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Ergonomics   Study of human safety in the work areas  
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Genome   Complete set of genetic information  
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Osteorrhaphy   surgical suturing or wiring together of a bone  
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Chondroplasty   surgical repair of cartilage  
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Contracture   normal elastic tissue is replaced with fibrous tissue. permanant tightening  
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Radiograph   xray  
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pyromania   deliberate setting of fires  
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Fissure   groove or crack like sore on the skin  
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Transverse plane   divides top & bottom of body  
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ostomy   artifical opening  
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ectomy   surgical removal  
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otomy   surgical incision  
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plasty   surgical repair  
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Tenodesis   surgical suturing of a tendon to a bone  
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Fascioplasty   surgical repair of a fascia  
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Neuritis   inflammation of a nerve  
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frontal lobe   controls motor functions  
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temporal lobe   controls senses, hearing smell and the abililty to create and store new information ( speech)  
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occipital lobe   controls eyesight and vison reflexes  
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Parietal lobe   receives & interpruts nerve impulses from sensory receptors.  
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Caudal   toward lower part of the body  
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cephalic   toward the head  
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rrhagia   bleeding sudden severe bleeding  
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Hepat/o   liver  
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Amyotrophic lateral scleosis ALS Lou Gehrigs Disease   rapidly progressive neurological disease. attacks the neruons that control muscle movement  
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abdominal regions (9)   r & l iliac, hypogastric, r & l lumbar, umbilical, epigastric, l& r hypocondriac  
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Koilonychia   malformation of nail, concaved or spoon shaped  
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anatomic position   standing erect facing forward arms at side palms facing forward  
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alzheimer's disease   progressive degenerationthat affects both memory & reasoning capibilities  
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elevation   ^ upwards  
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depression   lowering of a body part  
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idiopathic   illness without a cause  
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infectious   illness caused by a pathogentic organism, (viruses & bacteria)  
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organic disorder   symptoms caused by detectable physical changes ( chicken pox)  
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functional disorder   no physicological or anatomical causes can be identified  
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Dysthymia   low grade chronic depression  
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hallucination   seeing things that are not there  
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myc/o   fungus  
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bloodborne transmission   contact with containminated blood  
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hyperhidrosis   increased sweating in one area or all over the body  
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prenatal   pretaining to before birth  
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perinatal   time aurrounding birth  
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postnatal   time and events after birth  
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sciatica   causes a burning pain and tingling along the thigh, leg & foot  
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pronation   rotating a limb so it is downward and backward  
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supination   rotating limb forward and upward  
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abduction   movement away from limb away from midline  
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adduction   movement of limb toward the midline  
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mytonia   slow relaxation of muscles are voluntary contracion  
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dystonia   abnormal muscle tone that causes impairment of voluntary muscle movement  
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atonic   lacking normal muslce tone or strength  
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dystaxia    
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pediculosis capitas   head lice  
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pediculosis corporis   body lice  
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pediculosis pubis   crabs ( lice in the pubic hair)  
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causalgia   painful burning that results in an injury to a sensory nerve  
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rhytidectomy    
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hirtuism   excess hair on women  
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dura mater   thick outtermost layer membrane  
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pia mater   3rd layer of meninges closet to the brain, consists of connective tissue that contains a rich blood supply  
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arachnoid membrane   2nd layer if meninges and is located between the dura and pia mater  
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coma   a deep state of unconsicousness, no response to painful stimuli  
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stupor   unresposive state, where the patient can be briefly around with vigrous attempts  
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lethargic    
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carpel tunnel   tendons become swollen and inflammed because of overuse  
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foramen   opening in bone where blood vessels nerves and ligaments passs  
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adenoma   benign tumor that resembles glandular tissue or arises in glands  
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patella   knee cap  
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ascending nerve tract   carry nerve impulses toward the brain  
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descending nerve tract   carry nerve impulses away from the brain  
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ganglion   nerve center with clusters of cell bodies outside the CNS  
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plexus   network of intersecting spinal nerves  
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hemiplegia   total paralysis on one side of the body  
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hemiparesis   partial paralysis on one side of the body  
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primary bone cancer   rare maligment tumor that originates in bone  
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nosocomial infection   infection that u catch at a hospital  
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palpitation   racing heart  
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palpation   touch, feel  
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dual xray absortiomerty( DEXA)   measures bone density  
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rrhexis   surigcal repair  
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costochondritis   inflammation of the cartilge in between the ribs  
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spina bifida   congential defect where the spine does not completelyy close and protect the spinal cord  
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pyr/o   fever or fire  
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physiology   study of the functions and structures of the body  
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anatomy   study of the structures of the body  
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acetabulum   hib bone  
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scoliosis   lateral curvature of the spine  
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lordosis sway back   forward curvature of the spine  
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kyphosis humpback   outward curvature of the spine  
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