HSC chapt 2
Terms
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- Adipose
- fatty tissue
- Anterior
- in front of
- Bilateral
- pertaining to 2 sides
- Biology
- study of life
- Cytology
- study of cells
- Dehydrate
- to remove water away from body
- Distal
- farthest from the center or point of origin
- Histology
- study of tissue
- Horizontal
- laying flat
- Inferior
- located below or in a downward direction
- Inguinal
- pertaining to the groin, or near the groin
- Internal
- within or the inside
- Lateral
- side
- Pathology
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study of disease
Any body tissue or foreign body that is removed must be identified by the Pathologist. This could be anything from a small mole to an amputated leg.
-The Pathology report is a written report that is a permanent part of the patient’s medical record. The pathologist is a physician. [A foreign body is anything that is “in” the body but is not a natural - Physiology
- study of the nature of living organisms
- Posterior
- toward the back
- Proximal
- nearest the center or point of origin, nearest the point of attachment
- Superficial
- surface, or near surface; skin scratch
- Systemic
-
body as a whole
Examples:
1) The physician might order a medication that has a systemic effect rather than a local effect.
2) Some diseases have systemic effects. - Topical
- Topical medications are absorbed through the skin, such as anything that you would apply on topic of the skin.
- Unilateral
- pertaining to one side
- Ventral
-
front side of body, abdomen, belly surface
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