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1
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What is the role of the AFSG within the AFMS?

Leader of

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Leader of the AFMS and establishes its medical service mission

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List the five AFMS effects-based mission areas.

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(1) Promoting and sustaining a medically ready force.
(2) Prevent illness and injury.
(3) Restore health.
(4) Optimize and sustain human performance.
(5) Systematize high reliability throughout the Aerospace & Operational Medicine Enterprise

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Describe the prevent illness and injury effects-based mission area.

Preventative

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Preventive medicine activities ensure the force is available to accomplish the mission.

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Cite the two Air Force organization leaders and describe their individual responsibilities.

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Secretary of the Air force- oversight of the department.

Chief of Staff - organizing, training, and equipping AF units to meet combatant commander requirements.

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5
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Cite the factors that influence the organizational structure of each Medical treatement facility.

Mission

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Mission, size, and capabilities of the organization.

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6
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List the 13 approved flights within an aerospace medicine squadron.

Medicines

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(1) Flight medicine.
(2) Missile medicine.
(3) Space medicine.
(4) Space and missile medicine.
(5) Health promotion
(6) Public health.
(7) Bioenvironmental engineering.
(8) Aerospace physiology.
(9) Aeromedical staging.
(10) Occupational medicine.
(11) Optometry.
(12) Hyperbaric medicine.
(13) Audiology.

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7
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Occupational Medicine does?

medical care to

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Provides medical care to patients who enter, travel in, or leave the aeromedical evacuation system.

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8
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Health Promotion does?

programs in

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Provides programs in nutrition and stress management.

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9
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Optometry does?

gas mask

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Manages the spectacle/gas mask inserts and warfighter/aviation corneal refractive surgery programs.

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Audiology does?

programs

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Manages the hearing conservation & hearing loss prevention programs.

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Flight Medicine does?

clinical

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Provides clinical, occupational, and preventive medical care.

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12
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Aeromedical Staging does?

training

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Provides human performance enhancement training.

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13
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Aerospace Physiology does?

decompression

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care & training for decompression sickness.

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14
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Public Health does?

food and

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food safety & medical entomology

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15
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What provides the link between all the functions of team aerospace?

which council

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Aerospace Medicine Council.

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16
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Cite the BE mission within the Aerospace & Operational Medicine Enterprise. (AOME)

HRA Expertise to

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HRA expertise to enhance commander decision-making

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17
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What organization would be notified if a safety discrepancy was noted during an OEH assessment
visit?

SE

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SE ( WING SAFETY )

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18
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Which base agency would BE team members work closely with on community health issues such
as indoor air quality or recreational swimming areas?

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Public Health

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19
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Describe the role of the MAJCOM/BE, including overseas locations.

advises

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Advises the MAJCOM’s command surgeon and provides guidance and assistance to installation-level BE flights.

At overseas locations, approves authority for drinking water laboratory certification to operate.

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20
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When might BE work together with EPA or state officials?

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Drinking water monitoring

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21
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At what meeting group would IH surveillance results be discussed?

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Occupational and Environmental Health Working Group (OEHWG)

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22
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Describe how the medical global reach laydown team initiates the OEHSA process.

initial

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providing initial HRA and threat control recommendations.

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23
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PAM team does?

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Water quality
radiation safety, and hazardous materials management.

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24
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Describe the medical nuclear, biological, and chemical (MNBC) team

3

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3 BE personnel that conduct nuclear, biological and chemical surveillance

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25
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What basic form of matter can take the shape of a container smaller than its original volume?

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Gas.

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25
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Who provides on-site manpower, equipment, support to identify and analyze radiological hazards,

A

AFRAT.

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26
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What basic form of matter cannot be compressed but will take the shape of its container?

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Liquid.

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27
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Define homogeneous matter.

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Uniform in composition.

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28
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How do pure substances differ from homogeneous mixtures?

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Mixtures consist of two or more pure substances.

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29
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What does the atomic number of an atom represent?

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of protons in the nucleus of an atom.

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30
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What does the mass number of an atom represent?

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number of protons & neutrons

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31
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What is the name of the vertical columns within the periodic table that hold elements with the
same number of valence electrons in their outer shell?

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Groups.

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32
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Where are the noble gases located within the periodic table?

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Far-right column.

33
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What is the main value of the periodic table?

determine

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determine chemical properties of an element

33
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Define inert.

atom

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An atom that is filled with electrons and cannot combine with another atom.

34
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Define compound.

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A compound is composed of any two elements that combine chemically.

35
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Cite the two general types of bonds that occur between atoms in a compound.

I

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Ionic & covalent bonds.

36
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Define cation.

A

positively charged ion

36
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Define anion.

A

negatively charged ion

36
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What represents the chemical bonds between two atoms in a structural formula?

S

A

Short lines.

36
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Ethers.

Prepared

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Prepared from alcohols and are inert compared to alcohols.

36
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Petroleum distillates can be identified by

A

their boiling ranges.

37
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Aromatic hydrocarbons.

Their carbon atoms

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Their carbon atoms are arranged in a closed chain, or ring formation.

37
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Halogens derivatives (halogenated hydrocarbons) are?

Combining

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Combining the parent hydrocarbon with a halogen.

37
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Unsaturated solution.

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Is capable of dissolving more solute.

37
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Phenols.

Derivatives of

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Derivatives of **aromatic **hydrocarbons & are similar to alcohols.

37
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Aliphatic hydrocarbons.

Carbon atoms are

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Their carbon atoms are arranged in open chains.

38
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Saturated solution

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maximum possible amount of solute is dissolved

38
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Measure of how much solute is contained in a given amount of solvent or solution.

A

Concentration.

39
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Number of moles of a substance that will combine with another substance.

A

Equivalents.

39
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For a mixture of 10 percent sodium hydroxide and 90 percent water, which is the solute and
which is the solvent?

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Sodium hydroxide is the solute and water is the solvent.

39
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Number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent.

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Molality.

40
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More solute is dissolved than would ordinarily be possible at a specified temperature.

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Supersaturated solution.

40
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Standard solution

A

Reference to calculate the concentration of other solutions.

41
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Is a solution with more hydrogen ions than hydroxyl ions more acidic or basic?

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Acidic.

41
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When is a solution considered neutral?

A

pH of 7

41
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Define pressure.

A

Force per unit area.

41
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Buffer solution

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contains acid & base
so that it resists change in its pH.

41
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What does inversely proportional mean?

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An increase in one variable results in a decrease in the other variable;

42
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What does directly proportional mean?

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An increase in one variable results in an increase in the other variable;

43
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Define cell.

A

smallest unit of life that is capable of independent existence.

44
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Describe the general structure and function of the plasma membrane of a cell.

A

The outermost layer of the cell. protecting it from its surrounding environment.

45
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Describe the general function of the nucleus.

A

The nucleus determines how the cell will function, as well as the basic structure of the cell.

46
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Cite the special functions that occur within the cytoplasm of a cell.

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Cell expansion, growth and replication.

47
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Explain cell division and why it is important.

A

new cells are formed for tissue growth, repair, replacement, and maintenance in the body.

48
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Define tissue and cite the four major types of tissue found in the human body.

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Tissues are groups of cells
- epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous.

49
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Describe the general structure and function of nervous tissue.

comprised of

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Nervous tissue is comprised of supporting cells and neurons and is responsible for coordinating and controlling many body activities.

49
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Explain how the structure of connective tissue contributes to its function.

bear

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bear weight, withstand great tension, and endure abuses that other tissue types would not be able to tolerate.

49
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Describe the function of muscle tissue.

ability to

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ability to shorten or contract in order to produce movement of the body parts.

50
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What is the function of the sclera within the eye?

provides

A

It provides strength to the fluid-filled eyeball.

51
Q

Describe the function of the Eustachian tube within the ear.

A

equalizes the air pressure in the ear

52
Q

Describe the function of bones within the skeletal system.

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Bones provide a rigid framework, which supports and protects the soft organs of the body.

53
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Describe the role of vertebrae within the skeletal system.

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Vertebrae surround and protect the spinal cord.

54
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Cite the two divisions of the skeletal system and describe the structure of each.

A

The axial skeleton - include the bones
of the head, vertebral column, ribs and breastbone (sternum).

The appendicular skeleton consists of appendages are the upper and lower extremities, or limbs,
and their attachments that are called girdles.

55
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Describe the function of the synovial membrane within joints.

A

lubrication.

56
Q

Describe the relationship between the skeletal system and the muscles of the body.

A

The muscles of the body work with the skeletal system to provide movement and support.

57
Q

Cite the three general, overlapping functions of the nervous system.

sensory

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(1) Sensory.
(2) Integrative.
(3) Motor.

57
Q

The conducting cell that transmits impulses and the
unit of the nervous system.

A

Neuron.

58
Q

Nonconducting and provides a support system for
the neurons.

neur

A

Neuroglia.

59
Q

The conducting region of the neuron.

a

A

Axon.

60
Q

Transmits impulses from peripheral organs to the
central nervous system.

s

A

Sensory division.

60
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Collections of nerve cell bodies outside the central
nervous system.

g

A

Ganglia.

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