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Intro Exam Worksheet

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Word parts that come at the beginning of words   prefixes  
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Word parts that come at the end of words   suffixes  
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From which direction are medical terms broken down?   Right to left  
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What is a word root   basic meaning of the word  
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What is a combining form   a word root and vowel  
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When do you use the combining forms vowel when adding suffixes   when suffix begins with a consonant  
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List 4 major elements of which the body is made   oxygen; hydrogen; carbon; nitrogen  
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What is the basic structural unit of the body   cell  
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What is the diaphragm   Muscle of respiration that separates the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities  
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What is the mediastinum   space between lungs,  
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organs in the mediastinum   heart; esophagus; trachea; and great vessels  
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Encloses the cell, semipermeable, regulates the movement of materials in and out of the cell   cell or plasma membrane  
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Fluid inside cell, contains nutrients, waste products, etc. that cell need to maintain proper environment   cytoplasm  
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Round body inside cell, "control center" of cell, contains cell instructions   nucleus  
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What is karyotyping   classification of chromosomes by size and arrangement  
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How many chromosomes are there   23 pair or 46 total  
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Round body inside the nucleus, thought to be involved in RNA production   nucleolus  
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"Power plant" of the cell, breaks down fuel to make energy   mitochondria  
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Network of tubes and channels that transports materials from one part of the cell to another   endoplasmic reticulum  
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what does epithelial tissue do   protects and lubricates  
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what does connective tissue do   connect, join, supports other tissue  
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what does muscle tissue do   contracts enabling movement  
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what does nervous tissue do   conducts electrical impulses  
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Which systems have organs that are all lined with mucous membranes (epithelial tissue)   respiratory; reproductive; digestive; and urinary  
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The 3 serous membranes that line body cavities and their location   pleura-covers lungs and lines thoracic cavity pericardium- covers heart, lines pericardial cavity peritoneum- covers abdominopelvic organs, lines abdominopelvic cavity  
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Which type of tissue forms skin and mucous and serous membranes   epithelial  
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Which type of tissue forms bone, fascia, blood, tendons and fat   connective  
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Which type of tissue contracts enabling movement   muscle  
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Which type of tissue relays electrical impulses   nervous  
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Name 3 types of muscle   skeletal, cardiac, smooth or visceral  
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function of skeletal muscle   attached to bones, voluntary and striated  
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function of cardiac muscle   found in the heart, involuntary and striated  
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function of smooth or visceral muscle   found in internal organs, involuntary and non-striated  
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Define tissue   groups of similar cells working together to perform a specific function  
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Define organ   two or more different tissues working together to perform a complex function or common goal  
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Define system   groups of organs working together to perform a complex function or common goal  
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Define homeostasis   The bodies automatic tendency to maintain a constant environment or steady state  
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Define nutrient   any useful substance  
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Define energy   the ability to do work  
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Define metabolism   sum total of all chemical reactions that take place in the body  
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Which phase is the "building up" phase and uses energy   anabolism  
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Which phase is the "breaking down" phase and produces energy   catabolism  
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Osmosis   The movement of water from an area of lesser concentration to an area of greater concentration  
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Diffusion   The movement of particles from an area of greater concentration to an area of lesser concentration  
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What is the difference between diffusion and active transport   Active requires assistance and uses energy Particles are moved against the concentration gradient  
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Function of integumentary system   protection, excretion, respiration  
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Function of skeletal system   framework and support  
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Function of muscle system   movement by way of contraction  
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Function of digestive (gastrointestinal) system   digestion, absorption, elimination  
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Nervous system   provides communication throughout the body  
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Endocrine system   controls, initiate, regulates all body activity (mate to the nervous system)  
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Reproductive system   propagation of the human race  
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Serous membranes   Body cavities are lined with this  
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Serous fluid   Body cavities are known to produce this slippery substance that serves to protect tissues  
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1.5 L   Serous membranes produce this much fluid each day.  
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Serous fluid   Serves to protect and cushion the organs enclosed within  
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Connective tissue   The most abundant connective tissue in the body  
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Joins, connects and supports   The main purpose of the connective tissue  
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Fibroblasts   Bind, connect, make scar tissue  
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Macrophage   Eat and devour  
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Mast cells   Part of inflammatory process. Produces histamine and heparin  
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Plasma cells   Makes antibodies (immune system)  
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Adipocytes   Insulates, cushions, provides energy  
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Gel-like fluid that suspend connective tissue cells   Ground substance or matrix  
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Connective tissue fibers   Collagen, reticular, elastin,  
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Collagen   Very strong, resilient and flexible. Strongest and largest of fibers, rope like  
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Reticular   Mesh like, adhere skin to underlying structures  
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Elastin   Very strong. Can stretch and return to original state  
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Most rigid and dense of connective tissue   Bone  
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Most liquid of connective tissue   Blood  
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Connective tissue known for storing available energy called fat   Adipose  
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Loose aereolar   Connective tissue that binds the skin to the underlying structures  
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Dense fibrous   Connective tissue that makes up the tendons and ligaments of the body  
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Elastin   Connective tissue that surrounds the muscles and blood vessels  
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Cartilage   Connective tissue that protects the ends of all bones  
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Tensegrity   Ability to move in all directions, hold tension  
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Thixotropic   When agitated it liquifies  
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Petrosage, friction   How does a MT use thixotropic properties  
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Piezoelectricity   Electrical current within collagen of the connective tissue  
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Acupuncture   Bodywork modalities that engage piezoelectricity  
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Connective tissue   What is fascia  
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Neuron, neuroglia   Two types of nervous cells  
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Neuron   Conducts electricity  
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Neuroglia   No impulses, supports nervous cells  
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2 divisions of the nervous system   Central, peripheral  
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Brain , spinal cord   Structures within the CNS  
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Spinal and cranial   Structures within the PNS  
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2 divisions of the autonomic nervous system   Sympathetic, parasympathetic  
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Chi, Prana   Eastern medicine that gives concept of the life force that flows through us  
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Meridians, channels   Chinese medicine uses these to tap into life force and correct imbalance  
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12 Meridians   Lung, lg intestine, stomach, spleen/pancreas, heart, sm intestine, bladder, kidney, heart Governor, triple warmer, gall bladder, liver  
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Yin   Negative charge, dark side, parasympathetic, female  
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Yang   Sympathetic, positive, light side, male  
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Yin organs   Liver, spleen, pancreas, brain  
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Yang organs   Hollow organs, heart, lungs  
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Five elements   Fire, earth, metal, water, wood  
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Ayurveda   Right living/knowledge. This form of energy medicine uses the 5 elements in combination to form the dosha  
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Wheel of life   Chakras  
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7 Chakras   Base, saccral, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye, crown  
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Nerve plexus   Chakras are closely related to the nervous systems what?  
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Energy field is composed of   Physical body, etheric body, emotional body, mental body, spiritual body. These fields are called the aura  
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Integumentary   Covers and protects, respiration and excretion  
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Skeletal   Supports structure and framework  
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Reproductive   Propogation of life  
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