Basic Definitions
The study of the structures of the human body.
What is Anatomy?
Superior, inferior, superficial, deep, etc...
What are the Anatomical Terms of Direction?
The idea that all structures function together to maintain a steady internal environment.
What is homeostasis?
Pathogens cause this type of disease
What is infectious disease?
DOUBLE
Treatment designed to cure the disease. Treatment designed to prevent a disease from developing.
What are curative and preventive treatment?
The study of the functions of the human body.
What is physiology
Axial (abdominal, thoracic, cranial, pelvic, etc), appendicular (femoral, brachial, etc)
What are the Anatomical Regions?
A movement away from the normal range is quickly corrected
What is negative feedback?
Risk factors or activities that play a role in a person's overall health (age, gender lifestyle, heredity, environment )
What are predisposing factors?
Treatment to make the patient more comfortable and improve quality of life
What is palliative treatment?
The study of disease in humans.
What is Pathology?
This plane separates into right and left, this plane separates into top and bottom, this plane separates into front and back
What are the sagittal, transverse (or horizontal), and coronal (or frontal) planes ?
A movement away from the normal range is amplified
What is positive feedback?
DAILY DOUBLE: You can objectively measure these signals that something is wrong (e.g. fever, high blood pressure, high/low glucose concentration in blood)
But you can't objectively measure these.... (pain, nausea)
Signs and symptoms of disease
Involves a long-term care plan designed to restore a person's normal body function
What is therapeutic treatment?
This part of a serous membrane is directly touching an organ (e.g. the _______ pleura directly surrounds the lungs, the ______ peritoneum directly surrounds the abdominal organs
What is the visceral part?
This membrane surrounds the abdominal cavity/organs
What is the peritoneum?
Uterine contractions that are increased in response to cervix stretching cause the cervix to be stretched even more, causing more uterine contactions... until the baby is born and the cervix is no longer stretched! This is an example of ______________
Classifications of Diseases
The dorsal cavity contains these organs/structures
What is the brain and spinal cord?
The thoracic cavity can be divided into these cavities
What are the pleural cavities, the pericardial cavity, and the mediastinum?
Hypertrophy is defined as tissue growth due to an increase in cell ______
What is size?
The process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition.
The predicted patient outcome.
Diagnosis, prognosis
These are the five most prominent chronic diseases in the United States
What are heart disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, and obesity?