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68WM6 Test #2

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What is Anatomy? The Study of Structure
What is Physiology? The Study of Function
What is the Anatomical Position? The reference position where you're standing erect, facing forward with palms forward.
What is the Midsagittal plane? A sagittal plane that divides the body into two equal halves.
What is the coronal plane? A lengthwise plane that divides the structure into Anterior and Posterior sections.
What is the Transverse Plane? A horizontal plane that divides a structure into upper and lower sections.
The Abdominal Cavity contains what organs? The stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and the spleen.
The Pelvic Cavity contains what organs? The urinary bladder, lower parts of the intestines, and contains the reproductive organs.
What seperates the Abdominopelvic cavity and the thoracic cavity? The diaphram
When you divide the abdominopelvic Cavity into 9 regions. What is the region called that's located in the upper R? hypochodriac
The head, neck, and torso/trunk are part of what region? Axial Region
Ligaments connect? Muscle to Bone
Cartilage connect? Bone to Bone
Antiseptic is used for? inshibit the growth and reproduction of microorganisms pertaining to living tissue.
Asepsis Clean technique
Surgical Asepsis Sterile Technique
What is a carrier? A person/animal who harbors and spreads an organism, but doesn't become ill themselves.
incubation Phase Intraval of time when pathogens enter and the 1st symptoms.
Prodromal Phase Intraval of Signs and Symptoms to specific symptoms.
illness Phase Intraval when a pt. manifest S&S.
1st line of defense Muccous membranes, cilia, and normal flora
2nd line of defense Phagocytes, and lysozymes
3rd line of defense Humoral immune response against pathogen
nosocomial infection obtained from hospital after 72 hours of admission.
Mitochondria Energy producer
2 kinds of passive transport? Diffusion and Filtration
Isotonic Solution Equal movement of H2O in and out of cells.
Hypertonic Solution Fluid is pulled out of cell into interstitual fluid. Cells Shrink
Hypotonic Solution fluid is pulled out of interstitual fluid into the cell. Cell Swells
Osmosis deals with? Water
Diffusion deals with? Particles
Filtration deals with? The movement of water and particles of high pressure to low pressure.
How do you check for blanching? squeeze the webbing, index finger, and the 5th digit.
Capilary refill 1 - 3 seconds
Used to determine size, shape and make up of underlying structures. Percussion
The process of listening to sounds produced by the body using a stethoscope. Auscultation
What are signs? objective data as perceived by the examiner.
What are symptoms? subjective data as perceived by the pt.
Apocrine Glands Located in the groin and axillary
Eccrine Glands Respond to an elevated body temperature.
piloerection Goose Bumps
The visible part of the hair? Shaft
Color is determined by? Melanocytes
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