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Abduction

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Away from body

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Abdominal cavity

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Inferior surface of diaphragm

Stomach, liver, spleen, colon

Protected by lumbar vertebrae

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Adduction

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Towards body

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Abuse

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Willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation or punishment resulting in harm, deprivation of an individual to maintain necessary physical, mental, and social well-being

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Acculturation

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Process of learning beliefs and behaviors of a dominant culture and assuming some of its characteristics

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Adipose tissue

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Fat tissue

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Adult ratio for CPR

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30 compressions to 2 breaths

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Afferent nerves

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Sensory nerves

Carry impulses to the brain and spinal cord

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Alternative health care means

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Alternative remedies that used in place of biomedical therapies

Used in place or in conjunction with conventional therapies

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Amino acids are made of

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Main component of proteins

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Amylase

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enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of starch into sugars

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Anatomy

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Study of the structure of an organism

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Anemia

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Disease caused by lack of blood or insufficient amount of red blood cells

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Anuerysm

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An aneurysm is an abnormal widening or ballooning of a portion of an artery due to weakness in the wall of the blood vessel.

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Antibiotics treat?

A

Bacterial infections

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Antisepsis

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Aseptic control that inhibits, slows growth of, or kills pathogenic organisms

Not effective in viruses or spores

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Arachnoid membrane

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One of the three meninges

Covers brain and spinal cord

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Assault and battery

A

Physical or verbal attack on another person

Treatment or care given without consent

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Bartholin’s glands

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glands are located on each side of the vaginal opening. These glands secrete fluid that helps lubricate the vagina

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Basic needs of life

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Oxygen, food, water, sleep, sex, homeostasis

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Basophils

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Least common white blood cell (leukocytes)

Produce histamine and kills invading cells

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Bias

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Preference that inhibits impartial judgement

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Biology

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Study of life

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Body mechanics

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Way in which body moves and maintains proper balance

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Brachial pulse site

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Brachial artery in arm

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Bulbourethral glands

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The Bulbourethral gland is the gland responsible for excretion of a sexual fluid called pre-ejaculate. This fluid is released through the urethra during sexual.

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Cardiac sphincter

A

muscle fibers about the opening of the esophagus into the stomach.

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Carotid pulse site

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Two arteries in neck

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Centrosome

A

Cell cytoplasm that contains two centrioles

Important in reproduction

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Cervical vertebrae

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Seven

Neck bones

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Chambers of heart and oxygen levels

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Two atriums, two ventricles

Vena cava -> right atrium -> tricuspid valve -> right ventricle -> pulmonary valve -> pulmonary artery (to lungs) -> pulmonary veins (from lungs) ->left atrium -> mitral valve -> left ventricle -> aorta

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Characteristics of culture

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Values, beliefs, ideas, customs passed from one generation to the next

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Characterisitcs of resume

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Computer printed and typed
Attractive in appearance
Concise and pertinent
Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation

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Characteristics of taking a pulse

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Adults 60-100 beats/minute
Children 70-100
Infants 100-160

Note rhythm and volume

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Chemical disinfection

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Destroys or kills pathogenic organisms

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Chromatin

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Structure in nucleus that carry genes

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Chronic dementia

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A chronic impairment of cognitive and intellectual functioning including memory impairment, which interferes with the activities of daily living

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Circulatory system

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Cardiovascular

Heart, blood, veins, arteries

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Common cold

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Viral infection of upper respiratory system

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Communication skills

A

Good eye contact
Clear tone and voice
Interactive

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Compensation

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Something given or received as an equal after a loss

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Computerized tomography

A

CT scan

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Conjuctiva

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Mucous membrane that covers eyelids and front of eyes

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Connecting nerves

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Carry sensory and motor nerves

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Connective tissue

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Fabric of organs

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Types of tissues

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Connective, epithelial, muscle

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Cornea

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Transparent and circular part of sclera

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Coronal plane

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Cuts body in half front and back

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48
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Cover letter paragraphs

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  1. Purpose for writing
  2. why are you qualified
  3. state that resume is included
  4. close with request for interview
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Cowper’s glands

A

Two small glands under the prostate and connected to small tubes to the urethra

Secretes mucous that lubricates during intercourse

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CVA

A

Cerebrovascular accident

When blood flow to brain is impaired

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51
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Cyanosis

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Bluish coloration because of lack of oxygen

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Cytoplasm

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Semifluid inside cell but outside nucleus

Site for all chemical reactions

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Damaged materials

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Report to instructor immediately

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Defamation

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Spread of negative talk

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55
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Dehydration

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Insufficient amounts of fluids in body

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Delirium

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Acute and reversible mental confusion

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Dendrite

A

Nerve fibers carry sense to cell body

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Diaphoresis

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Excessive perspiration

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Diaphysis

A

Long shaft of bone

Filled with yellow marrow

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Digestive system

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Break downs food

Alimentary canal and accessory organs

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Direct contact

A

Uninfected individual comes in contact with infected individual
Ex. Aids

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62
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Displacement

A

Defense mechanism

Feelings are given to someone else to feel

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Dorsal or posterior

A

Back of body

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Dura mater

A

Thick outer layer of meninges

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Dyspnea

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Difficult breathing

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66
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E-medicine

A

Patient can contact doctor through email

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67
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Edema

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Swelling

Excessive fluids in a tissue

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Efferent nerves

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Motor nerves that carry messages to brain and spinal cord to the muscles

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Ejaculatory duct

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Carry semen through the prostate gland to urethra

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Electrocardiogram ECG

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Graphic tracing of electrical movements of heart

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Embolus

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Foreign substance in bloodstream

Clot

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Endometrium

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Inner layer of uterus

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Endoplasmic reticulum

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Tubular network in cytoplasm
Transportation of materials into nucleus
Stores proteins and aids in synthesiss

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Eosinophils

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Leukocyte that rids toxins
Defends allergies
Antihistamines

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Epidemiologist

A

Track diseases

identify risk factors

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Epididymis

A

Stores sperm

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Epiphysis

A

End of bone

Red marrow

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Epithelial tissue

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Covers body

Iines internal organs

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Ergonomics

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Science applied to safety and well being of people

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Esophagus

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Muscular tube behind trachea
Receives bolus from pharynx
Uses peristalsis

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Ethnocentricity

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Person is better than anyone else

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Eustachian tube

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Tube in ear that connects middle ear to pharynx
Allows air to enter middle ear
Equalizes pressure

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83
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Extended family

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Nucleur plus gma gpa aunts and uncle

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84
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Extension

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Opening the end of a joint

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85
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Factors increasing blood pressure

A

Anxiety
Nervousness
Obesity
Smoking

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Factors decreasing blood pressure

A

Shock
Sleep
Dehydration
Hemorrhage

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False imprisonment

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Restraining individual against will

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Fascia

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Sheet like membrane that protects tissue

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Femoral pulse site

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Inside of thigh

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Fimbriae

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Fingerlike projections at end of fallopian tubes that push ovum

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Flexion

A

Decreasing angle of joint

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Foramina

A

Opening in a bone that blood vessels and nerves pass through

93
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Frederick Banting 1922

A

Created insulin

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Frontal plane

A

Body into front and back

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Fungi

A

Plantlike organisms
Ringworm
Athletes foot

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Gastrocnemius

A

Calf muscle

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Geriatric embassador

A

Promotes care for elderly

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Gerontologist

A

Specialists in old people

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Golgi apparatus

A

Stack of membrane that store, package, and produce secretions

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Gynecologist

A

Specialist in female reproductive system

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Heart sound

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Hemiplegia

A

Paralysis on one side of body

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Hemoglobin

A

Complex protein made of protein globin and iron compound heme
Carries oxygen and co2

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Hemophilia

A

Lack of plasma protein so blood cant clot

In men

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Hepatitis

A

Liver inflammation

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HIPAA

A

Federal regulations to protect patients

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Homeostasis

A

Constant balance in body

108
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Hydration

A

Sufficient fluids in body

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Hydrochloric acid

A

Kills bacteria

Activates pepsin in stomach

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Hyperthermia

A

Body exceeds 104 degrees

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Hypothermia

A

Body is under 95 degrees

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Indirect contact

A

Individual comes in contact with inanimate infected object

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Internist

A

Specializes in internal organs

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Iris

A

Colored part of eye

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Joints

A

Meeting of two bones

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Joseph Lister 1865

A

Starts of disenfectants

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Labia majora and minora

A

Fatty folds of vagina

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Large intestine

A

Final section of alimentary canal

Absorbs water and final nutrients

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Laryngopharynx

A

Bottom part of pharynx

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Left atrium

A

Receives oxygenated blood from lungs

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Left ventricle

A

Received oxygenated blood from left atrium and pumps blood into aorta for body cells

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Leukemia

A

Malignant disease of bone marrow

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Libel

A

False written statements

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Ligaments

A

Fibrous tissue connects bone to bone

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Lipase

A

Pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes breakdown of fatty tissues

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Lumbar vertebrae

A

Spinal column

L1 - L5

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Lymphatic system

A

Carries fluids and waste to blood

Assists fighting infection

128
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Lymphocytes

A

Leukocyte

Provide immunity to body by providing antibodies

129
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Magnetic resonance imaging

A

Alteration of magnetic position of hydrogen atoms to produce an image

130
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Malpractice

A

Care that you are not trained to give

131
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Matriarchal family

A

Mother is in charge

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Measles

A

Highly contagious virus

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Medicaid

A

Government program that provides medical care for poor

134
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Medical clinical lab technologist

A

Basic lab tests

135
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Medicare

A

Government run program for elderly and disabled

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Medulla onblongata

A

Responsible for heart beating, respiration, swallowing, coughing, blood pressure

137
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Midbrain

A

Conducts impulses between brain parts and some eye reflexes

138
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Midsaggital plane

A

Right and left half

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Mitral valve

A

Between left atrium and left ventricle

140
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Mixed nerves

A

Both efferent and afferent

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Muscle tissue

A

Provides power and movement

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Myometrium

A

Muscle layer of uterus

143
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Nasopharynx

A

Upper portion of pharynx
Contains adenoids
Eustachian tube opening

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Negligence

A

Failure to give proper care when expected

145
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Neurilamma

A

Outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of Schwann cells

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Neuron

A

Major nervous system cell

147
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Neutrophils

A

Leukocyte

Phagocytize bacteria

148
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Nucleur family

A

Mom dad kids

149
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Nucleus

A

Brain of cell

150
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Occupied bed

A

Made while patient is in bed

151
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Ombudsman

A

Specially trained individual to take care of elderly

152
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Open bed

A

Closed bed converted into open bed by fanfolding sheets

153
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Oral temp

A

Most common

Convenient

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Orbital cavity

A

Holds eyes

155
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Organelles

A

Cell organs and structures

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Oropharynx

A

Middle section

Behind oral cavity of pharynx

157
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Oxygen

A

Colors blood

158
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Oxygen fuel and heat

159
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PASS

A

Pull
Aim
Squeeze
Spray

160
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Palatine

A

Relating the the palate

161
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Where is insulin

162
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Paraplegia

A

Paralysis of lower limbs

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Parasympathetic and sympathetic

A

Two divisions of autonomic nervous system

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Parts of tongue

A

Taste buds
Circumvallete papillae
Duct of gland
Nerve endings

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Pathologist

A

Diagnoses diseases by studying changes

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Pathophysiology

A

How diseases occur and responses

167
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Patient adovcate

A

Promotes well being of pateint rights

168
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Pelvic cavity

A

Reproductive organs,

169
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Pepsin

A

Enzyme in gastric juices that start digestion

170
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Phlebitis

A

Inflammation of veins

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Physiology

A

Study of processes of living

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Pia mater

A

Innermost layer of meninges

Nourish nervetissue

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Pleura

A

Membrane covering lungs

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Pons

A

Conduct messages to brain

Saliva production

175
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Popliteal pulse site

A

Behind knee

176
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Position emission tomography

A

Slightly radioactive material injected to be seen in PET

177
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Prejudice

A

Strong feeling without knowing facts

178
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Privacy act

A

Requires an ID

179
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Process tech

A

Helps design and control specialized processes central to business

180
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Proteins

A

Amino acids make them up

181
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Protozoa

A

Animal like, one celled organisms
Malaria
Dysentary

182
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Pulmonary valve

A

Between right atrium and pulmonary artery

183
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Pyloric sphincter

A

Circular muscle between stomach and small intestine

Keeps food in stomach

184
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Quadriplegia

A

four limb paralysis

185
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Pyrexia

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Quadriceps femoris

A

Top of thigh

187
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RACE

A

Rescue
Activate alarm
Confine fire
Extinguish

188
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Ratiolization

A

Reasonable excuse or explanation for something

189
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Reality orientation

A

Activities that help patient over time

190
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Rectal temp

A

Most accurate

191
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Red marrow

A

Produces blood cells

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Repression

A

Transfer of thoughts to subconcious

193
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Respiratory system

A

Breathing and respiration

Lungs, nose, trachea, pharynx, larynx, bronchi, alveoli

194
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Rickettsiae

A

Parasitic organisms that cannot live outside cell

Typhus

195
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Right atrium

A

Receives blood as it comes back from body

Deoxygenated blood

196
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Right ventricle

A

Gets blood from right atrium
Pumps blood into pulmonary artery
Carries blood to lungs
Deoxygenated blood

197
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Sacral vertebrae

A

Back of pelvic girdle

Coccyx ends here

198
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Sartorious

A

Front of thigh muscle

199
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Sclera

A

Outermost layer of eye

White of eye

200
Q

Seminal vesicle

A

Glandular lining provides nourishment for sperm

201
Q

Sinuses

A

Hollowed out in skull

Lighten load of skull

202
Q

Alexander Fleming 1928

A

Penicillin

203
Q

Slander

A

Spoken defamation

204
Q

Sociologist

A

Aid people who have difficult coping

205
Q

Stage 1 bed sore

206
Q

Stage 2 bed sore

A

Red skin

Cracked and blistered

207
Q

Stage 3 bed sore

A

Broken skin

With yellow puss

208
Q

Stage 4 bed sore

A

Penetration to bone and muscle

209
Q

Sterilization

A

Total destruction of all microorganisms

Surgical procedure to not have kids

210
Q

Suppression

A

Refuses to deal with feelings

211
Q

Tendon

A

Fibrous connective tissue

Muscles to bones

212
Q

Exchange list therapeutic diet

213
Q

Thoracic cavity

A

Chest

Esophagus, trachea, bronchi, lungs, heart, blood vessels

214
Q

Thrombophlebitis

A

Thrombus or clot forms

215
Q

Trachea

216
Q

Transverse plane

A

Top and bottom half

217
Q

Tuberculosis

A

Infectious lung disease

218
Q

Tympanic

219
Q

Types of beds

A

Closed: gets out of bed for day
Opened: out of bed for short time
Occupied: unable to get out of

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