History of Healthcare
Father of medicine
Hippocrates
Degree requiring approx. 2 years of college
Associate's degree
Chest cavity
Thoracic cavity
Blood vessels do this when it's hot to regulate body temperature
Dilate (get larger)
Smallest bone in the body
Stapes
Founder of nursing
Florence Nightingale
Degree requiring approx. 4 years of education at a University
Bachelor's degree
Cavity containing stomach, liver, and intestines
Abdominal cavity
This type of blood vessel sends blood AWAY from the heart
Artery
Largest bone in the body
Femur
Founder of the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
Performing duties that you are legally allowed to do
Scope of practice
This separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities
Diaphragm
AKA breast bone
Sternum
The human body contains approx. this % of water
60%
WHO
World Health Organization
Careers using tests/imaging to help a doctor form a diagnosis
Diagnostic service careers
Plane that divides the body into top and bottom
Transverse plane
AKA kneecap
Patella
# of adult bones
206
CDC
Centers for Disease Control
You can earn these 2 certifications at Moody HS your Junior year
EKG and phlebotomy
Plane that divides the body into front and back
Frontal (coronal) plane
AKA the colon
Large intestines
Average adult heart beat per minute (range)
60-100