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Abduction

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Abdominal cavity

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Adduction

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Abuse

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Acculturation

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Adipose tissue

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Adult ratio for CPR

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Afferent nerves

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Alternative health care means

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Amino acids are made of

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Amylase

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Anatomy

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The study of the structure pod the organism

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Anemia

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Disease caused by lack of blood or an insufficient number of red blood cells

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Aneurysm

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Antibiotics are used to treat what kind of infection

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Antisepsis

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Aseptic control that inhabits or kills pathogenic organisms; not effective against spores and viruses

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Arachnoid membrane

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Assault and battery

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Assault: Physical or verbal attack on another person
Battery: unlawfully touching another person without persons consent

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Bartholin’s glands

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Two small mucous glands near the vaginal opening

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Basic needs for life

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Basophils

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Becoming a team player

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Bias

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A preference that inhibits impartial judgement

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Biology

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The study of living organisms

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Blood views in relationship to cultures

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Body mechanics

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The way in which the body move and maintains balance; proper body mechanics involves the most efficient use of all body parts

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Brachial pulse site

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Bulbourethral glands

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Cardiac sphincter

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Carotid pulse site

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Centrosome

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The area of the cell cytoplasm that contains two centrioles; important in reproduction of the cell.

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Cervical vertebrae

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Chambers of heart and oxygen levels

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Characteristics of culture

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Characteristics of resume

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Characteristics of taking pulse

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Chemical disinfection

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Chromatin

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Chronic dementia

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Circulatory system

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Common cold

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Communication skills

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Compensation

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Something given or received as an equivalent for a loss, service, or debt; defense mechanism involving substitution of one goal for another

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Computerized tomography

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Conjunctiva

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Mucous membrane that lines the eyelids and the anterior part of the sclera of the eye

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Connecting nerves

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Connective tissue

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Body tissue that connects, supports or binds body organs

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Cornea

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The transparent section of the sclera; allows light rays to enter the eye

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Coronal plane

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Cowper’s glands

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The pair of small mucous glands near the male urethra

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Cva

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Cytoplasm

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The fluid inside the cell; contains water, proteins, lipids, carbs….

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Defamation

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Slander or libel; a false statement that causes ridicule or damage to a reputation

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Definition edema

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Swelling; excess amount of fluid in the tissues

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Definition of afebrile

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Without a fever

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Definition of arteries

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Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart

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Definition of body temperature

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bradycardia

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Slow heart rate; normally under 60 beats per minute

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capillaries

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Tiny blood vessels that connect arterioles and venules allow for exchange of nutrients and gases between the blood and body cells

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cyanosis

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Bluish color of the skin nail beds, and lips due to a insufficient amount of oxygen in the blood

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dehydration

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Insufficient amounts of fluid in the tissues

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diaphoresis

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Profuse or excessive perspiration, or sweating

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dyspnea

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Difficult or labored breathing

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homeostasis

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A constant state of natural balance within the body

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hydration

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hyperthermia

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Condition that occurs when the body temperature exceeds 104 degrees F or 40 degrees F rectally

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hypothermia

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Condition in which the body temperature is below normal, usually below 95

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pyrexia

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Fever

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tachycardia

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Fast or rapid heart beat, usually over 100 beats per minute

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veins

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Blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart

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vertigo

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Sensation of dizziness

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vital signs

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Determinations that provide information about body conditions; includes temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure

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Definition of wellness

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State of being in good health; well

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Delirium

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Acute, reversible mental confusion caused by illness, medical problems, and or medications

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Dendrite

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Development of standard precautions

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Diaphysis

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The shaft or middle part of a long bone

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Digestive system

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Displacement

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Defense mechanism in which feelings about one person are transferred to someone else

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Divisions of autonomic nervous system

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Dorsal or posterior

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Pertaining to the back

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Dura mater

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Efferent nerves

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Embolus

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A blood clot or mass of material circulating in the blood vessels

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Empathy skills

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Identifying with another’s feelings but being unable to change or solve the situation

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Endometrium

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Mucous membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus

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Endoplasmic reticulum

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Fine network of tubular structures in the cell; allows for transport of materials in and out of the nucleus and aids in the synthesis and storage of proteins

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Eosinophils

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Epidemiologist

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Someone who works with the history, cause, and spread of an infectious disease

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Epiphysis

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The end or head at the extremity of a long bone

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Epithelial tissue

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Tissue that forms the skin and parts of the secreting glands, and that lines the body cavities

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Ergonomics are what

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Applied science to promote the safety and well being of a person by adapting the environment and using techniques to prevent injury

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Esophagus

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Tube that extends from the pharynx to the stomach

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Essential things for a fire

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Oxygen, fuel, and heat

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Ethnicity

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Classification of people based on national origin and or culture

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Ethnocentricity

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Belief in the superiority of ones own ethnic group

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Eustachian tube

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Tube that connects the middle ear and the pharynx, or throat

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Examples of questions you may ask at interview

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Examples of subjective observation

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Symptoms

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Extended family

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Extension

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Increasing the angle between two parts; straightening a limb

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Factors influencing BP

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False imprisonment

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Retaining an individual or restricting an individuals freedom

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Fascia

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Fibrous membrane covering,supporting, and separating muscles

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Femoral pulse site

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Fimbriae

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Fire what steps you take

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~Stay calm
~RACE- 
R- rescue anyone in danger
A- activate the alarm
C- contain the fire
E- extinguish the fire
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First five steps for first aid

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Flexion

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Decreasing the angle between two parts; bending a limb

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Foramina

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A passage or opening; a hole in a bone through which blood vessels or nerves pass

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Forms of dementia

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Frontal plane

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Separates the body into a front section and a back section

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Function of bile

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Helps break down fats

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Function of cerebellum

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Part of the brain; maintains balance and equilibrium

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Function of cerebrum

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Largest section of the brain; involved in sensory interpretation and voluntary muscle movement

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Function of ejaculatory duct

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In the male; carry the sperm and semen through the prostate gland and into the urethra

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Function of epididymis

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Coiled tubes; Stores the sperm while they mature

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Function of medulla oblongata

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Part of your brain that controls vital processes such as respiration and heartbeat

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Function of midbrain

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Part of the brain; relay for impulses

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Function of pons

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Conducts messages to other parts of the brain; certain reflex actions

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Function of seminal vesicles

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Secretes thick, viscous fluid for semen

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Function of vas deferens

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A tube that carries sperm and semen from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct

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Functions leukocytes

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Functions of HCL

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Functions of large intestine

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Finish absorbing water and get rid of waste

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Functions of paragraphs within cover letter

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Functions of parasympathetic

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Functions of sympathetic

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Functions of thrombocytes

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Fungi

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Group of simple plantlike animals that live on dead organic matter

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Gastrocnemius

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Geriatric ambassador

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Gerontologist

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Someone who studies the aged and old age and treatment of related diseases and conditions

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Golgi apparatus

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A structure in the cell that produces, stores, and packages secretions for discharge from the cell

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Groups of tissues

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Epithelial, connective, nerve, and muscle

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Guidelines for restraints

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Gynecologist

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Person who helps women’s reproductiveness

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Having competence

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Having dependability

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Capable of being relied on; trustworthy

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Having responsibility

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Being held accountable for your actions or behaviors; willing to meet obligations

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Having self-motivation

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The ability to begin or follow through with a task without the assistance of others

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Having tact

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Able to say or do the correct thing; thoughtful

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Health care spreadsheets functions

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Heart sounds

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Hemiplegia

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Paralysis on one side of the body

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Hemoglobin

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The iron-containing protein of the red blood cell; severe to carry oxygen from the lungs to the tissue

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Hemophilia

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Hepatitis

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Inflammation of the liver

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Homeostasis

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A constant state of natural balance in the body

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Internist

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Iris

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Colored portion of the eye; regulates the size of the pupil

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Joints

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An area where two bones meet or join

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Labia majora

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Two large folds of adipose tissue lying on each side of the vulva in the female

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Labia minora

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Two folds of membrane lying inside the labia majora

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Laryngopharynx

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Leukemia

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Libel

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False written statement that causes a person ridicule or contempt or causes damage to a persons reputation

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Ligaments

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Fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone

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Limiting a search engine

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Lipase

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Listening skills

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Lumbar vertebrae

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Lymphatic system

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Lymphocytes

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Magnetic resonance imaging

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Male gonads

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Malpractice

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Providing improper or unprofessional treatment or care that results in injury to another person

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Matriarchal family

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A family setting run by the mother

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Measles

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Medical (clinical) laboratory technologist

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Method for adult choking unconscious

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Method of closed bed

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Method of mechanical lift

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Method of taking BP

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Method to transfer patient on stretcher

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Methods of shaving a patient

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Midsagittal plane

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Line that divides the body into a right and left side

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Mixed nerves

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Modes of transmission

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Direct, indirect, air, vectors, and vehicle

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Muscle tissue

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Body tissue composed of fibers that produce movement

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Myometrium

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Naospharynx

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Negligence

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Failure to give care that is normally expected, resulting in injury to another person

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Neurilemma

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Neurologist

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Neuron

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Nerve cell

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Neutrophils

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Nonverbal behavior

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Without words or speech, speaks the loudest

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Nuclear family

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Mom, dad, children (the immediate family)

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Nucleolus

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The spherical body in the nucleus of a cell that is important in reproduction of a cell

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Nucleus

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The structure in a cell that controls cell activity such as growth, metabolism, and reproduction

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Nutrient that gives 9 cal per gram

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Ombudsman

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A specifically train individual who acts as an advocate for others to improve care or conditions

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Orbital cavity

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Cavity holding the eyes

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Order of Large intestine

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Cecum, colon, rectum

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Organelle

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The parts that make up the cell, makes it live

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Origin of insulin

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Oropharynx

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OSHA regulations

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Palatine

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Paraplegia

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Paralysis on the lower half of the body

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Parts of tongue

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Taste buds

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Pathologist

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A person who studies the cause or nature of a disease

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Pathophysiology

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The study of how disease occurs and the responses of living organisms to disease processes

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Patient advocate

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Patriarchal family

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Family run by the father

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Pediatrician

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Doctor the deals with children

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Pelvic cavity

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Penicillin who and when

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Alexander Fleming in 1928

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Pepsin

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Phlebitis

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Physical changes related to elderly CV syst

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Physiology

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The study of the processes and how the body works

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Pia mater

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The little membrane around the brain

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Pleura

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Popliteal pulse site

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Portal of exits

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Part of the chain of infection; where the infection leaves or is transmitted from the body

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Positron emission tomography

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Prejudice

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