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Anterior or Ventral
Front or Back
Front
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Posterior or Dorsal
Front or Back
Back
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Coronal Plane or Frontal Plane
A vertical plane that divides the body into front and back sections
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AP
anteroposterior direction involves moving from outside the body through the anterior section and then through the posterior section
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PA
posteroanterior direction involves moving from outside the body through the posterior section and then through the anterior section
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Divides body into upper (superior) and lower (inferior) sections
Transverse Plane/Axial Plane
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Moving superiorly toward head
Cephalad
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Moving inferiorly toward toe
Caudad
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A vertical plane that divides the body into right and left sections
Sagittal plane
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Divide right and left equally
Midsagittal
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From side toward midline
Medial, Medially
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From midline toward side
Lateral, laterally
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This plane divides the body into anterior and posterior portions
Coronal
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Moving from the trunk of the body toward the end of a limb (arm or leg)
Distal
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Moving from the end of a limb toward the trunk of the body
Proximal, Proximally
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The 3 planes
- -Coronal-vertical plane that divides the body into front and back sections
- -Transverse-a horizontal plane that divides the body into top and bottom sections
- -Sagittal-a vertical plane that divides the body into right and left sections
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6 cavities
- -Cranial
- -Thoracic
- -Adbominal
- -Abdominopelvic
- -Spinal
- -pelvic
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Organs within cranial cavity
- -brain
- -cranial nerves
- -related tissue
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Organs within Thoracic Cavity
- -lungs
- -trachea
- -esophagus
- -heart
- -diaphragm
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Organs within the abdominal cavity
- -stomach
- -intestines
- -liver
- -gallbladder
- -pancreas
- -kidneys
- -adrenal glands
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Organs within the pelvic cavity
- -reproductive organs
- -bladder
- -pelvic colon
- -rectum
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Cavity inclusive of the ventral cavity
- -thoracic
- -abdominal
- -abdominopelvic
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Cavity inclusive of dorsal cavity
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5 body positions
- -supine
- -prone
- -Fowlers
- -Trendelenburg
- -reverse Trendelenburg
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Fowler's
Sitting up, varying degrees of fowlers
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Trendelenburg
head down, head higher than feet
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Acute vs. Chronic
- -Acute=sudden onset, short duration
- -Chronic=long, lingering
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Exacerbations vs. Remission
- exacerb/o=increase, provoke
- remiss/o=sendback
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Sequela
a condition which is the consequence of a previous disease or injury
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A term that indicates a disease that does not respond well to treatment
- Refractory
- re- again and agin
- -fract/o- break up
- -ory- having the function of
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The predicted outcome of a disease is known as the
- prognosis
- pro-before
- gnos/o-knowledge
- osis-condition
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Infant is born with cerebal palsy from a decrease of O2 to his brain in utero during development, is categorized as
- Congenital
- congenit/o-present at birth
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Neoplastic
- conditions that cause tumor growth both benign and malignant
- neo-new
- plast/o-growth, formation
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A word that describes disease or condition caused by medicine or treatment given to a patient
- Iatrogenic
- iatr/o-physician or medical treatment
- gen/o-arising from
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Denoting a disease of unknown cause
- Idiopathic
- idi/o-unknown
- path/o-disease
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Healthcare acquired infection
- Hai (aka:nosocomial)
- nosocomi/o=hospital
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Reduction
realignment of broken bone
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Resection
To surgically remove
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Excise
To remove by cutting
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Suffix
-ostomy
surgical creation of an artificial opening
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Suffix
-otomy
surgical incision
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Suffix
-ectomy
surgical excision (removal)
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Suffix
-plasty
process of re-shaping surgically
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Suffix
-rrhapy
Process of suturing
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Combining Form
papat/o
- touching, feeling
- palpation
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Abbreviations
ADL
activities of daily living
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Abbreviations
A&P
- ausculation & percussion
- anatomy & physiology
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Abbreviations
AP
anteroposterior
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Abbreviations
BP
blood pressure
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Abbreviations
Cauti
catheter-associated urinary tract infection
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Abbreviations
clabsi
central line associated bloodstream infection
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Abbreviations
CT
computerized tomography
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Abbreviations
Dx
Diagnosis
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Abbreviations
EHR
electronic health record
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Abbreviations
EMR
electronic medical record
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Abbreviations
ETOH
ethanol (alcohol)
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Abbreviations
SSI
surgical site infection
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Abbreviations
VAP
ventilator associated pneumonia
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Parenteral
IM
IV
SQ
ID
- IM-intramuscular
- IV-intravenous
- SQ-subcutaneous
- ID-intradermal
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Identify the meaning of: A guide pin was inserted to a point 3mm anterior to the cortex
in front of the cortex
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Identify the meaning of: The lungs are lateral to the heart
further from the midline than the heart
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Identify the meaning of: A guide pin was inserted to a point 3mm proximal to the cortex
Closer to the midline than the cortex
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Identify the meaning: A cerebral hemorrhage in the right hemisphere will result in contralateral neurological deficits
On left side of the body
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The groin area is often referred to as the _______area
inguinal
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The cheek area is often referred to as the _________area
buccal
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The predicted outcome of a disease is known as
prognosis
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A stethoscope would perform the part of the physical examination known as________.
Ausculatation
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