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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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Where is the carotid artery

A

The one in the neck, locate trachea using 2-3 fingers slide into the groove between the trachea and muscles

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2
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Breaths given too forcefully will cause

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Gastric inflation

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3
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Define aneurysm

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Sac lik enlargement of the wall of an artey

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4
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Organs make up the circulatory system

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Heart blood vessels and lungs

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5
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Percentage of plasma is water

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90%

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6
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Define pericardium

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Outer layer of the heart

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7
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Vessel that returns blood to the right atrium of the heart

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Vena cava

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8
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Define myocardium

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Muscle layer of the heart

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9
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Circulatory system

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Cardiopulmonary circulation

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10
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Define myocardial infarction

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Heart attack

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11
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Thrombocyte

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A platelet

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12
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Where is the tricuspid valve

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Between the right atrium and right ventricle

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13
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Quarts does the average adult have

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4-6

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14
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Ekg

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Electrocardiogram

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15
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Define electocardiogram

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Diagnostic Test used to measure the electrical activity of the heart

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16
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Where is the brachial artery

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Inside the upper arm between the elbow and shoulder

17
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Condition treated by inserting a pacemaker

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An electrical conduction problem of the heart

18
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define endocarditis

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Inflammation of the inner layer of the heart

19
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Wall between the ventricles of the heart

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Interventricular septium

20
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Large vessel that transports oxygenated blood away from the heart

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The aorta

21
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Function of veins

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Carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart

22
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Define diastole

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Period of relaxation when pressure in arteries is lowest

23
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define systole

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Period of ventricular contraction when pressure in the arteries is highest

24
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Define myosclerosis

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Abnormal hardening of muscle tissue

25
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Function of smooth muscle

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Makes possible the movement of internal organs

26
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Carpal tunnel syndrome

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Causes pain in finger and hands

27
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Define tenoplasty

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Surgical repair of a tendon

28
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Npo

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Nothin by mouth

29
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T.i.d

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Three times a day

30
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Cns is made up of

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Brain and spinal cord

31
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2 major divisions of nervous system

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Central and peripheral

32
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What nerves carry impulses from the sensory receptors in the skin muscles and joints to the cns

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Afferent

33
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What nerves carry impulses from the cns out to the muscles and glands

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Efferent

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