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39 Cards in this Set
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Abduction |
Away from middle; tissue/organ |
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Adduction |
Towards the middle |
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Medial |
Midline of body |
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Lateral |
Side of body |
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Superior |
Top |
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Inferior |
Bottom |
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Proximal |
Nearest to trunk |
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Distal |
Farthest from trunk |
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Anterior |
Front |
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Posterior |
Back |
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Parietal |
Outer wall |
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Visceral |
In the organ; viscera |
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Prone |
Laying face down |
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Supine |
Laying face up |
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Inversion |
Inward; inside out |
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Eversion |
Turning outward |
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Palmar |
Pertaining to palm |
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Plantar |
Pertaining to foot |
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Superficial |
Pertaining to the top of the skin; very shallow |
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Deep |
Deep within the body |
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Etiology |
Study of the cause of disease |
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Metabolic |
An organ that is not working right |
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Infectious |
Bacterial; viral |
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Congenital |
While a baby is being born; before its birth |
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Heredity |
In the parent's genes |
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Environmental |
Surroundings, food we eat |
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Neoplastic |
Cancer |
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Adhesion |
Scar tissue within the body ; stick to places it is not supposed to |
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Analyte |
Analyzed or tested in a lab |
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Febrile |
Fever |
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Homeostasis |
Maintaining a balance within the body |
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Inflammation |
Protect the body from injury |
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Morbid |
Pertaining to disease |
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Sepsis |
Bacteria in the blood that releases throughout the body |
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Suppurative |
Pus generation |
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Biopsy |
To examine a piece of the body |
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Needle |
Pull out cells with a needle |
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Punch biopsy |
Punches into skin |
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Shave biopsy |
Scrape off with razor |
