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Combing Forms Flashcards

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Which body cavity contains the pleural cavity and the mediastinal?

A

Thoracic

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Which body cavity contains the peritoneum?

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Abdominal

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Name the abdominopelvic region that is located in the central region near the navel

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Umbilical

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Name the abdominopelvic region that is located in the lower middle below the umbilical region

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Hypogastric

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4
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What term means process of cutting the skull?

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Craniotomy

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5
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What term means fear of heights?

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Acrophobia

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A rectocele is?

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Protrusion of a portion of the rectum toward the vaginal wall

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Which blood cells are necessary for clotting?

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Thrombocytes

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What is the name of the pigment produced from the breakdown of hemoglobin during red blood cell destruction?

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Bilirubin

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9
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What is the function of villi?

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To help increase the surface area the intestine has for absorption

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What are three sections of the colon and the functions?

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The ascending colon, the transverse colon, the descending colon

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What is emulsification?

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The breakdown of large fat globules into smaller uniformly distributed particles

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What happens if bilirubin cannot leave the body and remains in the blood stream?

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Hyperbilirunemia

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What is the function of insulin?

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To lower blood sugar

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14
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What term means swallowing?

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Deglutition

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15
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Removal of the voicebox?

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Larngectomy

16
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Protrusion of the eyeball?

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Exophthalmos

17
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Tumor of the bone marrow

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Osteogenicsarcoma

18
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Blockage of blood?

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Escemic

19
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Between the ribs?

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Intercostals

20
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Repair of a blood vessal?

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Angioplasty

21
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Excessive sugar in the blood?

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Hyperglycemia

22
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Liver tumor?

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Heptoma

23
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Surgical puncture of the uterus of amniotic fluid

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Amniocentesis

24
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When cancer goes away and comes back?

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Reoccurance

25
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Illness to the grave?

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Chronic

26
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Change of shape or form?

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Metamorphasis

27
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Ekg?

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Electrocardigram

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Pain in the ear?

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Otalgia

29
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Surgical puncture?

A

Centesis

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