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73 Cards in this Set
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Anatomical position
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Victim is standing erect, arms down to the sides, facing you. Right and left refers to victim's right and left
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Supine position
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Victim is lying face up (on back)
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Prone position
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Victim lying face down (on stomach)
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Lateral recumbent position
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Victim lying on side. AKA recovery or coma position.
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Superior
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Above or higher than a point of reference
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Inferior
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Below or lower than a point of reference
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Anterior
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toward the front
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Posterior
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Toward the back
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Medial
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Toward the midline or center of the body (line down front of person splitting into right and left)
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Lateral
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away from midline
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Proximal
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Near the point you are referring to (usually trunk)
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Distal
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Far away from the point you are referring to
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Superficial
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near the surface
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Deep
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remote from surface
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Six Body cavities
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Cranial
Spinal Thoracic Pericardial Abdominal Pelvic |
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What does the thoracic cavity contain?
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Heart, trachea, lungs, large vessels and espophagus
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What does the pericardial cavity contain?
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The tough fibrous covering that surrounds the heart
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What does the abdominal cavity contain?
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Liver, spleen, gallbladder, small and large intestine, pancreas, appendix and stomach
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What does the pelvic cavity contain?
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reproductive organs, urinary bladder, urethra, rectum
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Is respiration voluntary
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No
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Which muscles contract during inhalation?
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Diaphragm and intercostal muscles
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Which muscles relax during exhalation?
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Diaphragm and intercostal muscles
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Respiratory arrest
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body stops breathing
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Airway components of the respiration system?
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Nose, mouth
pharynx, larynx, and trachea lungs - bronchi, bronchioles and aveoli |
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What are aveoli?
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Little sacks where oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange occurs.
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Resting breath rate per minute for an adult?
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12-20 rpm
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Resting breath rate per minute for a child?
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15-30 rpm
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Resting breath rate per minute for an infant?
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25-50 rpm
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What are some breathing difficulties (distress)?
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Airway obstructions
asthma allergies injuries to the chest illness (pneumonia) |
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What are some symptoms of respiratory distress?
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Noisy breathing, gasping or choking
could be conscious or unconscious excited, anxious may be cyanotic |
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What are the 5 components of the circulatory system?
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Radial
Brachial Femorial Posterior Tibial Carotid |
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Where would you find the radial pulse?
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Thumbside of wrist
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Where would you find the brachial pulse?
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Upper arm, across elbow (used for infant)
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Where would you find the Femoral pulse?
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Upper leg/hip
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Where would you find the Posterior Tibial pulse?
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Behind the ankle bone
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Where would you find the carotid pulse?
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Neck (used for adults)
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What is the function of the pulmonary system?
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To supply blood with oxygen at the aveoli in lungs and explel waste (carbon dioxide)
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Arteries vs. Veins
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Arteries come from the heart and veins go to the heart
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Blood cycle
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R Atrium to R ventricle to lungs to L Atrium to L Ventricle to Body to R Atrium
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What is shock?
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When body can't compensate from loss of blood or when blood vessels are blocked (heart attack)
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What is the average heart beat per minute for an adult?
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60-100 bpm
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What is the average heart beat per minute for a child ?
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60-150 bpm
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What is the average heart beat per minute for an infant?
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120-150 bpm
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What is homeostatis?
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A balanced state within the body necessary for effective functioning
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What does the central nervous system consist of?
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Brian, spinal cord
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What does the peripheral nervous system consist of?
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Structures of the nervous sytem like nerve endings that lie outside the brain and spinal cord
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What are the functional divisions of the nervous system?
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Voluntary and autonomic
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What does the autonomic nervous system consist of?
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Sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight) and paraympathetic nervous system (what brings you back to normal)
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What are the three parts of the muscular system?
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Skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle
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What is smooth muscle?
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The muscle where there is little or no conscious control
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What are the 5 parts of the skeletal system?
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Skull
Spinal Column Thorax Pelvis Lower extremeties |
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Sprains vs Strains
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Sprain ligaments, strain muscles and tendons.
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What attaches to the bone?
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Ligaments
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What are the 6 types of joints?
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Ball and socket joint
Hinge Joint Pivot Joint Gliding Joint Saddle Joint Condyloid Joint |
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Example of a Hinge joint?
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one way hinge movement
knee, elbos, fingers |
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Example of a ball and socket joint?
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permits widest range of motion
shoulder, hip |
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Example of a pivot joint?
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C1 C2 vertebrae of neck, twisting of wrist
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Example of a Gliding joint?
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permits gliding motion
8 bones of wrist |
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Example of a Saddle Joint?
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permits up and down and side to side movement
Thumb |
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Example of a Condyloid Joint?
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modified ball and socket joint
base of finger |
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Function of the integumentary system?
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protects internal organs from injury
prevents dehydration regulates body temp vitamin D production protects against mircroorganisms |
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Where are the cells that give the skin its color?
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Epidermis
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Where are the cells that contain the vast network of blood vessels of the integumentary system?
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Dermis
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Purpose of the gastrointestinal system?
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Ingest and carry food
Digest food Absorb nutrients Eliminates wastes |
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Where are nutrients mainly abosorbed?
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Small intestine
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Where is alcohol absorbed?
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The stomach, one of the few things that is
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What lymphocytes?
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White blood cells that fight infection
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What are common vaccines?
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Pertussis (whooping cough)
Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) Tetanus Hep B |
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What are the endocrine glands?
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ductless glands that regulate the body by secreting horomones
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What glands are in the endocrine system?
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thyroid
parathyroid adrenal ovaries testes pituitary glands |
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How many ureters does a person have?
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2
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What is a sign of injury to the kidney?
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Dark or brown urine
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What is a sign of injury to the bladder
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Urine that is more red in color
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