Directional and Positional Terms
Nervous System
Vitals
Assisting with Physical Exams
Body structure and function
100

Lying face up

What is Supine

100

two part of the human body make up the CNS

what is the brain and spinal cord

100

condition caused by fever

What is Febrile

100

pain is the term for long-term pain that interferes with the functions of life

What is Chronic

100

most basic unit of life and is often considered the building block of the human body

What is Cell

200

Pertaining to the head

What is cephalic

200

Motor Neurons are considered 

What is Efferent Nerves

200

refers to the contraction phase of the heartbeat

what is systole

200

the physician uses an ophthalmoscope to assess the patient's

What is the inner eye?

200

is the cellular division of reproductive cells

What is Meiosis

300

away from the point of attachment or far from the beginning 

What is Distal

300

Nervous system is responsible for controlling involuntary bodily function 

What is the ANS

300

body temperature usually the lowest

What is 2 am-6 am

300

Tapping a patient's body with the fingertips to assess the position or size of an underlying body part

What is percussion

300

responsible for the cell's metabolism, growth, and reproduction.


What is nucleus

400

Above, in an upward direction

What is Superior

400

The brain encompassed by three membranes called

what is meninges

400

average pulse rate in a healthy adult  

 What  is 60-100

400

drape  are used during a physical exam to allow

what is to allow access to the patient

400

Cardiac muscle tissue, which forms the heart muscles, is a specialized form

What is Striated 

500

Nearest the point of attachment or near beginning 

What is Proximal

500

Group of Nerve fibers within the CNS is often referred to as a 

what is a tract

500

heart rhythm that includes random irregular beats or a predictable pattern of irregular beats is called a

What is dysrhythmia

500

 A patient's chief complaints are

What are symptoms

500

A cell divides into two new cells via the processes of mitosis

What is cytokinesis