Hypo
Under
Acro
Extremities
Digit
Finger, toe
Cardi
Heart
Edema
Swelling
Vaso
Vessel
ISO
Equal
Itis
Inflammation
Brady
Slow
Pneum
Lung
Ectomy
Surgical removal
Viscero
Organ
Dendr
Tree,branching
Cau
Burn
Cyan
Blue
Lact
Milk
Hyper
Above, more than normal
Olfact
Smell
Epi
Upon
Ger
Old
What is the CDC responsible for?
Monitoring outbreak of disease in US
Define outbreak
The occurrence of a large number of cases in a short period of time
What does a vaccine contain
A dead form of an infectious agent that produces immunity in an individual
What is feedback?
A method used to determine if communication is successful
Define non verbal communication
Communicating without words
What is the #1 way to prevent disease
Hand washing
What is the pulse rate for an adult
60-80
What is the average temp. for an adult
98.6
What is the average respiration of an adult
12-20
What is the average blood pressure for an adult
120/80
What does posterior refer to
The back side of the body
What does superior refer to
One structure above another
Adduction refers to what
Moving toward the midline
What does flexion refer to
Bending a joint
Extension refers to
Straightening a joint
Who is Hippocrates
Farther of medicine
Who is Louis Pasteur
Invented pasteurization, farther of microbiology
Joseph lister
Responsible for disinfection
Clara Barton
Helped start Red Cross
Florence nightingale
Started nursing
Alexander Fleming
Invented pencillian
Jonas Salk
Invented polio vaccine
Bifocals were invented by
Ben franklin
Sigmund freud
Psychology founder
Disease found in the 1980’s
Aids
First kidney transplant
1950’s
Avion bird flu caused by
H5N1 virus