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Part Three Flashcards

1
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Purulent

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Containing or producing pus

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Seroma

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A mass or lump caused by a buildup of clear fluid in a tissue, organ or body cavity

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Cyst

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A closed sac like pocket of tissue that can form anywhere in the body

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Sebaceous

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Microscopic glands found in your hair follicles that secrete sebum (oily substance that protects your skin from drying out)

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Mottled

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Skin condition of irregular patches of discoloration forming a marble like pattern across the skin

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Hypoxia

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Low levels of oxygen in your tissues

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Inhalation

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The act of taking a substance into the body by breathing

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Exhalation

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The flow of the breath out of an organism

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Bilious

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relating to bile

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Cornea

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The transparent part of the eye that covers the iris and the pupil and allows light to enter the inside

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Abrasion

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A superficial rub or wearing off of skin, usually caused by a scrape or a brush burn

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Strabismus

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Misaligned eyes

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13
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Trochanter

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One of the bony prominences toward the near end of the femur

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Humerus

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The bone of the upper arm

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15
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Phalanx

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Any one of the bones in the fingers or toes

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Malleolus

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Bony protuberance on either side of the ankle, at the lower end of the fibula or the tibia

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Femur

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Proximal bone of the hind or lower limb that extends from the hip to the knee ( thigh bone )

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Patella

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Kneecap

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19
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Sacroiliac

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Being the region of the joint between the sacrum and ilium

20
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Iliac crest

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A wide, convex ridges that forms the upper border of the iliac part of the hip bone

21
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pronation

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Rotation of the forearm and hand so that the palm is down

22
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supination

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rotation of the forearm and hand so that the palm faces forward or upward

23
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abduction

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away from midline of body

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adduction

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towards the midline of body

25
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brachial

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relating to the arm

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radial

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Pertaining to the radius, the smaller bone in the forearm

27
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ulnar

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one of two bones that make up the forearm

28
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Dermatome

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areas of skin that connect to a specific nerve root on your spine.

29
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clavical

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One of a pair of bones at the base of the front of the neck

30
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acromion

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the outer end of the shoulder blade that forms the highest part of the shoulder

31
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acromioclavicular

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relating to, being, or affecting the joint connecting the acromion and the clavicle

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nasolabial fold

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smile/laugh lines

33
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buccal

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facial cheek

34
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scapular

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shoulder blade

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carpal

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bones of the wrist that connect the distal aspects of the radial and ulnar bones of the forearm to the bases of the five metacarpal bones of the hand

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metatarsal

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a set of five long bones in the human foot that form the arch and help support body weight while walking, running, and otherwise moving

37
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lateral

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away from the middle of the body

38
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medial

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toward the middle of the body

39
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posterior

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back side

40
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anterior

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front side

41
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scaphoid

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one of the carpal bones on the thumb side of the wrist, just above the radius. The bone is important for both motion and stability of the wrist joint.

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tibia

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shin bone (largest bone in the body)

43
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fibula

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calf bone. It’s the smaller of the two bones in your lower leg.

44
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sacral

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at the bottom of the spine and lies between the fifth segment of the lumbar spine

45
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antecubital fossa

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related to the crook of the elbow. the transitional area between the forearm and the anatomical arm.

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