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Hippocrates

Father of Medicine

Greek

Tort

A wrongful act of infringement of a right; something you can be sued for

HIPAA

Created for electronic health care transactions and implementation of confidentiality guidelines

Empathy

The characteristic of a health care worker that means to relate to another person; walk in their shoes

Hospice

Health care facility which provides care for patients that have 6 months or less to live

PPO

Type of insurance that companies contract with physicians to provide care at a reduced cost; also physicians work out of own private offices and are paid when insured receive care

Edward Jenner

Developer of small pox vaccine

Benjamin Franklin

Inventor of bifocals for glasses

Clara Barton

Founded American Red Cross

Joseph Lister

Started using disinfectant and antiseptic to prevent infection

Battery

Touching someone without permission

Ethics

Standards that morally decide right from wrong

4 pathways of health

Diagnostic & Therapeutic; Bio Tech Research; Support Services; Health Information

Standard unit of volume

Liters

Hematopoesis

Skeletal system producing red blood cells

Scoliosis

Lateral curvature of spine

Two types of joints

Hinge and gliding (also ball and socket)

Arthritis

The destruction of cartilage of joints

Medical term for broken bones

Fractures

Three parts of the sternum

Manubrim, body, ziphoid process

Three parts of the pelvis

Iliim, ischium, pubis

Shin bone

Tibia

Radius

Forearm bone on thumb side

Three functions of Muscular system

Thermogenesis, protection, movement

Cardiac muscle

Involuntary, striated, and containing intercalated disks

Smooth muscle

Lines GI tract, blood vessels and hollow organs, involuntary and unstriated

Quadriceps

Muscle on front of thigh

Gastroxnemius

Calf muscle

Deltoid

Shoulder muscle

Sprain

Injury classified as 1st,2nd or 3rd degree and is described stretching a ligament

Tendon

Connects muscle to bone

Thoracic

Pertaining to the chest

Epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous

Layers of skin from superficial to deep

Sebaceous

Oil gland surrounding hair shaft

Protection, temperature regulation, vitamin D production

3 functions of Integumentary system

Tinia

Medical term for fungus

Melanoma

Most serious type of skin cancer

Physical therapist

Abbreviation of PT

Nutrients, hormones, oxygen

3 things Circulatory system delivers

Pericardium

Sac heart sits in

Arrhythmia

Irregular heart rate

Murmur

Incomplete closure of valve resulting in backflow of blood

Palpitation

Rapid fluttering of the heart

Varicose veins

Incomplete closure of valves resulting in distended veins

Myocardium

Muscley bulk of heart

Tricuspid valve

Valve between right ventricle and right atrium

Left ventricle

Pumps oxygenated blood to the entire body; largest chamber of heart

Tricuspid valve

Brings deoxygenated blood to the right ventricle