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Body Organization Flashcards

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Nutritional

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the lack of obtaining all vitamins/minerals/nutrition your body needs ex anorexia

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Opportunistic

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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

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Terminal

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disease which there are treatments but no cure; fatal ex: cancer, alyzimers (always leads to death)

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Iatrogenic

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doctor knowningly causes the disease/condition from treatment/meds (severe side effect) ex: chemo hair loss

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Auscultation

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Listening to (heart/Lungs) with a stethiscope

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Signs

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Objective, what doctor sees on the patient during exam ex heart rate, blood pressure (measurable)

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Symptoms

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Subjective… what the patient reports they feel ex: pain, feeling off

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Palpation

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using the light or firm pressure on skin with hands to look for abnormalities ex: chiropractor

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Diagonsis (dx)

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the identification of disease by doctor

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Prognosis

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a forecast or prediction of the outcome of a pts disease ex: “you will be okay in about 3-7 days”

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Integumentary System

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Protection, (hair, skin and nails, glands)

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Digestive system

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intake of food, absorption of nutrients, eli.waste ex: mouth, esophagus, stomach, sm. intestine, lg. intestine and rectum

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Lymphatic or Immune

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and waste removal. lymph nodes; vessels

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Muscular

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movement, produces heat (muscles,tendons)

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Skeletal

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production of organs; framework; makes red bcs (bones ligaments)

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Cardivascular or Circulatory

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deliver oxygen to body (heart blood cells

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Respiratory System

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intake of oxygen; elim. carbon dioxide (lungs, trachea)

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Urinary or Excretory

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Clean blood of metbolic waste and elim. (ureter,bladder, uretha, kidney)

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Nervous

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relay sensory and motor info to and from the brain (brain,spinal cord,nerves)

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Reproductive

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reproduction to the offspring (cervix,tubes,ovaries,vigina, uteris)

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Erect

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chest x rays; assesments for neurological deficts and sudden rise in blood pressure upon standing (standing straight

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Fowlers Position

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comfort and rest

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Knee chest

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Rectal(rectum is your butthole) and pelvic exams (ob/gyn)

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Lateral

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“Recovery position” illness,indjury, surgery, labor to prevent pressure on the inferior vena cava and to prevent aspiration (vomiting and choking on it)

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Prone

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Cutting edge treatment in breast cancer care; bedsore treatment; sleeping/resting position in CHILDERN (b/c neck position) breast cancer

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Sims

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rectal exam and sleeping position

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Supine

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CT (computerized tomography) MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) ; X ray

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Dorsal Cavity

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Cranial- brain and Spinal- spinal cord

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Spinal (Dorsal Cavities)

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Spinal Cord

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Thoracic (Ventral Cavities)

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Heart and Lungs

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Abdominal (Ventral Cavities)

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Digestive system stomach, liver, spleen, pancreas, sm/lg

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Pelvic (Ventral Cavities)

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Bladder, uretha (excretory system) and reproductive organs

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Abdominal Regions

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Mostly used by gastro doctors

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Ventral

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Frontal/coronal plane

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Dorsal

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in back

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Anterior

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Frontal/coronal plane

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Posterior

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in back

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Superior

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transverse plane (above top)

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Inferior

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below/bottom

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Medial

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towards the middle/ midline (sagittal plane)

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Lateral

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towards the side outside of the body

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Proximal

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closest to the point of origin/extremities only (sagittal plane)

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Distal

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most distant point of orgin

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caudal

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toward feet (transverse plane)

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Cephalic

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towards head (transverse plane)

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Anatomical Position

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Universal Position

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Physiology

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Function of that part

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Anatomy

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study or identification of the structure/part

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Sagittal

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cuts into unequal right and left chunk right to left or left to right

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Midsagittal

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directly through the nose and belly button equal right and left chunks

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Frontal (Coronal)

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Cuts crown in half through the ears front and back

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Transverse

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across the body top and bottom

Med Term (5 decks)

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