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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The body being split down the midline separating the left and right side equally is | Mid-sagittal |
| Sudden onset of a medical issue | Acute |
| Valve between left atrium and left ventricle | Mitral valve/ Left AV |
| Respiration is the process of | Breathing |
| Passageway for food to stomach | Esophagus |
| Two of these take urine (waste) from kidneys to the bladder | Ureters |
| Estrogen is produced on this gland | Ovaries |
| This gland produces GH- Growth Hormone | Pituitary gland |
| Basic functional unit of the nervous system | Neuron |
| Stratum Corneum is the __________ of the epidermis which contains flat dead protective cells | Outermost Layer |
| Muscles that raise the shoulders | Trapezius |
| Stability in the body | Homeostasis |
| The plane in which the body is separated in top to bottom halves is | Transverse |
| Pneumonia is most likely diagnosed using an x-ray/ medically known as | Radiograph |
| Universal blood donor | Type O / RH negative |
| The right lung has this many lobe | 3 |
| Digestion process begins here | Mouth |
| Functional unit of the kidney | Nephron |
| Male gonads | Testes |
| Insulin is secreted by | Pancreas |
| Neurons that carry info away from the brain | Efferent |
| Controls the size of the pupil and gives the eye its color | Iris |
| Bones of the lower leg | Tibia + Fibula |
| Quivering and contraction of a heart muscle can show irregularity in rhythm | Fibrillation |
| The lungs and heart are located in the cavity which has the same name as the med term for chest | Thoracic |
| Path/o means | Disease |
| Layers of the heart from inner to outer | Endocardium, Myocardium, Epicardium |
| Root word referring to nose | Rhin/ Naso |
| Name the 3 components of the small intestine | Duodenum Jejunum Ileum |
| Bowmans Capsule otherwise known as | Glomerulus |
| Sperm is produced in the ______ and stored in the ______ | Testes + Epididymis |
| Melatonin is produced by what gland | Pineal |
| Axons carry impulses away from the cell body many are covered by this white fatty material | Myelin |
| Tympanic membrane receives ______ from the external auditory canal | Sound waves |
| To straighten your elbow is | Extension |
| Sublingual means | Below/ under tongue |
| Directional terms meaning nearest to center of body or point of origin and farthest from center of body of point of origin | Proximal+ Distal |
| Narrowing of the bronchial tubes | Asthma |
| The contraction of the heart is called _____ and represented by the top number in blood pressure | Systolic |
| The windpipe | Trachea |
| Most nutritional absorption on happens in | Small intestine |
| Term for the area between the ureters and the calyxes | Renal pelvis |
| What is cryptorchidism | Testes to descend |
| What gland produces epinephrine | Adrenal gland |
| The 3 protective layers covering the brain are called | Meninges |
| Where is the pinna of the ear located | Outer portion |
| A bone center is marrow then compact bone then | Periosteum |
| Runny nose | Rhinorrhea |
| ________ means toward the mid-line of the body and ________ means toward the side of the body | Medial+ Lateral |
| Unexplained atrophy of the cerebral cortex | Alzheimer's disease |
| The valve that allows blood to flow from the right atrium to the right ventricle | Tricuspid valve/ Right AV |
| The region name that is superior to the stomach | Epigastric |
| Main waste material of urinary system is | Urea |
| Preeclampsia | Onset of HTN- Hypertension) during pregnancy |
| T4 is produced in this gland | Thyroid |
| What are the 4 lobes of the cerebrum | Frontal Parietal Temporal Occipital |
| Tough protective layer of the eye referred to as the white of the eye | Sclera |
| Fat, blood and bone are all _______ tissue | Connective tissue |
| Bariatric medicine refers to | Obesity |
| Moving your arms away from your body such as raising them from your side is | Abduction |
| Metastasis to other tissue means a tumor is | Malignant |
| The __________ takes oxygenated blood from the left ventricle out to the rest of the body | Aorta |
| Mantoux test/ PPD is used to test for | TB/ Tuberculosis |
| The cecum, ascending, transverse, descending and sigmoid are all a part of the | Large intestine |
| Name of the triangular shaped sections within the kidney housing filtration components | Pyramids of Medulla |
| Oscheal is the med root for | Scrotum |
| Oxytocin is produced in the | Pituitary Gland |
| Afferent means neurons carry info ______ the brain | Toward |
| The retina contains the ______ for vision | Receptors |
| Axial of the skeleton forms the ___ of the body | Core/ Axis |
| HTN -High blood pressure stands for | Hypertension |
| 9 regions of the Body Center | Right Hypochondriac R Lumbar R Iliac Epigastric Umbilical Hypogastric Left Hypochondriac L Lumbar L Iliac |
| DRE is used to diagnose BPH what do each of these stands for | DRE- Digital Rectal Exam BPH- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia |
| What is the pericardium | Membrane enclosing the heart |
| Job of the alveoli | Exchange of Oxygen and Carbon dioxide |
| Medical suffix meaning hernia | -cele |
| Medical term for crushing of stones | Lithotripsy |
| Following mitosis each of the two separated cells carry this many chromosome | 46 |
| The system that carries excess fluid and proteins to the circulatory system | Lymphatic |
| Formation of a blood clot in vessel | Thrombosis |
| Located in the inner ear and have sensory receptors responsible for equilibrium (balance) | Semicircular canals |
| The masseter and temporalis muscles control the motion of the | Jaw |
| Atherosclerosis means | Plague in the lining of arteries |
| What regions are lateral of the epigastric region | R+L Hypochondriac |
| Sphygmomanometer is | Blood pressure cuff |
| Localized area of necrotic heat muscle or cell death is referred as | Infarct |
| The flattening and contraction of this part of the respiratory system causes inspiration | Diaphragm |
| Chronic inflammation of the intestinal wall usually ileum and colon is | Crohn disease |
| Cleansing of blood by passing over a permeable membrane system outside of the body | Dialysis |
| Factors that cause malformations in a developing fetus | Teratogens |
| This gland is located inferior to the brain and the master gland | Pituitary gland |
| Spinal cord is made up of this type of tissue | Nervous |
| Receptors for hearing are found in this spiral shaped organ of the ear | Cochlea |
| Name the division of the vertebral column and their number of vertebrae in each | Cervical-7 Lumbar-5 Coccyx-3-5 Thoracic-12 Sacral -5 |
| A protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to tissues and organs in the body | Hemoglobin |
| Vocal folds, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, lungs are all part of | Lower respiratory system |