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Question | Answer |
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1. apo | Separation |
2. –desis | binding |
3. Intra | : within |
4. –malacia | softening |
5. Quad | four |
6. Amputation | Surgical excision of a limb, part or other appendage |
7. Aponeurosis | A fibrous sheet of connective tissue that serves to attach muscle to bone or other tissue |
8. Atrophy | a lack of nourishment; a wasting of muscular tissue that may be caused by lack of use |
9. Brachialgia | Pain in the arm |
10. Diaphragm | The partition, of muscles and membranes, that separates the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity. |
11. Dystrophy | Faulty muscular development caused by lack of nourishment |
12. Fascia | a thin layer of connective tissue covering, supporting, or connecting the muscles or the inner organs of the body. |
13. Fascioplasty | surgical repair of a fascia |
14. Flaccid | lacking muscle tone, weak, soft and flabby |
15. Insertion point | the point of attachment of a muscle to the part that it moves |
16. Isometric | pertaining to having equal measure |
17. Isotonic | pertaining to having the same tone or tension |
18. Lordosis | abnormal anterior curve of the spine |
19. Myolysis | destruction of muscle tissue |
20. Myosarcoma | a malignant tumor derived from muscle tissue |
21. Myomelanosis | a condition of abnormal darking of muscle tissue |
22. Origin | The beginning of anything; the more fixed attachment of a skeletal muscle |
23. Rhabdomyoma | a tumor of the striated muscle tissue |
24. Sarcolemma | a plasma membrane surrounding each striated muscle fiber |
25. Scoliosis | lateral curvature of the vertebral column |
26. Tenodynia | pain in a tendon |
27. Triceps | a muscle having 3 heads with a single insertion |
28. Visceral | pertaining to a viscus |
29. Muscles make up what % of body weight? | 42% |
30. What are the functions of the muscular system? | Responsible for movement, maintain posture (tonicity), help produce heat |
1. Abrasion | Rubbed away due to scrapping |
2. Anaerobic | microorganism which thrives best or lives without oxygen. |
3. Aseptic | germ free |
4. Autoclave | A chamber for sterilizing with steam under pressure |
5. Bactericidal | ability to destroy disease causing bacteria |
6. Biopsy | the removal of tissue for purposes of determining the presence of cancerous (malignant) cells. |
7. Carbolic acid | disinfectant, used to kill germs, founded by Joesph Lister |
8. Cryosurgery | use of freezing temperatures from a probe to destroy abnormal cells |
9. Disinfection | The process of destroying pathogenic organisms |
10. Electrocautery | An instrument couglates small blood vessels. |
11. Hepatitis B | caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) which infects the liver, recommend by dr. that vaccine is given |
12. Hyfrectors | small electrocautery units used to perform minor cautery procedures in the medical office |
13. I&D | incision & drainage; relives the build |
14. Immunity | resistance to disease |
15. Incisions | surgical SMOOTH cut into the tissue |
16. Incubation | period of time during which a disease develops after the person is exposed |
17. Invasive | pathogen enters the body through a portal of entry(respiratory, digestive, reproductive, urinary tract & skin) |
18. Laceration | a wound in which the edges are torn in an irregular shape |
19. What do lymphocytes produce? | antibodies |
20. Nosocomial infection | acquired at the hospital |
21. Pathogen | a disease producing microorganism |
22. Phagocytosis | Process of engulfing, digesting and destroying pathogens |
23. Probe | instrument used to explore wound and cavities usually with a curved blunt point |
24. Puncture | to pierce with an object to make a hole |
25. Sanitization | to make sanitary, careful scrubbing of inserterments |
26. Scrub assistant | a sterile assistant who passes instruments, swabs bodily fluids from the operative site, retracts incisions, and cuts sutures. |
27. Sterile | all microorganisms and spores are killed |
28. Sutures | bring and hold tissues together |
29. Syndrome | A group of symptoms or disorders |
30. Xylocaine | a local anesthetic |