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25 Cards in this Set
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Signs
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health care worker sees
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Symptoms
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Patient's complaints
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Clinical Findings
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x-rays, lab work
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Homeostasis
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everything working fine on the inside
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Etiology
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Study of cause
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Diagnosis
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name of what is wrong with the patient
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extension
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straight
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flexion
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bend
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afferent
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toward
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efferent
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away from
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unilateral
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one side
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bilateral
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two sides
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oblique
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at an agle
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internal
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inside
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external
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outside
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central
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middle
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febrile
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with fever
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inflammation
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your body is defending you, with some results (i.e. redness of the skin, swelling, etc)
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Genes
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Give us our hereditary characteristics
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DNA
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chemical to activate cell
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XX
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female
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XY
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male
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# of normal chromosones
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46
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prefix
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gives info about location of organ, number of parts or time (frequency)
Not all words have a prefix |
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suffix
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Can be used to add meaning such as condition, disease or procedure.
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