Anatomy and Physiology
The millions of tiny air sacs in the lungs
Alveoli
A patient grants this type of consent after being told about the risks and benefits of a treatment
Implied Consent
The belief that one's own cultural or social group is superior to others
Ethnocentrism
The highest blood pressure, recorded as the top number
Systolic
qid is the abbreviation for
4 times a day
Accessory digestive organ that produces the hormones insulin and glucagon
Pancreas
A government health plan that provides coverage for elderly citizens
Medicare
_______ is based on physical traits such as hair and skin color, and facial features
Race
A period of NO respiration is called
Apnea
Directional term meaning toward the side or farther from the midline
Lateral
The process of transferring nutrients from the digestive tract into the circulation
Absorption
Untrue spoken statements that ruin a person's professional reputation
Slander
People who are members of a larger cultural group but have some different values and beliefs from the larger culture belong to a _________
Subculture
The federal agency that enforces safety and health legislation to protect employees in the workplace
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA)
The body plane created by an imaginary horizontal line dividing the body into upper and lower sections
Transverse Plane
Body system that is part of the circulatory system and filters out harmful substances and plays a role in immunity
Lymphatic System
Law that encourages people to provide emergency assistance without the fear of being sued
Good Samaritan Law
A person's right to self-determination is known as their right to _______
Autonomy
A secondary disorder that develops as a result of being treated in a health care facility
Nosocomial Infection
Caring for a person's body after death is called ___________ care
Postmortem
The fight or flight response is controlled by this part of the nervous system
Sympathetic Nervous System
Legal forms indicating a person's wishes in the event that they cannot make their own medical decisions (example, MOLST, DNR)
Advanced Directives
When members of a minority group adopt the values, attitudes, and behaviors of a dominant culture it is called
Cultural Assimilation
A life-threatening condition that involves a sudden interruption or insufficient blood supply to the heart
Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)
Wasting of muscle is called
Atrophy