Week 1 Vocab

Question 1

Benjamin Rush

Answer 1

Namesake of Rush University, Famous Physician, and signer of the declaration of independence

Question 2

Hippocrates

Answer 2

Father of Medicine and Founder of Anatomy

Question 3

Daniel Brainard

Answer 3

Founder of Rush Medical College in 1837

Question 4

John B Murphy

Answer 4

Early Rush Vascular surgeon, 1st arterial end-to-end anastomosis

Question 5

James Herrick

Answer 5

Rush Cardiologist who discovered Sickle Cell Anemia (1910)

Question 6

Allied Health Field Definition

Answer 6

Any Medical field outside doctors, nurses, dentists, & pharmacists

Question 7

Three Methods of studying anatomy

Answer 7

Regional, Systemic, Clinical

Question 8

Two Methods of how not to be fooled by your own pulse

Answer 8

Compare to another pulse site, place one hand on table

Question 9

13 places to find the pulse

Answer 9

Temporal, Carotid, Aorta, Subclavian, Brachial, Axillary, Brachial, Radial, Ulnar, Abdomen, Femoral, Popliteal, Posteror Tibial, Dorsalis Pedis

Question 10

Eponym

Answer 10

Medical term that uses an individual’s name (Hunter’s Canal)

Question 11

Fabricius

Answer 11

Anatomical Theatre at Padua, Where William Harvey was taught

Question 12

William Harvey

Answer 12

Discovered Circulation of Blood (1628)

Question 13

Anatomy Act of 1832

Answer 13

Allowed for Legal Provisions of unclaimed and donated bodies to medical schools

Question 14

Professional Grave Robbers

Answer 14

Supplied Medical schools with corpses, sometimes via murder

Question 15

`Embolus Definition

Answer 15

Blood clot, Air bubble, piece of fatty deposit, or other object that has been carried in the bloodstream to lodge and cause an embolism

Question 16

USA Death Rate for PE per Year

Answer 16

50,000

Question 17

Thrombosis

Answer 17

Coagulation or clotting of blood in the circulatory system

Question 18

Thrombus

Answer 18

Blood clot formed within the vascular system and impedes blood flow

Question 19

Pulmonary Embolus -PE

Answer 19

Blood clot found in the lungs

Question 20

Virchow

Answer 20

German physician, father of modern pathology, brought science to medicine

Question 21

Virchow’s Triad

Answer 21

Factor’s that contribute to thrombosis

Stasis, Injury, Hypercoagulability

Question 22

Injury - 5 examples

Answer 22

Trauma, Total Hips, Pelvic Abscess, Pelvic Fracture, Central Catheters

Question 23

Hypercoagulability - 5 examples

Answer 23

Cancer, Post-Op, Post-Trauma, Oral Contraception, Pregnancy

Question 24

Stasis - 5 examples

Answer 24

Bedrest (Elderly), Post-Op, Post-MI, CVA, Paraplegia

Question 25

Signs and symptoms of LE DVT (3)

Answer 25

Swelling, Pain, Discoloration

Question 26

Gross Anatomy

Answer 26

Examination of body structures that can be seen with a microscope

Question 27

Thrill

Answer 27

Vibration from a vascular murmur that can be palpated

Question 28

Bruit

Answer 28

Whooshing sound due to turbulent flow in the artery