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chapter 2
chapter 2 flash cards
Term | Definition |
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palpation pal-PAY-shun | to feel |
etiology ee-tee-AW-ioh-jee | the cause |
sequelae seh-KUR-ent | a problem resulting from a disease or injury |
prophylaxis PROH-fuh-LAX-sis | preventive treatment |
palliative PA-lee-ah-tiv | treating the symptoms, but not actually getting rid of the cause |
ventral/antral/anterior VEN-tral/AN-tral/an-TIH-ree-or | the front the word ventral means "stomach" |
caudal KOW-dal | toward the bottom from Latin, for tall |
contralateral KON-traah-LA-ter-al | opposite side |
ipsilateral IP-sih-LA-ter-al | same side |
sagittal SA-jih-tal | divides the body in slices right to left sagitta is the Latin for arrow; think of this as dividing the the body in half, as if someone shot an arrow though it |