Systems
VS
How Does it Work?
Abbreviations
Say WHAAAATT?
100
Division of spinal column in the loin region.
What is lumbar?
100
Flesh VS sacrum
What is Sarco VS Sacro
100
Systems are made of groups of ________, which are groups of _________, which are groups of _________.
What is organs, tissues, and cells?
100
C4
What is the fourth cervical vertebea
100
Coccygeal
What is kok-sih-JE-al
200
A horizontal plane that divides the body or organ into upper and lower portions (cross section)
What is transverse or axial plane?
200
The normal discharge of blood/tissue from the lining of the uterus VS abnormally long/heavy menstrual periods
What is Menorrhea VS Menorrhagia
200
Cholesterol collects in an artery, narrowing it and eventually blocking the flow of blood.
What is Atherosclerosis or arteriosclerosis?
200
CBC
What is complete blood cell count?
200
mediastinal
What is me-de-ah-STI-nal
300
hist(o).
What is a root word meaning tissue?
300
Hematuria VS Uremia
What is blood in the urine VS high levels of urea in the blood?
300
A needle is placed in the pleural space in order to drain fluid.
What is thoracentesis?
300
LUQ
What is left upper quadrent?
300
vertebra
What is VER-teh-brah
400
This flap of cartilage closes over the trachea when swallowing food travels down your esophagus and not the windpipe.
What is the epiglottis?
400
A slight increase in normal WBCs VS a malignant condition marked by a dramatic increase in WBCs.
What is Leukocytosis VS Leukemia
400
The removal of blood for passage through a machine to filter out waste materials.
What is Dialysis?
400
HCT
What is hematocrit?
400
menorrhagia
What is men-or-ra-jah
500
How many vertabrae are in the sacral region?
What is 5?
500
Cardiomyopathy VS Miocardial Infarction
What is chronic disease of the heart muscle VS an accute condition involving area of heart muscle that died due to ischemia.
500
A wire with a collapsed balloon is placed in a clogged artery. Opening of the balloon widens the vessel, allowing more blood to flow through.
What is an Angioplasty?
500
MRI
What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging
500
salpingectomy
What is sal-pin-JEK-to-me
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