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Digestive system

Brings food into the body and breaks it down so that it can enter the bloodstream.

Endocrine systems

Composed of glands sends chemicals messengers called hormones into the blood to act on other glands and organs

Reproductive system

Produce the cells that join the embryo

Musculoskeletal system

Muscle, bone, joints and cartilage

Respiratory system

Controls breathing

Urinary system

Produces urine and sends it out of the body

Cranial cavity

Is located in the head and surrounded by the skull, the brain and pituitary gland are located in the carnival gland

The thoracic cavity

The chest cavity

Pleura

The lungs are surrounded by a double membrane

Pleural cavity

The space between the pleural membrane

Medistinum

The large area between the lungs the heart, esophagus are in this area

The abdominal cavity

The space below the thoracic cavity

diaphragm

Is the muscle that separates the abdominal and thoracic cavity

Peritoneum

Is the double membrane surrounding the organs in the abdomen

Peritoneal cavity

Is the space between the peritoneal membrane

Retroperitoneal area

Is behind the peritoneum the kidneys are in the retroperitoneal area

Pelvic cavity

Below the abdominal cavity

Pelvis

Is bones and hips that surround the pelvic cavity

Spinal cord

Is the nervous tissue within the spinal cavity

Spinal cavity

Is the space surrounding by the spinal column

Spinal column

Backbone

Disk or disc

The space between each back bone

Cartilage

Is the cushion between the bones

Cervical

Neck 7 bones c1-c7

Thoracic

Chest region 12 bones t1-t12

Lumbar

Loin or waste region 5 bones l1-l5

Sacral

Lower back region 5 fused bones s1-s5

Coccygeal

Tailbone region 4 fused bones

Frontal plane

A vertical plane that divides the body or body part in to front and back portions

Anterior

Front portion

Posterior

Means back portion

Mri

Magnetic resonance imaging

Pharynx

Throat

Epiglottis

A flap of cartilage that closes over the trachea during swallowing

Tracheotomy

The procedure may be performed to open the trachea below the blockage or tumor

Ankylosing spondylitis

With the stiffening of joints primarily of the spine and hip.

Carpal tunnel

Compression of the median never as it passes between the ligament and bone and tendons of the wrist

Gouty arthritis

Inflammation of joint causes by excessive uric acid.

Muscular dystrophy

An inherited disorder characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of muscle fiber

Osteoporosis

Decrease in bone density with thinning and weakness of bone .

Rheumatoid arthritis

Chronic inflammation of joints

Antinuclear antibodies ana test

Test in which a sample of plasma is tested for the presence of antibodies found in pt with systemic lupus erthematosus

Arthocentist

Surgical puncture

Arthrography

Xray imaging of joint

Arthroscopy

Visual examination of joint with arthroscope

Bone density test

Low energy xray are used to image bones to detect bone deficiency

Bone scan

Procedure that which radioactive substances is injected intravenously and its uptake in bones is measured with a special scanning device

Calcium level

Measurement of the calcium in a blood sample

Electromyography ( emg)

Records of the electrical activity of muscle tissue

Erythrocyte sediment rate (esr)

Measurement of the rate at which re blood cells fall to the bottom of a test tube. (High rates are associated with inflammation diseases)

Muscle biopsy

The removal of muscle tissue for microscope examination

Uric acid test

The measurement of how much uric acid (nitrogenous waste)


In a sample of blood

Arthroplasty

Surgical repair of the joint

Laminectomy

Removal of a piece of backbone

Microscopic discectomy

Surgical removal of herniated intervertebral disc with an incision that is 1 to 2 inch long

Vertebroplasty

Surgical repair of vertebrae

Alzheimers

Brain disorder marked by deterioration of mental capacity

Stroke (cva)

Damage to the blood vessels of the cerebellum leading to loss of blood supply to brain tissue.

Concussions

Traumatic brain injury that causes bruising damage to nerves. Loss of consciousness may occur