Urinary System
This is the part of the kidney that actually filters the blood and is the basic unit of the kidney.
What is the nephron?
These are the 3 main functions of the digestive system.
What is digestion, absorption, and elimination?
These are the two main groups of micronutrients.
What are vitamins and minerals?
Your patient has been recently given a new medication and is complaining about light headedness. You complete their vital signs and see that their blood pressure is 85/42. You should report this blood pressure to the provider as this.
What is hypotension?
This is the medical root for bones.
What is osteo?
This/these is/are the medical root(s) for the kidneys.
What is renal or nephro?
This is the name of the substance that the stomach creates and pushes into the small intestines.
What is chyme?
This is the type of nutrient responsible for creating antibodies and creating new tissues.
What are proteins?
A patient comes in stating they were in a motor vehicle accident (MVA). They complain of neck pain, dizziness, blurred vision, and you see visible contusion to the from and back of their head. The patient shows signs and symptoms of this damage to two sides of the brain.
What is coup-contrecoup?
This is what connects bone to bone?
What are ligaments?
These are the 2 main functions of the urinary system.
What is: eliminating waste products from the blood via urine, and maintaining fluid balance?
This is the involuntary contractions in the digestive system that allow substances to move through the GI tract.
What is peristalsis?
This is the nutrient that is part of the hemoglobin in erythrocytes.
What is iron?
Your doctor has informed you that you have a patient that has come in with chronic myalgia of the latissimus dorsi. What is the simple explanation of this diagnosis? (Need to explain and physically locate)
Muscle pain of the patients lats (located posterior and lateral).
This is what is responsible for the exchange of O2 and CO2 in the lungs.
What are the alveoli?
This is the anatomical structure that connects the kidneys to the bladder and helps transfer urine to the bladder.
What are the ureters?
BONUS: This is the anatomical structure that makes a substances that aids in digestion and absorption of fats and helps convert fats into sugars.
(Name the anatomical structure AND the substance)
What is the liver and bile?
This is the nutrient that we commonly associate with citrus fruits.
What is vitamin C?
A patient comes into your clinic complaining about lightheadedness and has an SPO2 of 89%. This is the position you could put the patient into to promote better breathing while completing your assessment.
What is Fowler's or semi-Fowler's position?
This is when muscle or tendons shorten, become inflexible, and “freeze” in position.
What is contractures?
This is the only voluntary aspect of the urinary system.
What is the bladder sphincters and the ability control urination/elimination?
This is the name of the first section of the small intestines.
What is the duodenum?
This is what vitamin k helps to do in the human body.
What is coagulation?
A patient comes in after a motor vehicle accident (MVA) and is struggling with memory and speech, indicating an injury to THIS part of the brain.
What is the cerebrum?
This is the name of the pulse found on the lateral sides of the forehead (located closer to the eyes than the ears).
What is the temporal pulse?