the mouth and the lungs known as?

Answer 7

Dead air space

Question 8

What are the specific receptors in the brain and vessels that register oxygen and carbon dioxide levels called?

Answer 8

Chemoreceptors

Question 9

What is the force exerted by large proteins in the blood that tends to pull water away from teh body cells and into the bloodstream called?

Answer 9

Plasma Oncotic Pressure?

Question 10

What is pressure created inside the blood vessels that pushes fluid out of the vessels called?

Answer 10

Hydrostatic Pressure

Question 11

What are the specialized cells that measure the pressure inside blood vessels called?

Answer 11

Stretch Receptors

Question 12

What is the amount of blood that returns to the heart prior to contraction called?

Answer 12

The preload

Question 13

What is the amount of blood moved by the heart in one minute called?

Answer 13

Cardiac Output

Question 14

What is hypoperfusion another name for?

Answer 14

Shock

Question 15

What is an exaggerated response by the immune system to a particular substance called?

Answer 15

Hypersensitivity