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Pathology
Odds and Ends
Kinesiology
100
The basic unit of life, makes up tissues and organs
What is a cell
100
Mitosis
What is the process of cell division
100
A malignant tumor involving the melanocytes of the skin
What is melanoma
100
The five basic swedish strokes
What are effleurage, petrissage, friction, tapotement and vibration
100
superior
What is above or in a higher position
200
A group or collection of similar cells
What is Tissue
200
the process by which solid particles are engulfed by the cell membrane
What is phagocytosis
200
a contagious bacterial infection of the skin; characterized by localized skin redness and vesicles around the nose, mouth, axilla, groin, hands and feet that bursts and forms a crust
What is impetigo
200
a term referring to the amount of natural movement within a joint
What is range of motion
200
Proximal
What is closer to the main mass of the body
300
A structure of the body that is made up of a group of tissues and performs a specialized function
What is an Organ
300
composed of flattened cells, this well adapted type of skin cell is found in the interior blood vessels, alveioli of the lungs and glomerulus in the kidney
What is squamous epithelial tissue
300
an eruption of a rash and pustules along a dermatome of the nerve root, burning pain typically precedes the classic rash, can persit for several months...can be caused by dorment chicken pox in adults
What is shingles
300
The use of water as a medium for changing the body chemically, physiologically and mechanically
What is hydrotherapy
300
adduction of the arm
What is moving a horizontally extended arm towards your thigh
400
The skin and accessory organs in it (hair, nails, glands) provide structural support and protection
What is the integumentary system
400
Glands located along the shaft of the hair that secrete sebum
What is sebaceous glands
400
itchy eruptions that usually affect the webs of the hands, wrists, elbows, gluteal cleft, or nipples...caused by infection
What is scabies
400
Developed by Elizabeth Dicke, this modality is a connective tissue massage that follows the pattern of dermatomes
What is bindegewebsmassage
400
Sagital Plane
What is the divider of the body into right and left positions
500
Organs like the brain, spinal chord and nerves make communication, learning and memory possible
What is the nervous system
500
bone cells that build up or repair bone tissue, thus stroing important minerals for future use
What is osteoblasts
500
a condition involving the status of the arterioles in the hands and feet, although it can affect the nose, ears and lips...usually recognized by marked color changes of the skin, nymbness, tingling that can last a minute or several hours
What is Raynaud Syndrome
500
The type of burn in which immersion in cold water is contraindicated
What is third degree burn
500
joint formed by a round, convex surface in a socket or cavity; allow smovement in all planes; indcludes glenohumeral (shoulder) and hip joints
What is a ball and socket joing
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