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1
Q

Hypo

A

Under

2
Q

Acro

A

Extremities

3
Q

Digit

A

Finger, toe

4
Q

Cardi

A

Heart

5
Q

Edema

A

Swelling

6
Q

Vaso

A

Vessel

7
Q

ISO

A

Equal

8
Q

Itis

A

Inflammation

9
Q

Brady

A

Slow

10
Q

Pneum

A

Lung

11
Q

Ectomy

A

Surgical removal

12
Q

Viscero

A

Organ

13
Q

Dendr

A

Tree,branching

14
Q

Cau

A

Burn

15
Q

Cyan

A

Blue

16
Q

Lact

A

Milk

17
Q

Hyper

A

Above, more than normal

18
Q

Olfact

A

Smell

19
Q

Epi

A

Upon

20
Q

Ger

A

Old

21
Q

What is the CDC responsible for?

A

Monitoring outbreak of disease in US

22
Q

Define outbreak

A

The occurrence of a large number of cases in a short period of time

23
Q

What does a vaccine contain

A

A dead form of an infectious agent that produces immunity in an individual

24
Q

What is feedback?

A

A method used to determine if communication is successful

25
Q

Define non verbal communication

A

Communicating without words

26
Q

What is the #1 way to prevent disease

A

Hand washing

27
Q

What is the pulse rate for an adult

A

60-80

28
Q

What is the average temp. for an adult

A

98.6

29
Q

What is the average respiration of an adult

A

12-20

30
Q

What is the average blood pressure for an adult

A

120/80

31
Q

What does posterior refer to

A

The back side of the body

32
Q

What does superior refer to

A

One structure above another

33
Q

Adduction refers to what

A

Moving toward the midline

34
Q

What does flexion refer to

A

Bending a joint

35
Q

Extension refers to

A

Straightening a joint

36
Q

Who is Hippocrates

A

Farther of medicine

37
Q

Who is Louis Pasteur

A

Invented pasteurization, farther of microbiology

38
Q

Joseph lister

A

Responsible for disinfection

39
Q

Clara Barton

A

Helped start Red Cross

40
Q

Florence nightingale

A

Started nursing

41
Q

Alexander Fleming

A

Invented pencillian

42
Q

Jonas Salk

A

Invented polio vaccine

43
Q

Bifocals were invented by

A

Ben franklin

44
Q

Sigmund freud

A

Psychology founder

45
Q

Disease found in the 1980’s

A

Aids

46
Q

First kidney transplant

A

1950’s

47
Q

Avion bird flu caused by

A

H5N1 virus