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Anatomic position |
Body at erect, arms to side palms if hands facing forward, feet side by side. |
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What do you add to a term to combine terms. Example (anterior) |
Anter/o |
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What is caudad? |
Down, inferior end |
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What is cephalad |
Up, superior end |
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What is the Fowler positon. |
Semi sitting position with slight elevation of the knees |
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What is the lithotomy position? |
Lying on back with legs raised and feet in stirrups |
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What is the orthopnea position. |
Sitting erect in a chair or sitting upright in bed supported by pillows behind the head and chest |
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What is recumbent position? |
Lying down in any position |
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What is sims position? |
Lying on left side with right knee drawn up and with left arm drawn behind, parallel to the back. |
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What is trendelenburg position? |
Lying on back with body tilted so that head is lower than feet. |
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How many regions is the abdomen divide into? |
9 |
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Cell |
Basic unit of life |
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Tissue |
Group of similar cells that perform a specific function |
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Organ |
Two or more kinds of tissue that perform a specific function |
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System. |
Group of organs that work together to perform complex body function |
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Cell membrane |
Body of a cell |
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Cytoplasm |
Substance outside nucleus |
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Nucleus |
Central structure containing chromosomes |
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Muscle tissue |
Produces movement |
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Nervous tissue |
Conducts impulses to and from the brain |
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Connective tissue |
Connects, supports, penetrates, and encases various body structures. |
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Epithelial tissue |
Found in the skin and lining of the blood vessels |
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How many chromosomes in human cell? |
46 |
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How many chromosomes in mature |
23 |
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Genes |
Regions within chromosomes ( determine hereditary characteristic) |
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DNA |
Composes each gene, regulates cell activity |
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Ingumentary system |
Skin, nails, glands |
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Respiratory system |
Nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, and lungs. |
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Urinary system |
Kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra |
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Cranial cavity |
Brain |
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Spinal cavity |
Spinal cord |
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Thoracic cavity |
Heart, lungs, esophagus, trachea, bronchi |
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Abdominal cavity |
Stomach, intestines, kidneys, liver, gallbladder, pan |
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Pelvic cavity, |
Urinary bladder, certain reproductive organs, parts of small and large intestine, rectum. |
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What does gen mean in suffix |
Substance that causes cancer Example: carcinogen |
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What does genic mean in suffix |
Producing, originating, causing Example: cytogenic |
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What is ellipsis |
The practice of omitting an essential part of a word by common consent. |
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What two categories are medic terms divided into. |
Built from word parts Not built from word parts |
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What is word root? |
Fundamental meaning of a medical term, core of the word |
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What is prefix |
Attached to the beginning of a medical term to modify meaning |
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What is suffix |
Attached to the end of a medical term to modify its meaning |
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What is combining vowel |
Used to ease pronunciation, usually an o |
