Terms Flashcards

(33 cards)

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Ventral

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Pertaining to the belly/front side of the body. The ventral side of the body contains the stomach and the intestines

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Idiopathic

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(Of diseases) arising from an unknown cause

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Stenosis

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The abnormal narrowing of the passage in a body

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Corporal

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Related to the body not the mind

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Mesomorphic

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Having a strong muscular body

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Osteoporosis

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Weak bones due to loss of bone tissue from lack of calcium, mostly seen in postmenopausal women

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Menopause

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A natural decline in reproductive hormones when a woman reaches her 40s or 50s.

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Phonology

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Study of sounds in human speech

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Perirhinal

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Located near the nose area

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Ptosis

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Dropping of upper eyelid due to paralysis or weakness

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Olfactory

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Related to sense of smell

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Geriatric pregnancy

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pregnancies where the birthing person is 35 or older at the estimated date of delivery

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Epithelial

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relating to or denoting the thin tissue forming the outer layer of a body’s surface and lining the alimentary canal and other hollow structures.

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Alimentary

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relating to nourishment or sustenance.

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Alimentary

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relating to nourishment or sustenance.

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Concave

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Curved inward on both sides

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Pharynx

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Passage to the stomach and lungs

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Antra

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A small natural hollow in a bone

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Intrinsic

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Naturally part of something

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Pathogen

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Organism/agent produces disease
- “infectious giant” or “germ”

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Ataxia

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poor muscle control that causes clumsy movements.

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Ataxia

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poor muscle control that causes clumsy movements.

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Prenatal brain development

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Trimester 1: neural tube forms.
2nd Trimester: brain becomes fully developed.
3rd Trimester: last prenatal stage, fetus brain has as many neurons as an adult brain.

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Pronate

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To turn your palm downwards

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Trachea
Tube conveys inhaled air from larynx to lungs
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Larynx
the hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cords in humans and other mammals; the voice box.
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Distinction
Act of swelling or stretching out
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Supine
Lying face up
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Stenosis
Abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body
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Crural
Related to Lower part of the leg
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Sphincter
A ring-shaped muscle that relaxes or tightens to open or close a passage or opening in the body.
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Gonads
glands that produce hormones that are involved in reproduction and other functions of the body.
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Anodyne
Something that calms or soothes pain