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Body organization
(some found in NCLEX review set) terminology used to describe body arrangement/location/direction/motion
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Nursing
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05/18/2010

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let the blood vessels, nerves and ureter enter
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hilum
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erythropoisis takes place in
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red bone marrow
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diaphysis
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shaft of a long bone
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epiphysis
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end of a long bone
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what does the corpus collasm do?
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connects the right and left hemispheres and allows one cerebral hemisphere to share information with th other.
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the hormone that initiates sperm production in the testes is
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FSH
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in women the function if FSH is to
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initiate development of egg cells in the ovaries and increase the secretion of estrogen
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the Xth cranial nerve, the vagus nerve, has which function
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parasympathetic function
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the Xth cranial nerve, the vagus nerve, has which function
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parasympathetic function
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away from the midline of the body; opposite of medial
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lateral
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the part is located away from the center; opposite is central
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peripheral
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this word describes the relationship of the wrist to the fingers
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proximal
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toward the front (the belly surface) of the body; another word is ventral
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anterior
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the body is standing erect, with the face forward, the arms at the side, and the toes and the palms of the hands directed forward
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anatomical position
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Ion
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electrically charged atom or molecule
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Equilibrium
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State in which a system has no net charge
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The human body is __% to __% water
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45-75
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The science concerned with the composition and structure of matter
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chemistry
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physics
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science of the laws of matter and their interactions with energy
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How many elements are found in the human body?
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21
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The smallest part of any element
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atom
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Compound
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formation of two or more elements
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Words based on the names of people
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eponyms
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