Medical Quiz 3

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=10.75% BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="0070ce82egerdp.png"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Middleton Ambulance Station"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Medical Quiz 1"><U><B>Quiz </B></U></A><A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Medical Quiz 1"><U><B>1</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Medical Quiz 2"><U><B>Quiz 2</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Medical Quiz 4"><U><B>Quiz 4</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Medical Quiz 5"><U><B>Quiz 5</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Medical Quiz 6"><U><B>Quiz 6</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Medical Quiz 7"><U><B>Quiz 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ambulance knowledge:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Quiz 3</U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>1)   </B><I><B>In a ketotic diabetic coma which of the following will primarily occur?:</B></I></div> <div> a:   metabolic acidosis</div> <div> b:   respiratory acidosis</div> <div> c:   metabolic alkalosis</div> <div> d:   respiratory alkalosis</div> <bR> <div> <B>2)   </B><I><B>Which of the following is not a clinical sign of a tension pneumothorax</B></I><I><B>?:</B></I></div> <div> a:   cyanosis</div> <div> b:   tachycardia</div> <div> c:   sudden hypertension</div> <div> d:   sudden dyspnoea</div> <bR> <div> <B>3)   </B><I><B>The definition of emphysema is:</B></I></div> <div> a:   pus within the pleural cavity</div> <div> b:   air within the pleural cavity</div> <div> c:   collapse of one or more lung</div> <div> d:   over-distension of the alveoli</div> <bR> <div> <B>4)   </B><I><B>Which brain structure is concerned with the control of hunger,thirst,temperature,</B></I></div> <div> <B>      </B><I><B>fear and rage?:</B></I></div> <div> a:   basal ganglia</div> <div> b:   thalamus</div> <div> c:   pituitary gland</div> <div> d:   hypothalamus</div> <bR> <div> <B>5)   </B><I><B>The jelly like substance which maintains the shape of the eye is the</B></I><I><B>:</B></I></div> <div> a:   aqueous humour</div> <div> b:   vitreous humour</div> <div> c:   choroid</div> <div> d:   sclera</div> <bR> <div> <B>6)   </B><I><B>Tendons attach</B></I><I><B>:</B></I></div> <div> a:   bone to bone</div> <div> b:   muscle to bone</div> <div> c:   muscle to muscle</div> <div> d:   ligament to bone<B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>7)   </B><I><B>The bones of the spinal column are described as</B></I><I><B>:</B></I></div> <div> a:   short bones</div> <div> b:   long bones</div> <div> c:   irregular bones</div> <div> d:   flat bones</div> <bR> <div> <B>8)   </B><I><B>Which of the following effects is not producedby the sympathetic nerves?</B></I><I><B>:</B></I></div> <div> a:   constriction of the bronchi</div> <div> b:   increase in the heart rate</div> <div> c:   dilation of coronary arteries</div> <div> d:   reduction in peristalsis</div> <bR> <div> <B>9)   </B><I><B>You would suspect a raise in intracranial pressure if a patient presented with</B></I><I><B>:</B></I></div> <div> a:   a temperature rise and a fall in blood pressure</div> <div> b:   a rise in pulse rate and a fall in blood pressure</div> <div> c:   a reduction in pulse rate and a rise in blood pressure</div> <div> d:   a fall in temperature and a decrease in pulse rate</div> <bR> <div> <B>10) </B><I><B>Which of the following is not a function of the myelin sheath of the neurone</B></I><I><B>:</B></I><I><B> </B></I></div> <div> a:   acting as an insulator</div> <div> b:   protecting the axon from pressure and damage</div> <div> c:   speeding up impulses through the axon</div> <div> d:   secretion of neurotransmitter substances</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Medical Quiz 3( 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