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Introduction to the Human Body Flashcards

1
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How much of our medical terminology is estimated to be Greek?

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3/4 (75%)

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Medical words may be composed of _____, _______ and ______

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Roots, prefixes, and/or suffixes

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What term describes medical words in which two or more whole words are combined?

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Compounds

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What are the foundations of words that are usually not used by themselves?

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Roots

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5
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Brocho/pulmo

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lungs

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Cardi

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heart

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Gastro

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stomach

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Hepat

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liver

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Neur

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nerve

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Nas

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nose

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Or

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Mouth/oral

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Pneumo

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Air or lungs

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What are added to the beginning of roots or words to modify the meaning of the word?

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Prefixes

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Ab

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Away from

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Ad

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Increase, adherence, toward

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Ante

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Before

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Brady

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Slow

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Contra

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Against

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Dys

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Difficult or painful

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Hyper

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Above normal, high

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Hypo

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Below normal, low

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Inter

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between

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Peri

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around

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Poly

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many

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Post

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after, behind

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Pre

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before

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Super/Supra

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Above or in excess

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Sym, Syn

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Joined together, with

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Tachy

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Fast

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Uni

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one

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31
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What term describes an ending that follows a root word that may be in a noun form or an adjective form?

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Suffix

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32
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Algia

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pain

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33
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al

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pertaining to

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34
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emesis

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Vomiting

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itis

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inflammation

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36
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ology

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stud of

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plegia

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pnea

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rrhea

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spasm

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contraction

41
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ist

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one who specializes in

42
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What term describes an abbreviation made up of initials that can be pronounced as a word?

43
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What term describes the study of body structures and the relation of one part to another?

44
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What term describes the study of how the body works and how the various parts function individually and in relation to each other?

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Physiology

45
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Describe anatomical position

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standing erect with feet together, and face, eyes, and palms of the hands directed forward

46
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what are the two vertical planes?

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coronal (frontal) and Sagittal

47
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Which body plane passes from one side to the other,?

48
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Which body plane lies in the mid-line and divides the body into right and left halves?

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Mid-sagittal

49
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What are the six structural levels in the body that work together to create the whole body?

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Chemical
Cellular
Tissue 
Organ
System
Organismal
50
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Which structural level can be described as the beginning level of organization of the body?

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Chemical Level

51
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Which structural level consists of the smallest and most numerous structural units that posses and exhibit the basic characteristics of living matter?

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Cellular level

52
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Which structural level can be described as a group of many similar cells that all develop together from the same part of an embryo and all perform a certain function?

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Tissue level

53
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What are the four types of tissue?

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Epithelial
Connective
Muscular
Nervous

54
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Which type of tissue forms the outer covering of the body and is known as the free surface of the skin?

A

Epithelial

55
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Which type of tissue forms the lining of different body systems?

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Epithelial

56
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What type of tissue can be described as supporting tissue of various structures of the body?

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Connective

57
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What type of tissue is the most widespread in the body?

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Connective

58
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What type of tissue surrounds other cells, encases joints, and provides the supporting framework of the body?

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Connective

59
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What type of tissue provides for all body movement?

60
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What are the three types of muscular tissue?

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Skeletal, smooth and cardiac

61
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What type of tissue is the most complex?

62
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Which structural level can be described as the chemical structures organized within larger units to perform a specific function?

A

Organ level

63
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Which structural level is the most complex of the organizational units of the body?

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System level

64
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Which structural level describes a collection of interactive parts that are capable of surviving gin hostile environments with the ability to reproduce and repair damaged parts?

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Organismal level

65
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What are the the characteristics of living matter?

A

Digestion
Metabolism
Homeostasis

66
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What term involves the physical and chemical breakdown of food into simplest form?

67
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What is the process of absorption, storage and use foods for body growth, maintenance and repair?

A

Metabolism

68
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What is the body’s self regulated control of its internal environment?

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Homeostasis

69
Q

List the anatomy of the upper airway

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Nose, sinuses, pharynx, larynx, epiglottis, esophagus, vocal cords

70
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What term describes the part of the digestive and respiratory tracts situated between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus?

71
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What is the modified upper part of the respiratory passage of air breathing vertebrates that is bounded above by the glottis?

72
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What term describes a thin lamella of yellow elastic cartilage that ordinarily projects upward behind the tongue and just in front of the glottis?

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Epiglottis

73
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What term describes a muscular tube that passes from the pharynx down the neck between the trachea and the spinal column?

74
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What term describes the structure where sound is produced by the passage of air?

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Vocal Cord

75
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What are the structures of the lower airway?

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Trachea, Bronchi, Respiratory unit

76
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Which ribs make up the true ribs?

A

upper seven pairs

77
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Which ribs make up the false ribs?

A

pairs 8-12

78
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Which ribs make up the floating ribs?

79
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What are the three parts of the sternum?

A

Manubrium, body and Xiphoid process

80
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What are the two layers of the pleura?

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Visceral and parietal layer

81
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Which layer of the pleura covers the surface of the lungs?

82
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Which layer of the pleura covers the lateral aspect of the mediastinum, the upper surface of the diaphragm and the inner aspect of the chest wall?

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Parietal layer

83
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What makes up the mediastinum?

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Heart, great vessels, trachea and esophagus

84
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How many bones are in the skull?

85
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How many bones make up the facial bones?

A

14 stationary and one mobile

86
Q

What are the structures of the external eye?

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Eyelid, Conjunctiva, Lacrimal gland, eye muscles, and Bony orbit

87
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What are the structures of the internal eye?

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Sclera, cornea, Iris, Pupil, Retina, Optic disc

88
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What term describes the anterior outer layer of the sclera?

89
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What term describes the circular, pigmented muscular structure that gives the color?

90
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What is the most powerful refractive surface of the eye?

91
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What are the three ossicles of the middle ear?

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Malleus, Incus(anvil), Stapes

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