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Thoracic cavity - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔below neck to above diaphragm peritoneal cavity - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔space between two membranes that line abd. cavity, separate organs from wall RUQ - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔liver, gallbladder, stomach, vessels LUQ - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔stomach, spleen, pancreas RLQ - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔appendix LLQ - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔intestines axial skeleton - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔skull, spinal column, sternum, ribs
appendicular skeleton - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔extremities, shoulder girdle, pelvic girdle cranium - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔8 bones, frontal, 2 parietal, 2 temporal, occipital, sphenoid, ethmoid face bones - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔14, orbits, nasal bones, maxilla, mandible, zygomatic spine - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔32-33 vertebrae, 7 C, 12 T, 5 L, 5 fused (sacrum), 3-4 fused (coccyx) atlas - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1st cervical, supports skull axis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔second cervical sacral - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔connected to pelvis, attaches axial to appendicular spinal cord - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔16-18 inches, stops at 2nd lumbar chest - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔12 thoracic, 12 pairs of ribs, sternum ribs - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1-10 attach to sternum in front, 1-7 true, 8-10 false, attached to 7th, 11/12 floating
larynx - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔connects pharynx with trachea, voice production, 9 cartilages epiglottis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔covers trachea when eating cricoid - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔lowest larynx cartilage, complete ring trachea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔front of neck, always open, c shaped cartilages (open part faces esophagus), branches into left/ right tubes, right tube shorter/wider/straighter apex of lung - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔above first rib mediasinum - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔between lungs, heart blood vessels esoph trachea nerves right lung - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔3 lobes, shorter bc liver pushes diaphragm left lung - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔2 lobes, notch for heart pleural fluid - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔separate lungs from chest wall
pleurae - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔enclose each lung, parietal (outer) membrane and visceral (inner) membrane inhale - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔diaphragm/ IC contract chest enlarged pressure in lungs low atria - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔upper heart chambers ventricles - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔lower larger thicker heart chambers, pump blood blood flow - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔right atrium gets low o2 blood --> tricuspid valve --> right ventricle --> pulmonic valve --> arteries --> veins --> left atrium --> bicuspid valve --> left ventricle --> aortic valve --> aorta tricuspid - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔right atrium to right ventricle valve bicuspid - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔left atrium to left ventricle valve aortic valve - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔left ventricle to aorta heartbeat origin - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔right atrium function
Frontal lobe - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔goals, personality, short term, inhibition of emotions, motor parietal lobe - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔touch taste pressure pain temp occipital - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔visual temporal lobe - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔language sound personality behavior emotion long term memory taste smell balance cerebellum - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔muscle movements/ balance thalmus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔impulse relay, hypothalamus thirst hunger body temp spinal nerves - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔31 pairs (sensory, motor, mixed) sensory nerves - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔body to brain motor nerves - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔brain to body somatic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔voluntary; relating to the autonomic nervous system.
autonomic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔involuntary or unconscious; relating to the nervous system. sympathetic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Autonomic response of mobilizing energy, fight or flight Parasympathetic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Autonomic response of restoring energy epidermis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔layer containing no blood vessles dermis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔layer containing hair follicles oil sweat glands nerves vessels subcutaneous layer - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔fat, loose attachment to muscle and bone Shoulder Girdle - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔clavicle and scapula Pelvic Girdle - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ilium, ischium, coccyx, pubis, sacrum Disks - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In the spine, mainly water, protect and cushion spinal nerves
Inspiration - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Contraction of diaphragm Expiration - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Relaxation of of diaphragm Cardiovascular system - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔System of Heart, Blood, Vessels Lymphatic System - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔lymph, lymph nodes, lymph vessels, tonsils, spleen, thymus gland Arterioles - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(Branches of Arteries) Connect Arteries to capillaries Capillaries - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Exchange of O2, CO2, and nutrients with tissues Venules - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(Smallest Branches of Veins) connect capillaries to veins Veins - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Return blood to the heart, have 1 way valves, lower pressure Perfusion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Flow of blood through organ or part of the body
foraman magnum - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the opening at the base of the skull through which the spinal cord passes from the brain Peristalsis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔involuntary wavelike contractions of smooth muscle moving material through digestive tract Small intestine - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔duodenum, jejunum, ileum Large Intestine - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, anal canal Thyroid gland - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔heat production, bone growth, metabolic rate Parathyroid glands - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔small pea-like organs that regulate calcium and phosphate balance in blood, bones, and other tissues Adrenal Glands - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a pair of endocrine glands that sit just above the kidneys and secrete epinephrine and norepinephrine pituitary gland - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands Pineal Gland - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔secretes melatonin
Obstructive Shock - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Shock-Blood flow stopped by mechanical or physical obstruction (air in chest and pressure on great vessels, blood in sack around heart and bad contraction) Disease - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Abnormal condition affecting homeostasis Pathology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Study of Disease Cell Metabolism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Sum of all chemical reactions that occur within cells Hypoxia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Lack of adequate oxygen, interferes with ATP production. Brain, heart, and kidneys are affected quickly Ischemia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Reduced blood supply, most common cause of hypoxia Infarct - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Death of cell tissue due to ischemia Necrosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cell and Tissue Death Myocardial infarction - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Heart attack; Death of cardiac muscle due to ischemia.
cerebrovascular accident - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Stroke (Brain Infarct) Hypercarbia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Increased carbon dioxide level in the bloodstream. Wheezing - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Indication of Lower airway blockage (usually fluids or swelling) Cardiac Output - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute (Stroke volume x Heart Rate) Venous Return - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The amount of blood returned to the heart by the veins Hemorrhage - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Excessive or profuse bleeding (causes decreased venous return) Tidal Volume - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Air moved in/out of lungs with normal breath (about 500mL) Minute Volume - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔tidal volume x respiratory rate Ill - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Medical Patient Classification
Pertinent Negative - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔absence of a sign or symptom that helps identify a patient's condition signs and symptoms allergies medications past medical history last oral intake events - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔SAMPLE Patent - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Open (often in case of Airway) Central Pulse - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pulses that are closest to the core (central) part of the body where the vital organs are located; includes the carotid, femoral, and apical pulses. Anisocoria - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Unequal Pupil Size Ecchymosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bluish discoloration around the eyes Edema - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Swelling Distention - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Swelling or stretching.of veins, often relating to backup of blood Occlusive - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Airtight (relating to dressing) to prevent air from entering a wound
peritoneum - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔abdominal lining Origin - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Stationary attachment of the muscle to a bond (Skeletal muscle main part 1/3) Insertion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Movable attachment to a bone (Skeletal muscle main part 2/3) Body - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Main Part of the Muscle (Skeletal muscle main part 3/3) Brainstem - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata form this portion of the brain Meningeal Coverings - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater form this portion of the brain and spinal cord Scalp - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Outermost part of the head Midface - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Area made up of Maxilla, zygomatic bones, bones of the orbit, and cheek bones. Common site of fractures, injury here often causes breathing difficulty
