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What is Anatomy? |
The study of body structues and the relation of one part to another.
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What is Physiology?
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The study of how the body works
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What is Embriology?
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The study of the develpoment of body from egg or ovum
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What is the smallest unit of life?
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Cell, and its the basic structural unit of all living things
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What are Cells composed of?
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Protoplasm which is a viscid jelly like substance |
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What is the selective permeble membrane surrounding the cell called?
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Plasma Membrane
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What is difusion?
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The passing of gasses and solids through the plasma membrane.
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What controls the chemical reaction in a cell and its in the center of a cell?
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Nucleus
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Every human has how many chromosomes
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46
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What is a Amoeba?
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A unicellular animal
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What is the substance in the center of the nucleus called?
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Necleoplasm
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What are the four types of tissues?
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Connective, Muscular, Epithelial and Nervous
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What is the linning tissue of the body?
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Epithelial
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What are the three categories of Epithelial tissue?
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Columnar, Squamous, and Cubidal
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The chief fuction of the columnar tissue is?
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To secrete digestive fluids and absorption of nutrients from digested foods
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What are the microscopic hairlaike processes in nostrils and bronchial tubes?
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Cilia
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The main protective tissue in the body is?
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Squamous tissue
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This tissue secretes and absorbs fluids
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Cuboidal tissue
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What is Adipose tissue?
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Fatty tissue that acts as energy producing foods and helps to reduce body heat
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What tissue is also known as bone tissue?
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Osseous tissue
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What are the 3 types of musular tissue?
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Skeletal, smooth and cardiac
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What involuntary muscles have smooth or non striated muscle fibers?
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Smooth muscles, such as the heart, intestines and blood vessels.
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What muscle is striated or striped and under the control of the individual?
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Skeletal muscle
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The basic cell for the Nerve tissue is ?
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Neuron
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The body has how many bones?
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206
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The study of bones?
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Osteology
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Bones are made of...
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Inorganic mineral salts and organic substance called ossein
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What is the hard outer shell of the bone called?
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Compact Bone
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The thin outer membrane surrounding he bone is called...
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Periosteum
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The diaphysis (shaft) is the elongated, cylindrical portion of the bone between (end of bones) aka....
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Epiphyses
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What are some examples of long bones?
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Femur and humerus
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What are some examples of short bones?
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Wrist and ankle
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What are some examples of flat bones?
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Skull, sternum and scapula
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Example of Irregular bones?
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Vertebrae, Mandible and pelvic bones
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The skull has how many bones?
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28, 22 of those bones form the framework of the head.
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What are the seams on the skull are called?
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Sutures
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Examples of Cranial bones are
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Frontal, Pariental, Occipital, Sphenoid and the ethmiod.
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How many facial bones are in the body
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14 bones
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How many immovable bones are in the body?
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13
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Where is the only facial bone that can move located?
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Lower Jaw (mandable)
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The vertebrae protects the spinal cord and seperates into how many parts?
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5 parts
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What are the 5 parts of the vertebrae?
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Cervical 7, Thoratic 12, Lumbar 5, Sacral, Coccygeal
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The first seven ribs are known as the...
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True ribs
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The last two ribs are called...
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Floating ribs
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What bone is also called the collar bone?
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Clavicle
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What is the triangulated bone in the body called?
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Scapula
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What bone is the longest bone in the body?
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Femur
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What two bones form the arm?
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radius and Ulna
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The hip bone is also known as what kind of bone
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Innominate bone
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What is a contracting muscle aslo known as?
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Prime mover
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What gives muscles firmness?
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Tonicity which is a partial contraction
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What muscle aids in chewing and raises the lower jaw?
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Masseter
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What mucsle allow for your head to turn but if damaged you will have a "stiff neck"
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Sternocleidomastoid
(sternum,clavicle, mastoid) |
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What is the longest muscle in the body?
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Sartorius
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The largest organ in the body?
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Skin
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What is skin made of?
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Epidermis and dermis
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The average amount of blood in an Adult?
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5-6 liters
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How long do RBC's live?
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100 to 120 days
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what is known as the "graveyard" for RBC's
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Spleen
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WBC's are also known as...
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Leukocytes
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1 white cell for every___ red cells
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600
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Average WBC count is?
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6000 to 8000 per cubic mm
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What is the WBC secondary fuction?
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To aid in clotting
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How many chambers does the heart have?
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4
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The heart valve that has 3 valves is called?
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Tricuspid valve
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What is the heart muscle called?
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Myocardium
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Systole is the period of ___ and Diastole is the period of _____
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work, rest
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A pacemaker is also known as
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Sinoatrial
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What is the diffrence with systole and diastole called?
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Pulse pressure
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What are the three catergoories of blood vessles?
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Arteries, Capillaries and Veins
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How many miles of capillaries are in the body?
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60,000 miles
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What are the 3 principals of the venous system?
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Pulmonary, Portal, and systemic
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The voice box is also known as the
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Larynx
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What is the trachea also known as?
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Windpipe
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What are Alveoli?
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Microscopic air sacs and is also where the air and CO2 exchange occur.
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how much air does the lungs hold?
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6,500ml but only 500ml is exchanged
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The nerve that controls the diaphragm?
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Phrenic nerve
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How many ml of spinal fluid protect the brain?
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75ml
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How many pairs of cranial nerves are there?
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12 pair
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The pituitary gland is also called the what?
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Master gland
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Daily void output is how many liters?
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1.5 L
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What does it mean if 10 to 15 liters of urine is produced?
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The ADH hormone was not produced and this person has diabetes insipidus
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The excess of sugar in the blood is known as
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Diabetes mellitus
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Cells aranged in a group in the pancreas is called
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Island of Langerhans
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The area of sharpest vision is called
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Fovea centralis
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The Jelly like substance inside the eye is called?
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Vitreous Humor
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For the eyes, ___ is resonsible for daylight and ____ are responsible for night vision
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Cones, Rods
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The Eustachian tubes connect the middle ear to the _____
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Pharynx
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How long are the Eustachian tubes?
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36mm long
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How long is the esophagus?
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25cm (10 inches)
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How long is the small intestine?
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7 meters long
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What 3 parts make up the small intestine?
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Duodenum, Jejunum, and Ileum
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How long is the large intestine?
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1.5 meters long
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What three parts make up the large intestine?
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Cecum, colon,and rectum
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What is the strong muscular ring at the end of the large intestine?
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Sphincter
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What is the fuctional unit of the kidneys?
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The nephrons
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How many nehrons are in each kidney?
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1 million
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how long is the female urethra?
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4cm long
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How many pressure points are in the body?
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22, 11 on each side
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What is melena?
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Tarry black stools
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What is hematochezia?
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Excretion of bright red blood from the rectum.
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What is Epistaxis?
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A nose bleed
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What are the 3 methods of anesthesia?
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Topical, local, and nerve block
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How long do you keep in sutures to the face?
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4-5 days
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How long do you keep in sutures to the body or scalp?
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7 days
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How long do you keep in sutures to the back,soles or palms?
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10-14 days when using wires
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Heatstroke has ____% mortality
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20%
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Temperature for heatstroke?
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104 F or greater
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How is morphine given?
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IM 10 to 20mg, 4 hrs apart
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What is the treatment (TX) for anaphylactic shock?
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Epinephrine .3cc
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The spiders in the US are?
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Black widow (hour glass) Brown recluse (violin)
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The labeling system we use for hasmat is?
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NFPA 704 labeling system
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What are the hazmat label colors?
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Red (flammable)
White (special hazard) Blue ( health hazard) Yellow (reactivity) |
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What is Pharmacology?
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The science that deals with the origin, nature, chemistry and effect of drugs.
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What is Posology
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the science of dosage
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What is a therapeutic dose?
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Amount required to have an effect.
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Young's rule?
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Age
_____ x Adult dose Age + 12 |
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Clarks rule?
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Weight x Adult dose
___________________ 150 |
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For relief of angina pectoris use what?
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Nirtroglycerin sublingual (under tongue)
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Inactivated Polio (IPV) must be kept at what temperature?
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2C-8C or 24F-46F
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OPV must be used within how many days?
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7 days at -10C
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Yellow fever must be kept at what temperature?
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Zero Celcius
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Anthrax is given IM and must be kept at what temperature?
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2C-8C with a booster every year
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What is the DD 1289?
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The DOD presrciption form
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What is the SF 545?
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Lab report display
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What is the SF 550?
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Urinalysis request
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what is it called when WBC's go above normal?
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Leukocytosis
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The normal WBC for an adult is ____ to ____ per cubic ML
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4,500,11000
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The normal WBC for an child is____ to ____ per cubic ML
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5000,15000
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The normal WBC for a newborn is____ to ____ per cubic ML
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10,000-30,000
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Abnormal low count of WBC is?
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Leukopenia
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What are the five types of blood cells?
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Eosinophiles, Basophils, Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes
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The Shillings classification was established by whom?
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Victor Shillings, a german hematologist
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What are the four growth requirements for bacteria?
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Temperature
Oxygen Moisture Nutrition |
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A gram stain positive would stain what color?
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Dark blue
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A negative gram stain would stain what color?
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Pink
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RPR (rapid plasma reagin) card test is used for?
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Syphillis
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The specific gravity of urine is?
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1.015-1.030 during a 24 hour period.
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When was the first time chemical weapons were used in a large scale?
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In 1915 durin WW1 when the germans relased chlorine gas at Ypress with 5000 casualties
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GA, GB,GD,VX is what kind of agent?
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Nerve agent
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What are the characteristics of a nerve agent?
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odorless, colorless, sweet or fruity vapor.
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What is the treatment for Nerve agents?
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2 pam chloride and atrophine, (3max) IM (thigh)
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HD, HN, L, CX are what type of chemical agent?
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Vesicants
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What is a charcteristic of the vesicant HD?
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garlic or horse radish smell
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What is a charcteristic of the vesicant HN?
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Slightly fishy odor
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What is a charcteristic of the vesicant L?
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Fruity odor or geranium
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AC and CK are what type of chemical agent?
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blood agents
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What is a charateristic of the blood agent AC?
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Almond smell
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What is a charateristic of the blood agent CK?
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Irritating odor
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What is the Treatment for Blood agents?
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Amyl nitrate, sodium thiosulfate/sodium nitrate IV
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CG (Phosgene) is what kind of chemical agent?
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Choking agent
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AMAL stands for?
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Authorized medical allowence list. ADAL is dental
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What are the 4 particles of radiation?
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Alpha, Beta, Neutrons, Gamma
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Fat soluble vitaimins are?
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A, D, E ,K
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What is known as the fuel of life?
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Carbohydrate
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How many amino acids are known?
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20 but the body produces all but 9
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vitamin B6 is usually prescribed with what?
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INH (izonizid)
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What is the PHS 731?
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The international certificate of vacinations
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What is the DD 771?
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Eye wear RX form
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1000 series
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Millitary
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2000 series
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Telecommunications
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3000 series
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operations and readiness
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4000 series
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Longistics
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5000 series
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General Admin and management
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6000 series
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Medical and dental
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7000 series
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Finacial
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8000 series
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Ordinance
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9000 series
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Ships design
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10000 series
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General material
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11000 series
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Facilities
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12000 series
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Civilians
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13000 series
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Aeronautics
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1600 series
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Coast guard
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How many sergical compnaies in a medical BN
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3
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NAVSUP P-485 is what?
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supplies and longistics
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GA,GB, GD, VX are what nerve agents?
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GA-TABUN
GB-SARIN GD-SOMAN VX- US ONLY |
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CN,CA,CS are what chemical agent?
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Tear gas, (Lacrimator), smells like pepper
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DM,DC,DA are what chemical agents?
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Vomiting agents
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Antidote for vomiting agents (STERUTATOR)
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Vigorous exercise
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What are the four quarantinable diseases?
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Plague
Yellow fever Small pox Cholera |
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What immunes should not be given to one who is allergic to eggs or foul?
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Typhus
Influenza Measles Yellow fever |
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Which vitamin is called the sunshine vitamin?
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Vitamin D
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A lack in Vitamin D may cause?
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Rickets
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Vitamin A contains what?
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Retinol
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Dry land drowning is a side affect of what chemical agent?
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Choking Agent
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A LHD ship holds how many people?
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342
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A LHA ship holds how many people?
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178
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A LPH ship holds how many people?
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109
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A LHD ship holds how many operating beds?
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6
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A LHA ship holds how many operating beds?
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4
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A LPH ship holds how many operating beds?
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2
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A LPH ship holds how many beds?
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218-222
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A LHD ship holds how many beds?
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604
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A LHA ship holds how many beds?
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367
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