Ch1 Lesser Knowns Flashcards
The study of the muscular system is?
Myology
A stethoscope is used to _________ the heart and lungs ?
Auscultate
The study of hearing and balance is?
Otology
Study of the circulatory system?
Angiology
Medical name for the digestive system?
Alimentary system
The study of the male reproductive system?
Andrology
The medical term for childbirth?
Parturition
The term for something occurring on the same side of the body as another structure is?
Ipsilateral
The term for something occurring on the opposite side of the body relative to another structure is?
Contralateral
The movement of pinching your shoulder blades together is?
Separating them?
Retraction
Protraction
Is rolling your ankle and Eversion or inversion?
Inversion
The jaw moving in and out is called?
Retrusion and protrusion
The opposite of opposition of the thumb is?
Reposition
Where does abduction and abduction occur in a sagittal plane versus coronal plane?
Only in the thumb this occurs.
Shruging the shoulders up and down is called?
Elevation and depression
Constant motor nerve impulses cause spastic paralysis which is also known as what?
Rhizotomy pg 54 blue box
The only nerves that can proliferate in the body are which ones?
Those associated with the olfactory epithelium
The pins and needles feeling you get from nerve compression is called?
Paresthesia
