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Chapter 4 Med Terms Flashcards

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Carp/o

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Wrist bones

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Cis/o

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Cut

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Cost/o

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Rib

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Cutane/o

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Skin

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Dactyl/o

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Fingers, toes

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Duct/o

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Lead, carry

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Flex/o

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Bend

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Furc/o

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Branching

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Gloss/o

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Tongue

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Glyc/o

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Sugar

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Immun/o

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Protection

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Morph/o

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Shape, form

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Mort/o

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Death

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Nat/i

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Birth

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Norm/o

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Rule, orderOx/o

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Ox/o

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Oxygen

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Pub/o

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Pubis; Anterior portion of the pelvis

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Seps/o

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Infection

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Somn/o

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Sleep

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Son/o

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Sound

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Tens/o

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Force, strain, stretch

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The/o

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Put, place

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Thel/o, Theli/o

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Nipple

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Thyr/o

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Thyroid gland; Shield

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Top/o

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Place, position, location

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Tox/o

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Poison

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Trache/o

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Windpipe, trachea

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Urethr/o

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Urethra

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-crine

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Secrete

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-drome

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Run

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-fusion

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Coming together, to pour

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-gen

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Substance that produces

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-lapse

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Sliide, fall, sag

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-lysis

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Breakdown, destruction, separation

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-meter

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Measure

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-mission

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Send

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-or

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One, who

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-oxia

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Oxygen

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-partum

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Birth, labor

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-phoria

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Bear, carry, feeling (mental state)

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-physis

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Grow

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-plasia

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Development, formation, growth

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-plasm

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Structure or formation

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-pnea

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Breathing

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-ptom

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Happening, occurance

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-ptosis

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Falling, drooping, prolapse

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-rrhea

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Flow, discharge

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-stasis

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Stopping, controlling

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-trophy

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Development, nourishment

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A-, An-

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No, not, without

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Ab-

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Away from

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Ad-

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Toward

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Ana-

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Up, apart

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Ante-

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Before, forward

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Anti-

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Against

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Auto-

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Self, own

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Bi-

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2

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Brady-

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Slow

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Cata-

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Down

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Con-

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With, together

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Contra-

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Against, opposite

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De-

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Down, lack of

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Dia-

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Through, complete

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Dys-

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Abnoraml, bad, difficult, painful

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Ec-

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Out, outside

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Endo-

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In, within

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Epi-

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Above, on, upon

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Eu-

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Good, normal

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Ex-

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Outside, out

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Hemi-

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Half

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Hyper-

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Excessive, above

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Hypo-

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Under, deficient

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In-

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Not
Into, without

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Infra-

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Beneath, under

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Inter-

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Between

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Intra-

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In, within, into

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Macro-

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Large

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Mal-

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Bad

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Meta-

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Change, beyond

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Micro-

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Small

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Neo-

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New

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Pan-

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All

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Para-

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Abnormal, beside, near

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Per-

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Through

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Peri-

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Surrounding

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Poly-

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Many, much

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Pre-

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Before, in front of

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Pro-

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Before, forward

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Pros-

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Before, forward

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Re-

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Back, again

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Retro-

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Behind, backward

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Sub-

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Under

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Supra-

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Above, upper

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Syn-, Sym-

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Together, with

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Tachy-

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Fast

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Trans-

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Across, through

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Ultra-

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Beyond, excess

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Uni-

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One

99
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Serious bacterial infection of the blood

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Septicemia

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Waste materials are separated via a machine when the kidneys are no longer functioning

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Hemodialysis

101
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Can cause microcephaly during pregnancy

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Zika Virus Infection

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Common endocrine glands located above each kidney

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Adrenal glands

103
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Adrenal glands secrete this hormone

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Adrenaline (Epinephrine)

104
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Adrenal glands cause bronchial tubes to ____, heart to beat ___, and BP to ___

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Widen, rapidly, rise

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Normal pregnancy implantation is in the

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Upper portion of the uterus

106
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This type of pregnancy occurs most commonly in the fallopian tube

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Ectopic pregnancy

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What is the difference between these 3 things that affect the cells:
Hyperplasia
Hypertrophy
Atrophy

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HP - Increased # of cells
HT - Cells increase in size
AT - Cells decrease in size

108
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Uterus descends into the vaginal canal

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1st degree prolapse

109
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Body of uterus is still within the vagina, but cervix protrudes from the vaginal opening

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2nd degree prolapse

110
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Entire uterus projects outside the orifice

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3rd degree prolapse

111
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What are the treatments for a prolapsed uterus

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May be held in position by plastic pessary
May require hysterectomy

112
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This condition causes webbed toes and is a hereditary congenital anomaly of the fingers and/or toes

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Syndactyly

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This condition occurs when breathing suddenly stops during sleep and cause require a person to have a CPAP machine

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Sleep Apnea

114
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What does a CPAP machine do

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Used to keep airways open

115
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Body makes antibodies against its own good cells, tissues, and causes inflammation and injury

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Autoimmune disease

116
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What are 3 examples of autoimmune disease and what do they affect

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Rheumatoid arthritis - Joints
Celiac disease - Intestinal tract
Grave disease - Thyroid gland

117
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Special fluid is inserted into the peritoneal

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Peritoneal dialysis

118
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____ material such as urea seep into the fluid from the ___ during a period of time

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Waste material, blood

119
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Objective finding that is perceived by an examiner
Examples

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Sign
Fever, rash, hyperglycemia

120
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Subjective change in condition as perceived by the patient
Examples

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Symptoms
Loss of appetite, abdominal pain, fatigue

121
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Occurs when 2 organisms liver together in close association either for mutual benefit or not

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Symbiosis

122
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Foreign substance stimulates the production of antibodies

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Antigen

123
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Protein substances made by WBC in response of the prescence of foreign antigens

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Antibodies

124
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Reaction between an antigen and antibody

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Immune response

125
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Receiving dead or weakened antigens that stimulate WBC to make antibodies

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Vaccine

126
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Clinical signs of HDN

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Jaundice resulting from excessive destruction of RBC’s

127
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Irregularity in a structure or organ

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Anomaly

128
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Process of taking a gene from one organism and inserting it into the DNA of another organism

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Recominant DNA Technology

129
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Acronym for new DNA editing tool that changes DNA sequences to turn off genes or to replace them with new version

A

CRISPR

130
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Group of signs or symptoms that appear together to produce a typical picture of a disease or inherited abnormality

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Syndromes

131
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Characterized by vomiting, swelling of the brain, increased intracrainial pressure, hypoglycemia, and dysfunction of the liver

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Reye syndrome

132
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Rey syndrome may occur in

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Children after a viral infection has been treated with aspirin

133
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Inherited connective tissue disorder marked by a tall, thin body type with long “spidery” singers and toes, elongated head and heart, blood vessel and ophthalmic abnormalities

A

Marfan Syndrome

134
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Portion of the prostate gland is removed with a resectoscope passed through the urethra

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Transurethral Resection of the Prostate Gland (TURP)

135
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Procedure indicated when prostatic tissue increases (hyperplasia) and interferes with urination

A

Benign prostatic hyperplasia

136
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Diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves to produce an image of an organ or tissue

A

Ultrasonography

137
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Ultrasound images of the heart

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Echocardiogram

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