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84 Cards in this Set
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Prepuce |
foreskin of the penis |
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eupnea |
normal breathing |
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nephrologist |
treats kidneys and their disease |
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endocrine glands |
do not have ducts |
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oliguria |
abnormally small amounts of urine |
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nulligravida |
never pregnant |
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urethra |
bladder to the outside of the body (meatus) |
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orchiectomy |
removal of one or both testicles |
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crin/o |
secrete |
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pleura |
sac that surrounds the lungs |
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epididymis |
a highly convoluted duct behind the testis, which sperm passes to the vas defrens. |
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bronchus |
any of the major air passages of the lungs that diverge from the windpipe (2 major divisions) |
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cyan/o |
blue |
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eryth/o |
red |
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lapar/o |
abdomen |
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melan/o |
black |
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pyel/o |
renal pelvis |
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nephrolithiasis |
kidney stones |
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cholelithiasis |
gallbladder stones |
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salpingo-oophorectomy |
surgical removal of the fallopian tube and an ovary |
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oophoritis |
inflammation of an ovary |
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LH hormone |
produced by the pituitary gland progesterone and testosterone |
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vasectomy is reversible (T or F) |
True |
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cyst/o |
bladder |
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keratin does not protect the skin (T OR F) |
true (melanin does) |
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liver produces ______; gallbladder stores ____ |
bile |
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left lung (lobes) |
2 lobes |
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right lung (lobes) |
3 |
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liver (lobes) |
4 |
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brain (lobes) |
5 |
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oxytocis and ADH hormones are located in the neurohypophysis (T OR F) |
TRUE |
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prostate secretes a fluid that precedes sperm and reduces the natural acidity of the vagina (T OR F) |
TRUE |
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fecal matter higher up in the digestive tract is black (T OR F) |
TRUE |
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pruritus |
itching |
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fistula= |
recto vaginal |
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noncancerous enlargement of the prostate |
benign prosthetic hypertrophy |
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developing 9 weeks to birth |
fetus |
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opening between the stomach and the duodenum |
pyloric sphincter |
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testes produces _____ (hormone) |
testosterone |
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apnea is not breathing during sleep (T OR F) |
FALSE (this is sleep apnea) |
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xray of the stomach, esophagus and the upper small intestine is the |
upper GI tract |
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epinephrine and norepinephrine |
medulla hormones |
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meatus |
external opening to the outside of the body |
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decubitus ulcer |
bed sore |
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stomach is acid resistant (T OR F) |
TRUE |
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Having large hands and feet is acromegaly (T OR F) |
TRUE (overproduction of the pituitary gland in ADULTS) |
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inflammation of larger airways |
bronchitis |
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contusion |
bruise ( |
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salping/o |
fallopian tube |
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2 degree burns extend from |
epidermis into the dermis |
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all or part of the lung removed is |
pneumoectomy |
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surgical fixation of a kidney |
nephropexy |
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mucus membranes |
all true |
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surgical creation of hole in the colon |
colostomy |
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urethra is part of the reproductive system and urinary system for both males and females (T OR F) |
FALSE (males only) |
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curettage |
scraping |
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stomach is the chief organ of digestion (T OR F) |
TRUE |
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Debridement |
cleaning of a wound |
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myometrium |
muscular layer of the uterus wall |
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the islet of langerhan cells are in the _____ (3 types of cells) |
Beta=insulin alpha=glucagon delta=popo |
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HCG |
hormone only in pregnant women |
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gangrene |
death of cells |
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hemothorax |
accumulation of blood in pleural cavity |
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where is the fundus in the reproductive system of a female |
top of the uterus |
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pregnancy occurs in the 1/3 of the fallopian tube (T OR F) |
TRUE |
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onchy/o |
nails |
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trich/o |
hair |
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blister is also known as |
bulla |
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keloid |
overgrowth of scar tissue |
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cicatrix |
scar left by the formation of new connective tissue over a healing sore or wound (crust) |
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FSH hormone |
maturation of ova and sperm; estrogen (pituitary gland) |
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epididymitis would see an |
urologist |
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body cannot store oxygen (T OR F) |
TRUE |
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melanoma |
malignancy of skin |
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diverticulitis |
an inflammation or infection in one or more small pouches in the digestive tract |
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basal cell carcinomas are ____ and are located in the bottom layer of the ____ |
malignant; epidermis |
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functions of the urinary system |
true |
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hiatal hernia is the UPWARD protrusion (T OR F) |
TRUE |
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anastomosis |
connection between 2 tubular organs |
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hemoptysis |
coughing/spitting up blood |
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neurohypophysis |
posterior lobe of the pituitary gland |
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divisions of the small intestine (3) |
duodenum jejunum ilium |
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pylorus |
bottom half of the stomach |
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Rectovaginal Fistula |
An abnormal connection between the lower portion of your intestine and your vagina. |