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53 Cards in this Set
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Anterior
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Front Side
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Anterior is the front side, as in the chest and abdomen
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Distal
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Farthest point away from
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The tip of your toe is distal (farthest away from your nose in relationship to your body
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Dorsal
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Backside
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Even on a fish such as a shark the fin on the backside is called the dorsal fin. It's generally used only in an anatomical sense.
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High Fowlers
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Sitting at a 90 degree angle
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High fowlers is considered sitting at a right angle. Semi fowlers is sitting at a 45 degree angle
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Inferior
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Below
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The shoulders are inferior to the neck.
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Lateral
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Side Of
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Lateral means to the side. The arms (appendicular) are lateral to the overall body's structure (axial)
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Medial
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Middle
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Medial means in the center; The sternum (breastbone) lies medial of the axillary (underarms) regions.
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Peripheral
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On the edge of or outside of
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Peripheral means on the outer edge. (Sometimes physicians place central lines in larger veins. IV's normally started by nurses are placed in smaller, more distal veins called peripheral veins. The IV is then called a peripheral IV)
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Posterior
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Rear or back of
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Posterior means the backside of something and is used anatomically or with objects
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Prone
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Lie on the front side facedown
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Being prone means to lie facedown.
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Proximal
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Nearest
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The proximal point is the nearest point to a particular area
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Superior
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Above
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Your head is superior to your shoulders
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Supine
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Lie on back
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Tansverse
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Across
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Transverse incision is made for a C-Section
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Ventral
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To the belly
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The patients ascites (accumulation of fluid in the Pleura or Peritoneo area) was in a Ventral location.
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Trophic
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Nourishment
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Fibro
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Tissue
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Auto
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Self
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Bio
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Life
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Edemea
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Swelling
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Fascial
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Fascia Tissue
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Tome
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Instrument
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Myco
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Fungus
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Rrhea
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Drainage/ Discharge
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Pedia
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Child
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A.B.
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Antibody
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A.D.
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Auris Dexter
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A.D.A.
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American Dental Association
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Chronic
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Continuous
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Transient; Intermittent
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Not consistant
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Ecchymosis
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Condition of Bruising
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Palpable
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"you can feel it" mass. Ex: Cyst
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C.O.
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Carbon Monoxide; Cobalt; Coccygeal
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Contusion
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Bruise
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2.5 cm equals..
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1 inch
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Brain weighs
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3 lbs and contains 100 billion Neurons
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Two types of strokes
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CVA= Cerebro vascular accidents
Arteriole=Small artery that provides oxygen to body tissues |
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Odysplasia
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bad molding
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Prisis
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sawing
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Duodenal
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first part of small intestine
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Rrhagia
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bleeding
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Genisis
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beginning
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ogram
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exam; write
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Vascular
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Vessels
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Echo
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Sound
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Epic
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upon
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Dialation
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Widening
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Staxis
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Bleeding
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Centesis
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Puncture
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Dynia
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Pain
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Thorax
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Chest
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Sino
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Sinuses
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Phyma
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Growth
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