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Part Four Flashcards

1
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Glenoid

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A hollow in a bone where it forms a joint sit through ball shaped end of another bone

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Acetabulum

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Cup shaped socket of the hip joint

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Hyoid

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Crescent shaped bone at the front on the neck, below your mandible and above the thyroid cartilage

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Basilar

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Located at or near the base of a structure

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Lethargy

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Drowsiness and unusual lack of energy and mental alertness

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Febrile

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Related to fever

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Otoscope

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Medical instrument using magnifying lens and light to examine the external ear

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Colon

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large bowel or large intestine

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Rectal

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Affecting, being near the rectum (the last several inches of the large intestine closest to the anus)

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Pilondial

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A hair contacting cyst of the skin in the lower back region near the upper crease of the buttocks

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Introitus

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Any kind of opening or entrance

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Perineal

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Relating to the perineum ( from the anus and vulva for females and anus to scrotum for males)

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Suprapubic

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Situated, occurring or performed from above the pubis

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Pelvic

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Having to do with pelvis ( area of the body below the abdomen that is located between the hip bones and contains the bladder and rectum )

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Intertriginous

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An inflammatory condition of skin folds induced or aggravated by heat, moisture, maceration friction, and a lack of air circulation

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Mucous

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Pertaining to mucus a (thick fluid, produced by the lining of some tissues of the body)

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Membrane

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Very thin layer of tissue that covers a surface that forms the outer boundary of a living cell or of an internal cell compartment

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18
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Hematoma

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A local swelling that is filled with blood caused by a broken the wall of a blood vessel

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Ecchymosis

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A small bruise caused by blood leaking from broken blood vessels into the tissues of the skin or mucous membranes

20
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Contusion

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A bruise

21
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Reflex

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Involuntary and nearly instantaneous movement in response to a stimulus

22
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Umbilical

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Anything having to do with a belly button, or the cord that connects a newborn baby navel to the placenta

23
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Apnea

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When you stop breathing while asleep or have almost no airflow

24
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Bowel

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Long tube shaped organ in the abdomen that completes the process of digestion

25
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Epigastric

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Relating to the central upper part of the abdomen

26
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Diaphoresis

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Excessive sweating due to an underlying health condition or a medication

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Shock

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The body’s response to a sudden drop in blood pressure

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Nare

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The nostrils or the nasal passages

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Meatus

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An opening or a passageway

30
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Palate

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The roof of the mouth

31
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Urethra

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The tube through which urine leaves the body. It empties urine from the bladder.

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Ovarian

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Having to do with the ovaries (the female reproductive clans in which the eggs are formed )

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Hysterectomy

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Surgery to remove the uterus, and sometimes surrounding organs and tissues

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Ligation

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The process of Turning off blood vessels, so that the blood cannot flow to a part of the body, or to a tumor

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Epididymis

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A narrow tightly coiled tube that is attached to each of the testicles

36
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Nasal

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Having to do with the nose

37
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Oropharyngeal

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The middle part of the throat behind the mouth

38
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Paralysis

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Loss of ability to move all or part of the body

39
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Flatulence

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Pass gas through the anus

40
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Hematemesis

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Vomiting blood

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Hematuria

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Blood in urine

42
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Epistaxis

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Nose bleeding

43
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Hematochezia

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Passage of fresh blood per anus

44
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Hemorrhage

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Loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel

45
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Coronary

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Protective ring of blood vessels surrounding the heart and supplying it with oxygen and other nutrients

46
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Artherosclerosis

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Thickening or hardening of arteries caused by a buildup of plaque in the inner lining of an artery

47
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Neuropathy

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Nerve problem, that causes pain and swelling and muscle weakness in different parts of the body

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