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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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Abdomin/o

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Conceal

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Anter/o

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Before/Front-Anterior

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Brachi

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Arm

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Caud

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Tail-Caudal

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cervic/o

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Neck

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Cran/o, Crani/o

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Skull

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Dist/o

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Far

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Dors/o

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Back (esp. body)

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Femor/o

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Thigh/ upper leg

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Hom/o, Home/o

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Constant

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ili/o

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Flank / Wing shaped bone

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Infer/o

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Below-Inferior

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Inguin/o

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Groin

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Later/o

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Side

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Medi/o

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Middle-Medial

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Lumb/o

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Loin

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Pelv/o

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Hip region

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Physi/o

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Function

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Pleur/o

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Lining of lung

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Proxim/o

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Close to

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Posterior/o

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Behind

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Super/o

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Above-Superior

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Thorac/o

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Chest

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Tom/o

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Cut

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Ventr/o

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Front

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Atoms

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Smallest form of matter
-Molecules
-Organelles
Cells

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Tissues

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Four main types of tissues:

  • Epithelial
  • Connective
  • Muscle
  • Nervous
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Organ

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-Maintains a certain shape
-perform a general function
Ex: stomach, brain, pancreas

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System

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  • The body contains 11 systems

- Each system performs a general function

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Planes Dividing The Body

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  • Frontal or coronal
  • Sagittal plane
  • Transverse plane
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Poster

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Posterior

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Later

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Lateral

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Proxim

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Proximal

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Dist

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Distal

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Ventr

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Ventral

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Dors

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Dorsal

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Endoscopy

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  • Views internal anatomy on a monitor
  • May also contain surgical attachments that allows the physician to manipulate internal body parts while viewing a monitor
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CT Scan (Computed (Axial) Tomography Scanning)

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  • Can scan from multiple angles
  • useful to view cross-sectional images of organs
  • X-ray
  • Quick
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MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

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  • Offers the clearest, most completes images of internal anatomy
  • Contains magnets
  • Analyzes information
  • Can diagnose many forms of cancer, joint disease, and trauma
  • No x-ray
  • Long, Load, and Claustrophobic
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Ultrasound

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  • Fast and noninvasive
  • Pulsation of harmless sound waves through the body region
  • Useful in prenatal care
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Cranial Cavity

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  • Brain and endocrine glands located in cranial vault
  • Cranial nerves and blood vessels
  • Orbital, nasal, buccal (mouth) cavities
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Thoracic Cavity

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Bordered by clavicles and diaphragm

  • Surrounded by the ribs and sternum
  • Divided into 2 portions by mediastinum
  • Contains 2 pleural cavities and 1 pericardial cavity
  • Cavities are lined with visceral and parietal membranes which produce fluid to reduce friction
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Mediastinum

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Space between the lungs

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Pleural cavities

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Space that lies between the pleura, the two thin membranes that line and surround the lungs

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Abdominal Cavity

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  • Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)
  • Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ)
  • Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ)
  • Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ)
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Pelvic Cavity

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  • Below symphysis pubic

- Contains urinary bladder, ovaries, vagina & uterus, seminal vesicles, ducts, prostate gland, rectum, and urethra

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Positron emission tomography

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  • The radioactive substance is combined with a metabolically important material and then inhales or injected into the patient
  • The metabolic activity of an organ is detected by the PET scan based on the particles being released by the organ
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MT of the Human Body

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  • Sign
  • Acute
  • Chronic
  • Infection
  • > Infectious disease
  • Viral
  • Trauma
  • Prognosis

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