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44 Cards in this Set
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LLQ
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Left Lower Quad; descending colon
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RLQ
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Right Lower Quad; appendix
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LUQ
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Left upper Quad; spleen
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RUQ
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Right Upper Quad; liver and gallbladder
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Transverse
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horizontal plane through standing body. (parallel to ground) separates superior and posterior
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sagittal (median plane)
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A vertical plane passing through the standing body from front to back. splits the body into left and right halves.
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coronal/frontal
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vertical plane that divides the body into ventral and dorsal (belly and back) sections.
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posterior/dorsal
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the back or behind
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anterior/ventral
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front
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superior
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above
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inferior
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below
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ventral
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pertaining to the front abdomen
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dorsal
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the back
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distal
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further away (hand)
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proximal
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closer too (shoulder)
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supine
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face up
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prone
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face down (dorsal up)
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medial
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in the middle
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lateral
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toward left or right side of the body (not medially)
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unilateral
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relating to ONE side
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ipsilateral
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opposite sides (right arm AND left leg)
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bilateral
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both sides
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erythrocytes
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RBC, contains hemoglobin and can carry Oxygen
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Remission
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disappearance of signs and symptoms of disease
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benign
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non cancerous
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systemic
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affecting the entire body
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leukocyte
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WBC,
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histology
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The study of TISSUES under the microscope
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pathologist
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Dr. who studies disease by examining cells/tissues under a microscope
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hyperplasia
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increase in the NUMBER of cells in a tissue or organ
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stasis
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stoppage or slowdown in fluid flow; blood or lymph
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oncology
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field of medicine devoted to cancer
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oncogenic
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giving rise to tumors
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hyper
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too much, exessive, above normal
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hypo
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below normal
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dysuria
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painful or difficult urination
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pathology
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study of disease
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myopathy
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any and all diseases of the muscle
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lipoma
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a benign fatty tumor
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cyto
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(leukoCYTE) prefix denoting a cell
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tissue
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any group of cells that perform specific functions
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organ
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collection of tissue that serve a common function
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cell
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smallest living unit of life
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cyano
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blue
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