REVIEW FOR FINAL IN A&P 1 Flashcards
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What layer of the skin contains Collagen
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Dermis
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What is a crack-like groove or sore in the skin called
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Fissure
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What is Striae
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Stretch marks
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what is a malignant skin tumor originating from the melanocytes called?
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malignant melanoma
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what is a benign tumor of melanocytes called
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mole
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a small flat discoloration of the skin is called
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a macule
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what fibrous protein protects from damage and stress
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Keritan
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a laceration is what?
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a tear in the skin
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Another name for a Vesicle
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blister (small sac filled with fluid)
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A small, flat discoloration of the skin is called
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Macule
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Oil glands are also called
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sebaceous gland
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Nails grow from what
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Matrix (the root)
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What are the two major types of skin cancer
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Basil and squamous cell carcinoma
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Nails are made up of what?
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dead cells that are filled with parallel fibers of hard keratin
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Shingles are also known as
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Herpes Zoster
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any substance that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against it is called
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Antigen
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Another name for white blood cells
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Leukecytes
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another name for red blood cells
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Erythracytes
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Platelets help with what?
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Clotting
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Hemophilia is a condition where blood:
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- fails to clot
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Process of antibodies combining with antigens is called
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Agglutination
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A pinpoint hemorrhage is called a
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Petechiae
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A detached piece of thrombus is called a
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embolus
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a Large white blood cell is called a
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Monocyte
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What part of blood carries fresh ox around to the body
RBC
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deficiency of platelets in circulating blood is called
Thrombocytopenia
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The suffix that means attraction
Phil
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What tissue covers internal and external organs
Epithelium
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What are tissues organized together to perform a specific function know as:
Organs
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which body cavity houses the heart and lungs
Thoracic cavity
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How many body regions are there
five, Cranial, Spinal, Thoracic, abdominal, pelvic cavities plus 4 regions = 9
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What is the opposite of proximal
distal
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what is the plane that divides the body into upper and lower portions called
Horizontal or Transverse
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what is the opposite of medial
lateral
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what is the opposite of distal
proximal
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what are the cells that group together to perform a particular function
Tissue
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A type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each with the same number and types of chromosomes is called
Mitosis
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which cavity contains the brain
Cranial cavity
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what cavity contains gall bladder liver, spleen stomach pancreases intestines and kidneys
abdominal
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what cell organelle produces hormones and lipids
endoplasmic reticullum
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what tissue supports other tissues and binds them together with other tissues
connective tissue
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what is the plane that divides the body into equal right and left
mid sagital
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what tissue transmits impulses that activate and control body functions
nervous tissue
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Muscle cells form
Muscle Tissue
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what is the study of cells called
cytology
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what part of a cell is made up of mostly salt and H2O
Cytoplasm
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What cell organelle produces energy for the body
Mitochondria
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skeletal muscle attaches to what
The skeleton
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what is the root word for tissue
Histo
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what is the root word for side
late/o
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what is the root word for front
Ventr/o
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What do oil glands secrete
sebum
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Each end of a long bone is know as an
Epiphysis
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the process of bone formation is called
Ossification
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The spaces between the ribs are called
intercostal spaces
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A cystic tumor developing on a tendon that sometimes occurs on the back of the wrist is known as a
Ganglion cyst
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a condition/disease in which the bones become abnormally soft due to a deficiency of calcium and phosphorus in the blood is known as
Osteomalacia
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the first seven pairs of ribs that articulate with the sternum are known as the
True ribs
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the most common form of arthritis is
osteoathritis
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a surgical procedure performed to fully remove a lower limb that has been damaged due to trauma, congenital defect, or disease
Amputation
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Tear in muscles that form a cuff over the upper end of the arm
Rotator Cuff Tear
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How many bones are there in the appendicular skeleton
126`
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The thick lubricating fluid located in synovial joints is known as
synovial fluid
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a joint that allows movements in many directions around a central point is known as what type of joint
Ball and Socket
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Pain in the joints is known as
Arthralgia
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An abnormal enlargement of the joint at the base of the great toe is called a
Bonion
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The space between two connecting bones is known as the
joint cavity
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The root word Ankyl/o
Stiff
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Muscle tissue that is under voluntary conscious control is
Skeletal
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The root word of Ather/o means
Yellow fatty plaque
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the epicardium does what for the heart
protects and nourishes it
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the ventricles are what chambers
lower pumping chambers
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pulmonary circulation pumps on what side of the heart
Right
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Arterioles connect arteries to what
Cappllaries
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Venules connect capillaries to what
Veins
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diastole is what phase of the heartbeat
relaxation
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Arterioles connect arteries to what
Capillaries
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What nerve slows down the heart rate
Vagus nerve
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The root word thromb/o
clot
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Dilation of a blood vessel with a balloon catheter
Angioplasty
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The double-walled membrane that encloses the heart is called
Pericardium
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A heart attack is know as
myocardial infarction
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A disease of the heart muscle primarily affecting the pumping ability is
cardiomyopathy
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Enlarged superficial twisted veins are known as
Varicose veins
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The middle muscular layer of the heart is called
Myocardium
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What is the largest lymphatic organ
Spleen
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What gland is large in infants but shrinks with age
Thymus gland
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The study of the immune system is called
immunology
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A malignant neoplasm of the lymphatic organs usually the lymph notes:
Lymphoma
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Protection from an infectious disease is called
immunity
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An acute viral infection of the upper and lower respiratory tracts
Coryza
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An acute immediate and servere allergic reaction is called
anaphylaxis
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A malignant tumor that orginates in the bronchi
Bronchogenic carcinoma
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the term for difficult speaking; hoarseness
Dysphonia
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The medical term for nosebleed
Epistaxis
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the root word orth/o
Straight
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Phlebotomy means
incision into a vein
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what does hemoptysis mean
spitting / coughing up blood
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The substance coughed up from the lungs bronchi, and trachea
Sputum
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The rood word for ox/o
Oxygen
