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| a physical, emotional,behavioral, or cognitive condition that interferes with a person's ability to carry out everyday task, such as working or caring for oneself. |
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| the branch of medicine that deals with the branch of medicine that deals with the causes of obesity, as well as it prevention and treatment. |
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| a condition of having too much body fat, defined as a body mass index of 30 or greater. |
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| development disorders that affect, among other things, the ability to communicate, report medical conditions, self-regulate behaviors, and interact with others. |
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| a condition that is present at birth. |
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| a condition that occurs after birth |
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| continuous positive airway pressure(CPAP) |
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| a device worn by a patient that blows oxygen or air under constant low pressure through a tube and mask to keep airway passages from collapsing at the end of a breath. |
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| a surgical opening in the neck into the trachea |
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| a surgically crated opening into the body, as with a trachestomy, colostomy, or ileostomy |
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| a device that breathes for a patient. |
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| a device under the skin with wires implanted into the heart to modify the heart rate as needed to maintain an adequate heart rate. |
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| automatic implanted cardiac defibillator(AICD) |
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| a device implanted under the skin of the ches to detect any life threatening dysrhythmai and deliver a shock to defibrillate the heart. |
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| left ventricular assist device(LVAD) |
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| a battery powered mechanical pump implanted in the body to assist a failing left ventricle in pumping blood to the body |
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| a tube used to provide delivery of nutients to the stomach. |
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| a tube inserted through the nose and into the stomach. |
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| is a tube surgically implanted through the abdominal wall and into the stomach. |
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| a tube inserted into the bladder through the urethra to drain urine from the bladder. |
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| an external pouch that collects fecal matter diverted from the colon or ileum through a surgical opening in the abdominal wall. |
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| the process of filtering the blood to remove toxic or unwanted wastes and fluids. |
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| a catheter surgically inserted fo lonterm delivery of medications or fluids into the central circulation. |
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| a chemical and/or physical process that reduces or prevents the spread of contaminations from person to equipment; the removal of hazardous substances from employees and their equipment to the extent necaessart to preclude froseeable health effects |
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| an emt or other person authorized by a medical director to give medications and provide emergency care. |
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| decription of medical techniques or practices that are supported by scientific evidence of their safety and efficacy,rather than merely by supposition and tradiotion. |
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| oversight of the patient-care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical Director. |
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| off-line medical direction |
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| consist of standing orders issused by the Medical Director that allows EMT's to give certain medications or perform certain proceedures without speaking to M.D. or another physician |
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| on-line medical direction |
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| consists of orders given directly by the on-duty physician to an EMT in the field by radio or telephone. |
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| a system for telephone access to report emergencies. |
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| the long-term survival of patients. |
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| lists of steps, such as assessments and interventions, to be taken in dirrernt situations. |
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| a process of continuous self-review with the purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that require imporvment. |
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| a policy or protocl issued by a Medical Directorthat authorizes EMT's and others to perform particular skills in certain situations |
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| the introduction of dangerous chemicals, disease, or infectious materials. |
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| critical incident stress managment CISM) |
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| a comprehensive system that includes education and resources to both prevent stress and to deal with stress appropriately when it occurs. |
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| the removal or cleansing of dangerouse chemicals and other dangerous or infectious material. |
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| hazardous material incident |
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| the release of a harmful substance in to the envoiroment |
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| multiple-casualty incident(MCI) |
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| an emergency involving multiple patients. |
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| the organism that cause infection, such as viruses and bacteria. |
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| personal protective equipment(PPE) |
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| equipment that protects the EMS worker from infection and /or exposure to the dangers of rescue operations. |
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| a strict form of infection control that is based on the assumption that all blood and other body fluids are infectios. |
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| a state of physical and/or psychological arousal to a stimulus. |
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| having to do with patients who are overweight or obese. |
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| the proper use of the body to facilitate liffing and moving a ndprevent injury |
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| a method of transfering a patient from bed to stretcher, during which two or more rescuers curl the patient to their chest, then reverse the process to lower the patient to the stretcher. |
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| a method of lifting and carring a patient from ground level to a stretcher in which two or more rescuers kneel, curl the patient to their chests,stand, then recerse the process to lower the patient to the stretcher. |
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| a method of transferring a patient from bed to stretcher by grasping and pulling the loosened bottom sheet of the bed. |
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| a method of lifting and carring a patient during which one rescuer slips hands under the patient's armpits and grasps the wrists, while another grasps the patient's knee. |
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| gripping with as much hand surface as possible in contact with the object being lifted,all fingers bent at the same angle, and hands at least 10 inches apart. |
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| a lift from a squatting position with weight to be lifted close to the body, feet apart and flat on the ground, body weight on or just behind the balls of your feet, and the back locked-in. The upper body is raised before the hips. also called a 'squat-lift position' |
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| a set of regulation and ethical considerations that define the scope, or extent and limits, of the EMT's job. |
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| for an EMT providing care for a specific patient in a specific situation, the care that would be expected to be provided by an EMT with similar training when caring for a patient in a similiar situation. |
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| permission from the patient for care of other action by the EMT. |
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| consent given by adults who are of legal age and mentally competent to make a rational decision in regards to their medical well-being. |
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| the constent it is presumed a patient or patient's parent or guardian would give if they could, such as for unconscious pateient or a parent who cannot be contacted when care is needed. |
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| in place of the parents, indicating a person who may give consent for care of achild when the parents are not present or able to give consent. |
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| being held legally responsible |
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| placing a person in fear of bodily harm |
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| causing bodily harm to or restraininga person. |
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| do not resuscitate (DNR) order |
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| a legal document, usually signed a patient or his physician, which states that the patient has a terninal illness and does not wish to prolong life through resuscitative efforts. |
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| a DNR order; instructions written in advance of an event. |
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| a finding of failure to act properly in a situation in ehich there was a duty to act, that nedded care as would reasonably be expected of the EMT was not provided, and that harm was caused to the patient as a result. |
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| a civil, not a criminal, offense; an action or injury caused by negligence from which a lawsuit may arise. |
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| a latin word meaning"the thing speaks for itself" |
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| an obligation to provide care to a patient. |
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| leaving a patient after care had been initiated and before the patient has been transferred to someonewith equal or greater medical training. |
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| regarding personal standards or principles or right and wrong. |
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| regarding a social system or social or professional expectations for applying principles of right and wrong. |
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| a series of laws, varing in each state, designed to provide limited legal protection for citizens and some health care personnel when they are administering emergency care. |
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| the obligation not to reveal information obtained about a patient exvept to other health care proessionals involved in the patient's care, or under subpoena, or in a court of law, or when the patient has signed a release of confidentiality. |
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| the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a federal law protecting the privacy of patient-specific health care information and providing the patient with control over how this information is used and distributed. |
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| false or injurious information in written form. |
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| false or injurious information stated verbally. |
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| a person who has completed a legal document that allows for donation of organs and tissues in the event of death. |
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| a law that permittes a person to drop off an infant or child at a police,fire,or EMS station or to deliver the infant or child to any available public safety personnel. the intent of the law is to protect children who may otherwise be abandoned or harmed. |
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| the location where a crime has been committed or any place that evidence relating to a crime may be found. |
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| four divisions of the abdomen used to pinpoint the location of a pain or injury: |
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| the pelvic socket into the which the ball at the proximal end of the femur fits to form the hip joint. |
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| joint the joint where the acromion and the clavic meet. |
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| process the highest portion of the shoulder |
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| the microscope sacs of the lungs where gas exchange with the blood stream takes place. |
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| the standard reference position for the body in the study of anatomy.In this position, the body is standing erectm,facing the observer, with arms down at the sides and the palms of the hands forward. |
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| the study of body structure |
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| the front of the body or body part |
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| the largest artery in the body. it transports blood from the left ventricle to begin systemic circulation. |
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| a small tube located near the jnction of the snall and large intestines in the right lower quardant of the abdomen, the function of which is not well understood. its inflammation,calledappendicitis is a common cause of abdominal pain. |
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| the smalled kind of artery. |
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| any blood vessel carring blood away from the heart. |
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| the two upper chambers of the heart. there is a right atrium( which recieves unoxygenated blood returing from the body) and a left atrium(which recieves oxygenated blood returning fromt the lungs). |
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| the ability of thejeart to generate and conduct electrical impluses on its own. |
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| nervous system the division of the preiheral nervous system that controls involuntary motor functions. |
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| the round sac-like organ or renal systen used as a reservoir for urine. |
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| the pressurcaused by blood ecerting force against the walls of blood vessels. usually arterial blood pressure(the pressure in an artery) is measured. There are two types ;diastolic blood pressure and systolic blood pressure |
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| artery of the upper arm;the site of the pulse checked during infant CPR. |
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| the two large sets of branches that come off the trachea and enter the lungs. there are right and left bronchi. |
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| a thin-wall,microscopic blood vessel where the oxygen/carbon dixoide and ntrients/waste exchange with the body's cells take place |
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| cardiac conduction system |
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| a system of specialized muscle tissues that conducts electrical impulses that stimulate the heart to beat. |
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| four divisions of the abdomen used to pinpoint the location of a pain or injury |
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| the pelvic socket into which the ball at the proximal end of the femur fits to form the hip joint. |
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| the joint where the acromion and the clavicle meet. |
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| the highest portion of the shoulder. |
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| the microscopic sacs of the lungs whre gas exchange with the bloodstream takes place. |
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| the standard reference position for the body in the study of anatomy. In this position, the body is standing erect, facing the observer, with arms down at the sides and the palms of the hands forward. |
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| the study of body structures |
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| the front of the body structure |
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| the largest artery in the body. |
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| a samll tube located near the junction of the small and large intestines in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen, the function of which is not well understood. Its inflamation, called appendicitis is a common cause of abdomen pain. |
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| the smallest kind of artery. |
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| any blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart. |
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| the two upper chambers of the heart. there is a right atrium and a left atrium. |
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| the ability of the heart to generate and conduct electrical impulses on its own. |
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| the division of the peripheral nervous system that controls involuntary motor function. |
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| the round sac-like organ of the renal system used as a reservoir for urine. |
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| the pressure caused by blood exerting force against the wall of blood vessels. |
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| artery of the upper arm; the site of pulse checked during infant CPR |
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| the two largest sets of branches tha come off the trachea and enter the lungs. There are right and left bronchi. |
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| a thin-walled, microscopic blood vessel where the oxygen/carbon dioxide and nutrient/waste exchange with the body's cells takes place. |
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| cardiac conduction system |
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| a sustem of specialized muscle tissues that conducts electrical impluses that stimulate the heart to beat. |
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| specialized involuntary muscle found only in the heart. |
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| the system made up of the heart(cardio) and the blood vessels(vascular); the circulatory system.Sometimes called the circulatory system. |
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| the large neck, one on each side of the neck, that carry blood from the heart to the head. |
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| central nervous system(CNS) |
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| the brain and spinal cord |
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| the carotid and femoral pulses, which can be felt in the central part of the body. |
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| a word root with an added vowel that can be joined with other words, roots, or suffixes to form a new word; for example, the combining form therm/o, which added to meter makes the new thermometer. |
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| a word formed form two or more whole words;for example, the compound smallpox formed from small and pox. |
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| blood vessels that supply the muscle of the heart(myocardium) |
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| the top,back,and sides of the skull |
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| the ring-shape structure that forms the lower portion of the larynx |
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| the inner(second)layer of skin, rich in blood vessels and nerves, found beneath the epidermus. |
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| the muscular structure that divides the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity. A major muscle of repiration. |
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| the pressure in the arteries when the left ventricel is refilling. |
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| system by which food travels through the body and is digested, or broken down into absorbable forms. |
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| farther away from the torso |
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| referring to the back of the body or the back of the hand or foot. |
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| artery supplying the foot, lateral to the tendon of the big toe. |
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| system of glands that produce chemicals called harmones that help to regulate many body activties and functions. |
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| a leaf-shaped structure that prevents food and foregin matter from enter the trachea. |
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| a hormone produce by the body. as a medication, it dilates repiratory passage and is used to relieve severe allergic reactions |
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| a passive process in which the intercostal(rib)muscle and the diaphram relax, causing the chest cavity to decrease in size and air flow out of the lungs. |
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| the major artey suppling the leg. |
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| the large bone of the thigh. |
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| the lateral and smaller bone of the lower leg. |
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| a sac on the underside of the liver that stores bile produced by the liver. |
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| the bone of the upper arm, between the shoulder and the elbow. |
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| inadeqate perfusion of the cells and tissues of the ody cause by insufficent flow of blood through the capillaries. Also called shock. |
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| the superior and widest portion of the pelvis. |
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| away from the head; usually comparedwith another structure that is closer to the head(e.g.,the lips are inferior to the nose) |
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| an active process in which the intercoastal(rib) muscle and the diaphragm contract, expanding the size of the chest cavity and causing air to flow into the lungs. |
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| a hormone produced by the pancreas or taken as a medication by many diabetics. |
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| muscle that responds automatically to brains signals but cannot be consciously controlled. |
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| the lower. posterior portions of the pelvis. |
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| the point where two bones come together. |
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| organs of the renal system used to filter blood and regulate fluid levels in the body. |
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| the muscular tube that removes water from waste products received from the small intestine and moves anything not absorbed by the body toward excretion from the body. |
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| to the side, away from the midline of the body. |
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| tissues that connects bone to bone. |
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| the largest organ of the body,which produces bile to assist in breakdown of fats and assist in the metabolism of various substances in the body. |
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| the organs where exchange of atmospheric oxygen and waste carbon dioxide take place. |
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| protrusion on the side of the ankle,The lateral malleolus, at the lower end of the fibula, is seen on the outer ankle;the medial malleolus, at the lower end of the tibia, is seen on the inner ankle. |
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| the superior portion of the sternum |
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| the two fused bones forming the upper jaw. |
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| toward the midline of the body |
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| line a line drawn vertically from the middle of the armpit to the ankle. |
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| line the line through the center of each clavicle |
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