Combing Forms Flashcards
Which body cavity contains the pleural cavity and the mediastinal?
Thoracic
Which body cavity contains the peritoneum?
Abdominal
Name the abdominopelvic region that is located in the central region near the navel
Umbilical
Name the abdominopelvic region that is located in the lower middle below the umbilical region
Hypogastric
What term means process of cutting the skull?
Craniotomy
What term means fear of heights?
Acrophobia
A rectocele is?
Protrusion of a portion of the rectum toward the vaginal wall
Which blood cells are necessary for clotting?
Thrombocytes
What is the name of the pigment produced from the breakdown of hemoglobin during red blood cell destruction?
Bilirubin
What is the function of villi?
To help increase the surface area the intestine has for absorption
What are three sections of the colon and the functions?
The ascending colon, the transverse colon, the descending colon
What is emulsification?
The breakdown of large fat globules into smaller uniformly distributed particles
What happens if bilirubin cannot leave the body and remains in the blood stream?
Hyperbilirunemia
What is the function of insulin?
To lower blood sugar
What term means swallowing?
Deglutition
Removal of the voicebox?
Larngectomy
Protrusion of the eyeball?
Exophthalmos
Tumor of the bone marrow
Osteogenicsarcoma
Blockage of blood?
Escemic
Between the ribs?
Intercostals
Repair of a blood vessal?
Angioplasty
Excessive sugar in the blood?
Hyperglycemia
Liver tumor?
Heptoma
Surgical puncture of the uterus of amniotic fluid
Amniocentesis
