Exam 1 Week 3 Flashcards

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Cauduceus

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Staff with two snakes and wings wrapped around it.

Symbol of the Romans’ god Mercury who was messenger of the gods, god of science and commerce, and patron of travelers and thieves.

It is not the symbol of medicine. It is the symbol of the medical corps.

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Aesculapian Staff

Staff of Aesculapius

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Proper symbol of medicine.

It has no wings and just one snake encircling the staff.

Aesculapius was the Greek god of medicine who carried a staff.

Temples to Aesculapius were filled with snakes since the shedding of skin by snakes was considered a symbol of becoming rejuvenated and healthy again.

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Myth

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Ritualized story

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Achilles Tendon

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Large tendon of the heel

Achilles = Greek Hero - Invulnerable to injury except in his heel

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Aesculapian Staff

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Symbol of medicine (One snake, no wings)

Aesculapius = God of Medicine

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Aphrodisiac

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Substance alleged to increase sexual desire

Aphrodite = Goddess of Love and Beauty

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Arachnoid

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Web-like middle lining for the spinal cord

Arachne = Goddess of Weaving

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Atlas

Atlas Cervical Vertebrae

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First vertebra of the neck that holds up the skull

Atlas = Titan who holds up the Heavens

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Atropine

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Potential poison that is used to dry respiratory secretions and prevent heart from beating too slow during surgery

(Found in deadly nightshade and can be a poison)

(Atropos = Fate that cuts thread of life)

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Staff of Caduceus

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Symbol of army medical corps and incorrect symbol of medicine

(Has two snake and wings)

(Caduceus = Staff of Mercury, Messenger of Gods)

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Cesarean or C-section (or cesarian)

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Cutting the abdomen open and uterus to retrieve a baby

Cesarean = Method of Julius Caesar’s Birth

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Cyclopia

cyclops deformity

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Development abnormality when a baby is borne with one, centrally located eye in forehead

(Cyclops = A one-eyed monster)

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13
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Gigantism

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Huge body size caused by excessive growth hormone secretion in a young individual

(Giants = Large Superhumans)

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Hermaphrodite

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Developmental abnormality that produces an individual with both male and female sex organs.

(Hermaphroditus = Male boy God who became united with a Nymph (Salmacis)) - They became one, both boy and girl

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15
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Hygiene

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Practice of healthy habits

Hygeia = Goddess of Health

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Hymen

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Membrane at entrance of vagina

Hymen = God of marriage

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Iris

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Colored part of the eye

Iris = Goddess of Rainbows

18
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Medicine

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A healing substance

Meditrine = Daughter of Aesculapius

19
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Morphology

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Study of form, structure, and shapes

Morpheus = God of dreams and forms; -ology = study of

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Morphine

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Drug that can cause strange dreams

Morpheus = God of dreams and forms

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Nymph

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Developing form (either sex) of “bugs”

Nymph = (Young Girl) Goddess of Nature

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Nymphomania

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Excessive sexual desire in a female

Nymph = (Young Girl) Goddess of Nature

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Panacea

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A cure-all (a hoax)

Panacea = Daughter of Aesculapius

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Priapism

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An abnormal persistent erection of the penis

Priapus = Male god of procreation

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Psychology

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Study of the human mind and conscious self

Psyche = Goddess of thought and judgement

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Symbol Rx

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Pharmacy symbol

Recipe = Horus, Sun god of health

27
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Satyriasis

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Excessive sexual desire in a male

Satyrs = Male fertility wood spirit

28
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Euthanasia

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Quiet, painless death

Thanatos = Death

29
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Venereal

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Transmitted by sexual intercourse

Venus = Goddess of Sexual love

30
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Arachnophobia

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extreme or irrational fear of spiders.

Arachne = Goddess of Weaving; -phobia = fear