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Vocab Week 7 Flashcards

1
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Wt

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Weight

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HC

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Head circumference Average 34-36 cm

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OFC

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Occipitofrontal circumference Measurement from front to back of head

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N/C

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No change

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5
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Plagiocephaly

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Flat spot on the back/one side of the head

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Turricephaly

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Tall head relative to width and length

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7
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Microcephaly

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Abnormally small head Associated with incomplete brain development

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Macrocephaly

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Large head circumference

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9
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Hydrocephaly

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Abnormal build-up of CSF in ventricles of brain Can compress and damage the brain

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Sutures

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Fibrous material that holds together the bony plates that the skull is composed of

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Metopic

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A suture uniting the frontal bones in the fetus fails to close completely/partially in childhood

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Coronal

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Vertical plane that divides body into back and belly

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Lambdiodal

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Suture of the posterior part of the skull that connects the parietal with the occipital bone

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Fontanelle

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A space between the bones of the skull in the infant/fetus where ossification is not complete and sutures are not fully formed

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PERRL

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Pupils Equal, Round, Reactive to Light

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EOMs

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Extraoccular muscles 6 muscles that control eye movement

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Iris

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Flat, colored, ring-shaped membrane behind the cornea of the eye, with an adjustable circular opening in the center Gives eye color

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Sclerae

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Tough white fibrous outer layer of the eyeball

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19
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Helix

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The incurved rim of the external ear

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20
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Anhelix

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Prominent curved fold of cartilage just inside the outer rim of the external ear

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21
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Lobule

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A small lobe

22
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Tragus

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Prominence on the inner side of the external ear

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Antragus

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A projection of the auricle of the ear posterior to the tragus

24
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Preauricular

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Situated anterior to the auricle of the ear

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Malar

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Of, or relating to the cheek

26
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Maxilla

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Upper jaw

27
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Mandible

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Lower jawbone

28
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Micrognathia

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Small jaw

29
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Prognathism

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Jaw protrudes

30
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Uvula

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Fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate that hangs above the throat

31
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Philtrum

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Vertical groove between the nose and the border of the upper lip

32
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Vermillion Border

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Normally sharp demarctation between the lip and normal skin

33
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Internipple distance

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Measurement between the centers of both nipples

34
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Cor S1 and S2

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Cor is latin word for heart S1: first heart sound (marks start of systole) S2: second heart sound (marks end of systole)

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Murmur

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Abnormal sound heard when listening to the heart Due to blood passing through deformed cardiac valves

36
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P&A

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Posterior and Anterior

37
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N/T or N/D

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N/T: nontender N/D: nondistended

38
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Visceromegaly

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Enlargement of the organs inside the abdomen

39
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Presacral

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Space inside the pelvis; usually empty or contains a pocket of fat

40
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Dermatoglyphics

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The study of skin markings or patterns on fingers, hands, or feet

41
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Palmar crease: simian

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A single line that runs across the palm of the hand

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Palmar crease: sydney

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Extended head line which crosses full palm and presence of normal heart line

43
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Brachydactyly

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Shortening of fingers and toes due to unusually short bones

44
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Clinodactyly

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Curvature of a digit in the plane of the palm

45
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DTR

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Deep Tendon Reflex

46
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Cranial Nerves

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12 pairs of nerves that arise directly from the brain and pass through separate apatures in the skull

47
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Ht

A

Height

48
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Bracycephaly

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Disproportionate shortness of the head Cephalic index of cranium is over 80

49
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Dolichocephaly

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Head is longer (relative to its width) then would be expected Cephalic index is 75 or less

50
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Sagital

A

Divides body into R and L portions

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