Health Science Concepts Review Flashcards
How many pairs of cranial nerves?
12 pairs
How many pairs of spinal nerves?
31 pairs
How many pairs of cranial nerves have both motor and sensory pathways?
4 pairs
Which cranial nerve controls the muscles of facial expression?
VII (#7 the Facial nerve)
Which structure is responsible for memory?
Hippocampus
What is the medical term for being paralyzed in all four limbs?
Quadriplegia
What is the most commonly fractured vertebrae in the spine?
T8 (eighth thoracic vertebrae)
What is between each bone in your spine?
Intervertebral disc
Where is the carotid pulse palpated?
side of the neck
Where is the femoral pulse palpated?
in the groin
Where is the radial pulse palpated?
inside of the wrist
What direction is a sagittal plane?
Vertical slice that separates body portions into right and left sides.
What direction is a frontal plane?
Vertical slice that separates the body into front and back portions. Also known as the coronal plane.
What direction is a transverse plane?
Horizontal slice that separates the body into upper and lower portions.
What direction is medial?
towards the midline of the body
What direction is lateral?
away from the midline of the body
What direction is proximal?
closer to the attachment of the limb
What direction is distal?
away from the attachment of the limb
What direction is anterior?
toward the front of the body
What direction is posterior?
toward the back of the body
Where is a Boxer’s fracture?
hand (specifically the 5th metacarpal)
Where is a Bumper’s fracture?
knee (specifically proximal lateral tibia)
Where is a Clay Shoveller’s fracture?
Spine (specifically in cervical or upper thoracic vertebrae)
Where is a Toddler’s fracture?
lower leg (specifically spiral fracture of tibia)
Where does the right ventricle pump blood to?
lungs
Where does the left ventricle pump blood to?
aorta to the rest of the body
Which side of the heart has a larger/thicker ventricle?
left
Where is the Biceps brachii muscle located?
upper arm
Where is the Deltoid muscle located?
shoulder
Where is the Gastrocnemius muscle located?
calf (back of lower leg)
Where is the Gluteus maximus muscle located?
buttocks
Where is the Latissimus dorsi muscle located?
side/middle back
Where is the Pectoralis muscle lcoated?
chest
Where is the Sternocleidomastoid muscle located?
side of the neck
Where is the Trapezius muscle located?
upper back
What are the three types of muscle?
skeletal, smooth, cardiac
Where is the tibia located?
shin (medial leg from knee to ankle)
Where is the fibula located?
lower leg (lateral leg from knee to ankle)
Where is the radius located?
arm (thumb side between elbow and wrist)
Where is the ulna located?
arm (pinky side between elbow and wrist)
Where is the femur located?
thigh (between hip and knee)
Where is the humerus located?
upper arm (shoulder to elbow)
Where is the sternum located?
front center of the chest
Where are the metacarpals located?
hand
Asystole
no heartbeat
Bradycardia
slow heart rate (less than 60 beats per minute)
Tachycardia
fast heart rate (greater than 100 beats per minute)
Apnea
no breathing
Bradypnea
slow respiratory rate (less than 12 breaths per minute)
Tachypnea
fast respiratory rate (more than 20 breaths per minute)
Anesthesiologist
person who treats pain through numbing or sedation for example during a patient’s surgery
Audiologist
hearing specialist
Cardiologist
person who studies or treats heart conditions
Dermatologist
person who studies or treats skin conditions
Dietician
plan meals for patients
EMT
emergency medical technician
Gastroenterologist
person who studies or treats gastrointestinal conditions
Gynecologist
person who studies or treats the female reproductive system
Speech-language pathologist
person who studies or treats patients with speech conditions
Medical transcriptionist
person who writes medical documents from dictations
Nuclear medicine technologist
specialized training for imaging or treatments using radioactive materials
Nurse practitioner
nurses with additional education to provide care to patients
Occupational therapist
helps people recover from health problem that effect activities of everyday living
Oncologist
person who studies or treats cancer
Orthotist/prosthetist
person to design and fit patients for artificial parts and devices
Pharmacologist
person who studies medications
Phlebotomist
person who draws blood from patients for laboratory samples
Physical therapist
person who treats patients with physical injuries or deformities
Radiologist
person who studies medical imaging
Respiratory therapist
person who treats patients with breathing conditions
-algia
pain
-centesis
surgical puncture
-genic
producing
-gram
picture
-itis
inflammation
-lysis
destruction
-ologist
one who studies
-ology
the study of
-ostomy
creation of an opening
-pexy
surgical fixation
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhea
discharge
-scope
instrument for viewing
-scopy
process of viewing
-stenosis
narrowing of a tubular structure
mathematical mean
average of all the numbers
mathematical median
middle-most data value
mathematical mode
most frequent data value
unit conversion
multiply fractions, ending up with the unit that we are converting to in the numerator
percent
for every one hundred
