- FONDUS
- top portion of stomach
- 2 TYPES OF FATS (TRIGLYCERIDES)
- saturated and unsaturated
- 3 FUNCTIONS OF THE LARYNX
- passageway for air, prevents foreign objects from entering the lungs, produces sound
- 3 PARTS OF THE SMALL INTESTINES
- duodenum, jejunum, ileum
- 3 PARTS OF THE STOMACH
- fundus, body, pylorus
- 3 PARTS OF THE TRACHEA
- bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
- 3 PHASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
- ventilation, exchange of o2 - co2, transport of o2 and co2 to organs and cells
- 3 TYPES OF CARBOHYDRATES
- monosacchrides, disacchrides, polysacchrides
- 5 PARTS OF THER LARGE INTESTINES
- cecum, colon, ascending colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon
- ABDOMINAL AORTA
- part of the descending aorta, located in the abdomen, most common place for an aneurysm
- ABDUCTION
- moving away from the midline
- ABSORBTION
- taking in of nutrients from food into the blood stream
- ADDUCTION
- movement toward the midline
- ADDUCTOR MUSCLE
- four muscles located on medial surface, adducting the thigh,
- AGRANULOCYTES
- white blood cells that dont contain granuals, lymphocytes, monocytes
- ALDOSTERONE
- adrenal cortex, reabsorbs na+ and controls blood volume
- ALVEOLI
- grape-like cluster at the end of the bronchioles where the exchange of o2 and co2 occurs
- AMYLASE
- breakdown of polysacchrides to disacchrides
- ANEMIA
- deficiency in RBC, lack of iron or b12, symptoms include sluggishness, pale
- ANTERIOR FONTAINEL
- larger diamond shaped
- ANTIBODY
- fights off against opposite
- ANTICOAGULANT
- prevents the formation of blood clots, heparin, coumadin(warfin)
- ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE(ADH)
- posterior pituitaru, 2nd hormone, water reabsorbtion (178.5lt)
- ANTIGEN
- genetically determined substance on the outside of red blood cell that signal the body to produce antibodies against a foreign antigen.
- AORTA
- takes oxygenated blood from the left ventricle and sends it to the body
- AORTIC ARCH
- curved part of the ascending aorta
- AORTIC VALVE
- located between the left ventricle and the aorta
- APLASTIC ANEMIA
- serious deficiency of RBC
- APNEA
- absence of breathing
- APPENDICULAR SKELETAL
- extremeties of body
- ARTERIES
- carries oxygenated blood from the heart, except pulmonary artery
- ARTERIOLES
- carries oxygenated blood from the arteries to the capillaries
- ARTICULAR CARTILAGE
- forms a smooth surface on the end of bones within the joint
- ASCENDING AORTA
- carries oxygenated blood to the upper body
- ASTHMA
- bronchiolar constriction triggered by an allergen in the air, exertion, or pathogens
- ATELECTASIS
- incomplete expansion of the lungs
- ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR
- excretion of natriesis, controls atria of heart
- ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE
- located on the floor of the right atrium, slows cardiac impulse from sa node and sends it to the bundle of his
- ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVES
- tricuspid and bicuspid valves between the atrium and ventricles
- ATROPHY
- unused muscle that waste away or decrease in size
- AXIAL SKELETAL
- center of body
- BALL & SOCKET JOINT
- allows movement in many different directions
- BASOPHILS
- granular WBC, releases histamine and heparin
- BICEPS BRACHII
- lies along anterior humerus, make a muscle
- BICUSPID VALVE
- located between the left atrium and ventricle
- BONES OF THE CRANIUM
- frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, sphenoid, ethmoid
- BREATHING MUSCLES
- intercostal and diaphragm
- BRONCHI
- branches r & l from the trachea, start of the bronchial tree, exchanges air
- BRONCHIOLES
- smallest subdivision of the bronchial tree, regulates air flow, contains smooth muscle
- BUCCINATOR
- trumpeters muscle, chewing muscle, inserts into the orbicularis oris and flattens the cheek when contracted.
- BURSAE
- sacs filled with synovial fluid between the joint and the tendons
- CALCANEUS
- heelbone, supports most of the body weight
- CANCER OF THE LUNGS
- tumor that grows and obstructs air passages causing them to collapse, and eventually become infected
- CAPILLARIES
- o2 transfer, connects arterioles to venules
- CARDIAC MUSCLE
- found only in the heart where it's function is to pump blood. classified as straited and involuntary.
- CARPALS
- eight bones of the wrist
- CAUSES FOR KIDNEY/RENAL FAILURE
- hypertension, kidney failure, uncontrolled diabetes
- CAUSES FOR UREMIA
- trama to kidney, infection
- CERVICAL VERTEBRAE
- c1-c7 located in the neck region
- CHEMICAL BREAKDOWN
- breakdown by enzymes, bile, saliva, hci
- CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISORDER
- various combination of asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema, most serious complication is heart and respiratory failure ( fluid in the chest)
- CHRYNE-STOKES RESPIRATIONS
- irregular breathing pattern characterized by a series of shallow breaths that gradually increase in depth and rate and then decrease-followed by apnea of 10 - 60 seconds and then repeats
- CIRCLE OF WILLIS
- where the internal and vetebral arteries connect
- CIRCUMDUCTION
- turning in a circular motion
- CLAVICAL
- collarbone, attaches with the sternum and the scapula
- COCCYX
- make up of 4-5 small coccygeal vertebrae fused together( tail bone)
- COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT
- provides information on amount of each elements of blood
- COMPLETE PROTEINS
- easily roken down
- COMPOSITION OF BLOOD
- made up of 55% plasma & 45% formed element(rbc,wbc,plt)
- COMPOUND FRACTURE
- break in bone with open skin
- CONTRACTURE
- abnormal formation of fibrous tissue within the muscle. freeze from prolonged period of immobilization.
- CORONARY ARTERIES
- brings oxygenated blood to the myocardium
- COXAL BONE
- hip bone, also called the oscoxae, contains ilium, ischium and pubis
- CREATINE
- accumulates in plasma
- CYANOSIS
- bluish color to the skin or mucous membrane due to a low concentration of oxygen in the blood
- DELTOID
- forms rounded portion of shoulder, under shoulder pad, extends from clavicle and scapula to humerus, abducts arms to horizontal position
- DEOXYGENATED SIDE OF HEART
- right
- DESCENDING AORTA
- carries oxygenated blood to the lower body
- DETRUSOR MUSCLE
- smooth muscle
- DIAPHRAGM
- dome shaped muscle seperates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity, cheif muscle in breathing,
- DIGESTION
- breaking down of food
- DIRECTIONS FOR DIALYSIS
- 3-4 hours/day, 3x weekly, for end stage renal failure, monitor vital every 1/2 hour
- DISACCHRIDES
- two sugars aid in amylase
- DORSIFLEXION
- bending the toe up toward the leg
- DRUGS USED FOR LUNGS
- bronchiodialater, albuteral, nebulizer, flo vent
- DUODENUM
- 10 inchest long, major digestion area, first part of the small intestines
- DYSPNEA
- difficult or labored breathing
- EMBOLUS
- traveling clot in the blood
- EMPHYSEMA
- puffed up alveoli barrel chest
- ENDOCARDIUM
- inner most layer of the heart
- EOSINOPHILS
- granular leukocyte that stains red, inflammatory response, elevated in a person with allergies
- EPICARDIUM
- outermost layer of the heart
- EPIGLOTTIS
- flap that helps prevent foreign bodies from entering the lungs
- EPIPHYSEAL DISC
- growth plate
