Ventricular muscle contraction and the pumping of blood throughout the body occur during:

A. systole.
B. diastole.
C. asystole.
D. the cardiac cycle.


Answer: A. systole.

Health Professions

You might also like to view...

You are dispatched to a motor vehicle crash on a rural mountain highway. You have a patient who was unconscious on arrival, had a seizure, and is currently awake but combative. You suspect he may have a head injury. What is considered the BEST approach regarding transport of this patient?

A) Dispatch the medical helicopter to meet your unit at the community hospital. B) Dispatch and await the medical helicopter, which is 20 minutes away. C) Begin transport to the trauma center on the ground, which is 1.5 hours' driving time. D) Transport to a local community hospital approximately 15 minutes away via ground.

Health Professions

Over half the pregnancies in the United States are unplanned.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Health Professions

Which of the following is a method used to identify and define inventory items based on their usage?

Minimum and maximum 80/20 rule Periodic automatic replacement value ABC analysis

Health Professions

Which of the following is an example of a stimulant?

A). Diazepam B). Crystal methamphetamine (meth) C). Phencyclidine (PCP) D). Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)

Health Professions