Body Organization Flashcards
Nutritional
the lack of obtaining all vitamins/minerals/nutrition your body needs ex anorexia
Opportunistic
a pathogen that doesnt normally cause disease is able to because this patients immune system is weakened (very young, very old, or under lying conditions) ex diabetes
Terminal
disease which there are treatments but no cure; fatal ex: cancer, alyzimers (always leads to death)
Iatrogenic
doctor knowningly causes the disease/condition from treatment/meds (severe side effect) ex: chemo hair loss
Auscultation
Listening to (heart/Lungs) with a stethiscope
Signs
Objective, what doctor sees on the patient during exam ex heart rate, blood pressure (measurable)
Symptoms
Subjective… what the patient reports they feel ex: pain, feeling off
Palpation
using the light or firm pressure on skin with hands to look for abnormalities ex: chiropractor
Diagonsis (dx)
the identification of disease by doctor
Prognosis
a forecast or prediction of the outcome of a pts disease ex: “you will be okay in about 3-7 days”
Integumentary System
Protection, (hair, skin and nails, glands)
Digestive system
intake of food, absorption of nutrients, eli.waste ex: mouth, esophagus, stomach, sm. intestine, lg. intestine and rectum
Lymphatic or Immune
and waste removal. lymph nodes; vessels
Muscular
movement, produces heat (muscles,tendons)
Skeletal
production of organs; framework; makes red bcs (bones ligaments)
Cardivascular or Circulatory
deliver oxygen to body (heart blood cells
Respiratory System
intake of oxygen; elim. carbon dioxide (lungs, trachea)
Urinary or Excretory
Clean blood of metbolic waste and elim. (ureter,bladder, uretha, kidney)
Nervous
relay sensory and motor info to and from the brain (brain,spinal cord,nerves)
Reproductive
reproduction to the offspring (cervix,tubes,ovaries,vigina, uteris)
Erect
chest x rays; assesments for neurological deficts and sudden rise in blood pressure upon standing (standing straight
Fowlers Position
comfort and rest
Knee chest
Rectal(rectum is your butthole) and pelvic exams (ob/gyn)
Lateral
“Recovery position” illness,indjury, surgery, labor to prevent pressure on the inferior vena cava and to prevent aspiration (vomiting and choking on it)
