Levels of Organization
Toward or nearer to the head; cranial
What is superior?
Redness of skin
What is erythema?
The neural tube defect which is characterized ay an abnormal opening in bone and a tuft of hair
What is spina bifida occulta?
The quivering of heart muscle fibers instead of an effective heartbeat
What is fibrillation?
The suffix indicating "suture, suturing"
What is -rrhaphy?
This autoimmune disorder causes dysfunction of the salivary glands in the mouth and the lacrimal glands in the eyes and affects other areas of the body.
What is Sjogren syndrome? (also known as Sicca syndrome)
RLQ
What is right lower quadrant?
The suffix indicating "disease"
What is -pathy?
The pathological condition characterized by pain, numbness, weakness, or tingling that is felt from the lower back into the legs
What is sciatica?
The death of heart muscle cells cue to occlusion of a vessel; commonly called "heart attack"
What is myocardial infarction?
This term refers to diseases and disorders of all body systems.
What is "pathology terms"?
This complex chronic disorder is marked by severe fatigue unrelieved by rest, often worsened by mental or physical activity.
What is chronic fatigue syndrome?
Structural units that are cylindrical in shape
What are simple columnar cells?
The term for pigment[cells] that give[s] skin its color
What are melanocytes?
The branches of the autonomic nervous system
The sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system
The inability of the heart to pump enough blood to meet the needs of the body, resulting in lung congestion an dyspnea
What is congestive heart failure?
The suffix that means "vomiting"
What is "emesis"?
GHFD
What is graft vs host disease?
What is radial deviation?
Abnormal condition of hardening
What is sclerosis?
The structure that separates the brain into two hemispheres, also known as the left and right brains
What is the corpus callousum?
The acronym for this caridac surgery is CABG.
What is coronary artery bypass graft?
The suffix that means "bursting forth"
What is "-rrhage" or "rrhagia"?
This dark-red, oval-shaped organ in the LUQ of the abdomen forms RBCs and WBCs during prenatal development.
What is the spleen?
Movement of the scapula toward the spinal column; scapula adduction
What is retraction?
The abnormal condition of blueness
What is cyanosis?
Acetylcholine, serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine are examples of these chemicals in the nervous system.
What are neurotransmitters?
The stopping of a vein
What is venostasis?
This prefix indicates "deficiency"
What is "oligo"?
Lymphatic vessels are located throughout the body, including the neck, axillae, abdomen, and this region of the body.
What is the groin?