MBLEX Flashcards
The history of medical terminology goes back ____ years.
2,000 years
The names given to muscles are usually descriptive, based upon their relative ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, and ___.
(7)
shapes, sizes, attachments, actions, number of heads, positions, or depths,
SITS
Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Subscapularis
stabilizes the glenohumeral joint. The should gurdle
asclepius
god of medicine
hippocrates
father of medicine
per henrik ling
father of massage
ambroise pare
french barber / surgeon
elizabeth dicke
developed connective tissue massage
james h. cyriax
deep transverse friction massage
levels of complexity of the human organism
atom > molecule > organelles > cells > tissues > organs > organ systems > organisms
cell division, mitosis
IMPAT
interphase - chromatins prophase - chromotids metaphase - equitorial plane anaphase - pull telophase - seperate
the ten important organ systems.
IMDRSCREEN
10
integumentary muscular digestive respiratory skeletal circulatory (blood and lymph) reproductive endocrine excretory nervous
name two muscles that attach to the xiphod process
rectus abdominis
diaphragm
shape of muscle cells (3)
skeletal - cigar shaped
smooth - spindle shaped
cardiac - oval shaped nucleus
muscles shaped like “y” or “h”
cardiac
