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Intro to DAA Flashcards

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Sagittal plane

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Cut made along a longitudinal plane dividing the body into right and left parts

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Anatomic position

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Standing erect, facing forward, arms at sides, palms forward, legs parallel, toes pointing forward

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Coronal (frontal) plane

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Vertical division of the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior) portions

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Midsagittal plane

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A sagittal plane in which R & L are split equally

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Transverse (axial and horizontal) plane

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Horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions

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Superior

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Cranial; towards head

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Inferior

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Caudal; towards the feet

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Anterior

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Ventral or front

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Posterior

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Dorsal or back

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Medial

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Towards midline

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Lateral

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Away from midline

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Contralateral

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Opposite side

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Ipsilateral

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Same side

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Proximal

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Closer to trunk

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Distal

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Farther from trunk

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Superficial

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On the surface

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Deep

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Below the surface

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Central

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Bulls eye

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Peripheral

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Away from bulls eye

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Plantar

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Sole of foot

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Palmar

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Palm of hand

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Parietal

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Means wall

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Visceral

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Surface of organ

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Afferent

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Towards

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Efferent

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Away from

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Supine

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Face up

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Prone

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Face down

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Rostral

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Towards nose

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Pericardium

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A double-layered serous membrane that surrounds the heart

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Peritoneum

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Membrane surrounding the organs of the abdomen

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Pleura

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Membrane surrounding the lungs

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Flexion

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Decrease in joint angle

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Extension

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Increase in joint angle

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Abduction

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Away from the main axis

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Adduction

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Towards the main axis

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Medial rotation

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Internal rotation

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Lateral rotation

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External rotation

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Supination

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Rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face upwards

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Pronation

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Rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downwards

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Circumduction

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Circular movement of a body part

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Inversion

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Turning the sole of the foot inward

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Eversion

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Turning the sole of the foot outward (sometimes called pronation)

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Protraction

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Move forward

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Retraction

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Move back

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Elevation

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Move up

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Depression

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Move down

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Homeostasis

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Equilibrium - balance

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Extracellular fluids

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Portion of body fluids composed of interstitial fluid and blood plasma. Composed of:

  1. Plasma
  2. Interstitial fluid - intercellular fluid
  3. Synovial fluid
  4. Cerebrospinal fluid
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Intracellular fluids

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Liquids within the cell membrane such as:

  1. Cytoplasm - cytosol
  2. Nucleus - nucleoplasm
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Stress

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Something affects state of homeostasis

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Disease

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Body can’t maintain homeostasis

  1. Signs - objective
  2. Symptoms - subjective
  3. Etiology - cause of disease
  4. Diagnosis
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SOAP diagnosis

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S - subjective (patients complaints)
O - objective (clinical findings)
A - assessment (put it all together)
P - plan (what to do given the above)

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DAMNIT diagnosis

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D - degenerative 
A - anomalies or autoimmune
M - metabolic 
N - neoplasia
I - infectious 
T - trauma or toxic
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Eponyms

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The use if a persons name to describe an anatomic part or condition

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Allopathic medicine

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Create conditions antagonistic to the causative factor

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Homeopathic

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Remedies that feature a small dose of an illness-including substances to activate the body’s own natural defenses
-like treats like, medicines which evoke similar symptoms

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Chiropractic

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Maintain neurological and musculoskeletal balance

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Medicine

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Treatment and prevention of disease using nonsurgical means

DAA (8 decks)

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