Vocab
This term refers to the arms, legs, hands, and feet.
What are extremities?
This term means "toward the front of the body."
What is anterior?
Fingerprints are formed at this stage of life.
What is before birth?
This is the jelly-like fluid inside the cell that supports organelles.
What is cytoplasm?
This system includes organs like the stomach and intestines.
What is the gastrointestinal system?
This is a hormone used to treat diabetes.
What is insulin?
This plane divides the body into top and bottom halves.
What is the transverse plane?
This type of print is invisible and requires special tools to see.
What is a latent print?
This organelle makes ATP through cellular respiration.
What is the mitochondria?
This cavity contains the brain.
What is the cranial cavity?
A tool used to examine the inside of the eye.
What is an ophthalmoscope?
This term describes a structure farther from the surface of the body.
What is deep?
The most common fingerprint pattern.
What are loops?
This "post office" organelle modifies, packages, and ships materials.
What is the Golgi apparatus?
The large central vacuole is found in this type of cell.
What is a plant cell?
This word describes a condition where a patient can't control either their bladder or bowels, and it's often associated with neurological damage.
What is incontinence?
A CT scan shows horizontal "slices" of the body. What plane is this, and what does it divide?
What is the transverse plane; it divides the body into superior and inferior parts?
Explain how super glue fuming works and why it must be done in a sealed space like a petri dish.
What is: fumes from cyanoacrylate react with fingerprint moisture, hardening the residue into a white print; it needs a sealed space to contain and concentrate the fumes?
These two organelles are found only in plant cells and allow them to perform functions animal cells cannot. Name both.
What are the cell wall and chloroplasts?
What are two key differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
What is: prokaryotes lack a nucleus and organelles; eukaryotes have both?
This delivery method avoids the digestive system and goes directly into the bloodstream through an IV or injection.
What is parenteral?
Name all four quadrants of the abdomen and give one major organ found in each.
What are RUQ – liver/gallbladder, LUQ – stomach/spleen, RLQ – appendix/intestine, LLQ – colon/ovary?
Name all three fingerprint pattern types and explain how each is different in appearance.
What are: loops (ridges enter and exit on same side), whorls (circular/spiral ridges), arches (ridges enter from one side and exit the other)?
This organelle is responsible for detoxifying harmful substances and synthesizing lipids. It lacks ribosomes and appears smooth under a microscope. Name it.
What is the smooth ER?
This chart visually tracks vital signs like temperature and blood pressure over time. What is it called, and why is it important in clinical care?
What is a graphic chart; it allows health workers to monitor trends and detect early signs of change or deterioration?