MEDICAL MISC TERMS Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
AUTONOMIC | Functioning INVOLUNTARY. |
CHRONIC | Persisting for a LONG TIME. |
DILATE | Make or become LARGER or WIDER. |
TETRAPLEGIA / QUADRIPLEGIA | Paralysis of all FOUR limbs. |
HEMIPLEGIA | Paralysis or partial paralysis of ONE SIDE of the body. |
PARAPLEGIA | Paralysis of the LOWER LIMBS, may include the BLADDER or RECTUM. |
MONOPLEGIA | PARALYSIS OF one LIMB. |
NEUROLOGY | Study of the diseases of the nervous system. |
ANAPHYLAZIS | Extreme ALERGIC reaction. |
SYNCOPE | A temporary loss of consciousness, caused by a fall in blood pressure. |
ANATOMY | The study of the STRUCTURE & LOCATION of the parts of the body. Focuses on the form of the Organism, that is, all the parts that make up that Organism. |
PHYSIOLOGY | The study of the FUNCTION of the parts of the body. |
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY | Explains what happens when something goes wrong & how disease developes. |
ANATOMY, Form follows Function | Implies that parts of the body look the way they do beause of the tasks that they need to perform. |
DEVELOPMENTAL Anatomy | Focuses on how an individual froms from a fertilised egg all the way to adulthood. |
GROSS Anatomy | Is the study of Larg parts of the body that can be seen with the naked eye. |
HISTOLOGIC Anatomy | Is the study of different Tissue types. |
PATHOS ? | Greek for Suffering. |
PATHOLOGY ? | The study of the Structual changes produced by disease (such as tumors caused by cancer & how they affect an organ). |
PATHOGEN ? | An agent that causes disease, such as a bacterium or virus. |
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ? | The study of the functional abnormalities that occur when a person has disease. |
PATHOLOGIST ? | Examines the structural changes that have occured in an organ as a result of a tumour. |
PATHOPHYSIOLOGIST ? | Focuses on the abnormalities in an organ function that occur because of a tumor. |
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