Definitions for the Trauma Section - Blinn College EMS Program
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| show | Undissolved solid, liquid, or gaseous matter in the bloodstream that may cause blockage of blood vessels.
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| Epistaxis | show 🗑
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| show | Blood loss sufficient to cause death.
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| Commotio Cordis | show 🗑
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| Comorbitdity | show 🗑
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| Electrical Alternas | show 🗑
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| Epicardium | show 🗑
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| show | Defect in the chest wall that allows for free movement of a segment. Breathing will cause paradoxical chest wall movement.
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| show | Large arteries and veins located in the mediastinum that enter and exit the heart: pulmonary artery, the aorta, the inferior vena cava, and the superior vena cava.
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| Hemopneumothorax | show 🗑
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| Hemoptysis | show 🗑
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| Hemothorax | show 🗑
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| show | Cordlike remnant of a fetal vessel connecting the pulmonary artery to the aorta at the aortic isthmus.
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| show | Muscular tissue of the heart.
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| show | A restriction to cardiac filling caused by blood (or other fluid) within the pericardial sac.
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| show | Fibrous sac that surrounds the heart.
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| show | A collection of air in the pleural space. Air may enter the pleural space through an injury to the chest wall or through an injury to the lungs. In a tension pneumothorax. pressure builds because there is no way for air to escape, causing lung to collapse.
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| show | Area of the chest wall overlying the heart.
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| show | Central medial region of the lung where the bronchi and pulmonary vasculature enter the lung.
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| show | Drop of greater than 10mmHg in the systolic blood pressure during the inspiratory phase of respiration that occurs in patients with pericardial tamponade.
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| Pulsus Paradoxus | show 🗑
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| Rhabdomyolysis | show 🗑
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| Tension Pneumothorax | show 🗑
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| Tracheobrochial Tree | show 🗑
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| show | Union between xiphoid process and the body of the sternum.
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| Degloving injury | show 🗑
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| show | True skin, also called the corium; it is the layer of tissue producing the epidermis and housing structures, blood vessels, and nerves normally associated with the skin
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| Ecchymosis | show 🗑
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| show | outermost layer of skin composed of dead or dying skin cells
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| show | early stage of wound healing in which epithelial cells migrate over the surface of the wound
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| erythema | show 🗑
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| show | a fibrous membrane that covers, supports, and separates, muscle and may also unite the skin with underlying tissue.
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| fibroblast | show 🗑
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| show | deep-space infection usually caused by the anaerobic bacterium (clostridium perfringens)
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| show | white blood cells charged with the primary purpose of neutralizing foreign bacteria
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| hematoma | show 🗑
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| show | the body's three-step process to local hemorrhage, comprising a vascular phase in which aggregating platelets form a weak clot, and a coagulation phase that results in the formation of fibrin, creating a strong clot.
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| hyperemia | show 🗑
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| impaled object | show 🗑
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| incision | show 🗑
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| show | invasion and multiplication of pathogenic microorganisms in a body part or tissue
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| inflammation | show 🗑
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| show | skin, consisting of the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous layers
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| keloid | show 🗑
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| show | an open wound, normally tear with jagged borders
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| show | opening, or space, within a needle, artery, vein, or other hollow vessel
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| show | inflammation of the lymph channels, usually as a result of a distal infection.
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| show | Movement at a synovial joint where the distal end of a bone describes a circle but the shaft does not rotate.
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| show | A broken bone in which the bone ends or the forces that caused it do not penetrate the skin.
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| show | Fracture in which a bone is broken into several pieces.
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| show | Muscle pain resulting from over activity, lack of oxygen, and accumulation of waste products.
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| show | Loss of blood vessels from a body part.
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| Diaphysis | show 🗑
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| show | Synovial joints.
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| Dislocation | show 🗑
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| Epiphyseal | show 🗑
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| Epiphysis | show 🗑
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| show | Small bundle of muscle fibers.
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| show | Break in a bone associated with prolonged or repeated stress.
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| show | Partial fracture of a child's bone.
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| show | Small crack in a bone that does not disrupt its total structure.
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| Haversian Canals | show 🗑
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| show | Break in a bone in which the bone is compressed on itself.
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| show | Attachment of a muscle to a bone that moves when the muscle contracts.
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| Joint | show 🗑
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| show | Chamber formed by ligaments surrounding a joint that holds a small amount of synovial fluid to lubricate articular surfaces.
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| show | Bands of connective tissue that connect bone to bone and hold joints together.
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| show | The protuberance of the ankle.
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| show | Cavity within a bone that contains the marrow.
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| Abruptio Placentae | show 🗑
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| show | a protrusion of organs from a wound
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| show | protective tensing of the abdominal muscles by a patient suffering abdominal pain
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| Hematemesis | show 🗑
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| show | passage of stools containing red blood
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| show | blood in the urine
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| show | double fold of peritoneum that supports the major portion of the small bowel, suspending it from the posterior abdominal wall
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| show | division of the abdominal cavity containing the organs located within the pelvis
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| show | division of the abdominal cavity containing the organs or portions of organs covered by the peritoneum
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| Peritoneum | show 🗑
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| Peritonitis | show 🗑
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| Rebound tenderness | show 🗑
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| Retroperitoneal space | show 🗑
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| show | inadequate return of venous blood to the heart, reduced cardiac output, and lowered blood pressure resulting from pressure on the inferior vena cava by the fetus and uterus late in pregnancy
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| Abduction | show 🗑
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| show | movement of a body part toward the midline
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| Amphiarthrosis | show 🗑
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| Articular surface | show 🗑
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| show | sacs containing synovial fluid that cushion adjacent structures
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| Callus | show 🗑
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| Cancellous | show 🗑
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| Cartilage | show 🗑
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| show | Arrow-shapped projectiles found in some military ordance.
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| show | Strength or energy.
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| Hemoptysis | show 🗑
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| show | Combusting easily or creating combustion.
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| Index of Suspesion | show 🗑
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| show | Tendency of an object to remain at rest or in motion unless acted on by an external force.
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| Kinematics | show 🗑
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| Kinetic Energy | show 🗑
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| show | Branch of physics that deals with motion, taking into consideration mass, velocity, and force.
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| show | A measure of the matter that an object contains.
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| Motion | show 🗑
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| Ordance | show 🗑
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| Overpressure | show 🗑
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| Oxidizer | show 🗑
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| Perforating Trauma | show 🗑
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| Pressure Wave | show 🗑
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| show | The cross section of a bullet along its direction of travel; the energy-exchange surface of the bullet when it contracts a target.
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| show | An object hurled or projected by the exertion of force.
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| Metaphysis | show 🗑
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| show | A fracture, the line of which runs obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the bone
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| show | The relation between the thumb and the other digits of the hand for the purpose of grasping objects between the thumb and fingers
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| Origin | show 🗑
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| show | A cell that secretes the matrix for bone formation.
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| Osteoclast | show 🗑
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| Osteocyte | show 🗑
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| show | A medical condition in which the bones become brittle and fragile from loss of tissue, typically as a result of hormonal changes, or deficiency of calcium or vitamin D.
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| show | Is an abnormal sensation such as tingling, tickling, pricking, numbness or burning of a person's skin with no apparent physical cause.
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| show | Canals in bone through which blood vessels pass.
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| show | A dense layer of vascular connective tissue enveloping the bones except at the surfaces of the joints.
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| Reduction | show 🗑
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| Rotation | show 🗑
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| Spasm | show 🗑
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| Spiral Fracture | show 🗑
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| show | Also known as a torn ligament, is damage to one or more ligaments in a joint, often caused by trauma or the joint being taken beyond its functional range of motion
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| show | to over exercise, excessive effort or exercise, an overstretching or overexertion of some part of the musculature.
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| show | A partial dislocation.
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| show | A type of joint which permits very little or no movement under normal conditions.
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| Synovial Fluid | show 🗑
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| show | Is one in which the bone breaks through the skin; it may then recede back into the wound and not be visible through the skin.
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| Peripheral Vascular Resistance | show 🗑
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| show | One of the fragments of cytoplasm that circulates in the blood and works with components of the coagulation system to promote blood clotting. Platelets also release serotonin, a vasoconstrictive substance.
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| Platelet Phase | show 🗑
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| Preload | show 🗑
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| Pulse Pressure | show 🗑
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| Septic Shock | show 🗑
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| show | A state of inadequate tissue perfusion.
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| show | The amount of blood ejected by the heart in one cardiac contraction.
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| Tilt Test | show 🗑
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| show | A constrictor used on an extremity to apply circumferential pressure on all arteries to control bleeding.
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| show | A drug that inhibits fibrinolysis (the breakdown of blood clots); an antifibrinolytic.
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| show | First step in the process of hemostasis, in which smooth blood vessel muscle contracts, reducing the vessel lumen and the flow of blood through it.
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| Vein | show 🗑
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| show | Scraping or abrading away of the superficial layers of the skin; an open soft tissue injury.
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| show | severance, removal, or detachment, either partial or complete, of a body part.
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| show | Forceful tearing away or separation of body tissue.
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| show | Chemicals released by white blood cells that attract more white blood cells to an area of inflammation.
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| show | Tough, strong protein that makes up most of the body's connective tissue.
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| show | Muscle ischemia that is caused by rising pressures within an anatomic fascial space.
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| show | Closed wound in which the skin is unbroken, although damage has occurred to the tissue immediately beneath.
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| Crush Injury | show 🗑
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| show | Systemic disorder of severe metabolic disturbances resulting from the crush of a limb or other body part.
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| lymphatic system | show 🗑
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| show | Any of a class of white blood cells of the vertebrate immune system, including the B cells, T cells, and natural killer cells
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| macrophage | show 🗑
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| necrosis | show 🗑
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| neovascularization | show 🗑
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| show | the engulfing of microorganisms or other cells and foreign particles by phagocytes
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| puncture | show 🗑
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| show | reorganization or renovation of an old structure
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| show | disintegration of striated muscle fibers with excretion of myoglobin in the urine
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| sebaceous glands | show 🗑
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| show | The secretion of the sebaceous glands.
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| serous fluid | show 🗑
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| show | A usually voluntary muscle that is made up of elongated, multinucleate, transversely striated muscle fibers and is typically attached to a bone.
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| subcutaneous tissue | show 🗑
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| show | Bands of fibrous connective tissue joining muscles to bones.
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| tension lines | show 🗑
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| show | Tetanus is a rare but often fatal disease that affects the central nervous system by causing painful muscular contractions.
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| show | an emission of a nucleus of high kinetic energy from the nucleus of an atom undergoing radioactive decay or fission.
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| ampere | show 🗑
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| midbrain | show 🗑
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| myotome | show 🗑
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| show | the external opening of the nasal cavity
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| orbit | show 🗑
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| paraplegia | show 🗑
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| pia matter | show 🗑
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| pinna | show 🗑
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| pons | show 🗑
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| show | pupil
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
pupil (P) [pu´pil]
the opening in the center of the iris through which light enters the eyeq
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| show | paralysis of all four limbs
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| blunt trauma | show 🗑
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| show | the study of disease to determine its prevalence, course, and seriousness.
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| show | the 60 minute period after a severe injury; it is the maximum acceptable time between the injury and initiation of surgery for the seriously injured trauma patient.
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| show | a framework for classifying factors associated with injury, death, or events that may cause injury or death. The matrix can be used to identify factors that can be modified and interventions that can be taken to prevent or reduce the severity of such events.
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| Index of Suspicion | show 🗑
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| Mechanism of Injury | show 🗑
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| Penetrating Trauma | show 🗑
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| Trauma | show 🗑
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| Trauma Center | show 🗑
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| show | data retrieval system for trauma patient information, which is used to evaluate and improve the trauma system.
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| show | guidelines to aid prehospital personnel in determining which trauma patients require urgent transportation to a trauma center.
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| show | the rate at which speed or velocity increases.
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| axial loading | show 🗑
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| ballistics | show 🗑
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| show | the diameter of a bullet expressed in hundredths of an inch; the inside diameter of the barrel of a handgun or rifle.
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| cavitation | show 🗑
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| crumple zone | show 🗑
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| show | the rate at which speed or velocity decreases.
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| dirty bomb | show 🗑
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| Drag | show 🗑
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| Dyspnea | show 🗑
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| Hypothalamus | show 🗑
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| Intervertebral Disk | show 🗑
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| show | bleeding directly into the tissue of the brain
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| show | pressure exerted on the brain by the blood and cerebrospinal fluid.
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| show | same side
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| Iris | show 🗑
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| Lacrimal Fluid | show 🗑
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| Le Fort Criteria | show 🗑
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| show | Diastolic BP plus 1/3 the pulse pressure
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| show | lower portion of the brainstem containing the respiratory, cardiac, and vasomotor centers.
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| Meninges | show 🗑
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| show | Portion of the brain connecting the pons and cerebellum to the cerebral hemispheres.
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| show | muscle and tissue of the body innervated by spinal nerve roots.
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| Nares | show 🗑
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| show | Type of shock resulting in the interruption of comminucation pathway between the CNS and the rest of the body, leading to decreased peripheral vascular resistance
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| show | the eye socket
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| show | paralysis of the lower limbs and lower trunk
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| Pia Mater | show 🗑
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| Pinna | show 🗑
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| Pons | show 🗑
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| Pupil | show 🗑
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| show | paralysis of all four limbs
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| Retina | show 🗑
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| Retinal detachment | show 🗑
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| Retroauricular ecchymosis | show 🗑
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| Retrograde amnesia | show 🗑
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| show | Triangular bone, formed from five fused vertebrae, that lies between the fifth lumbar vertebra and the coccyx
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| show | The "white" of the eye
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| Semicircular canals | show 🗑
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| show | A simplified scoring system for monitoring the neurologic status of patients with head injuries based on three elements of motor responsiveness, compared to 15 elements of eye-opening
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| show | A cavity that runs successively through each of the vertebrae and contains the spinal cord
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| show | Protective structures that cover the spine, consisting of the dura mater, the arachnoid membrane, and the pia mater
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| Spinal shock | show 🗑
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| Subdural hematoma | show 🗑
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| show | Pseudojoints that join the various bones of the skull to form the cranium
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| Thalamus | show 🗑
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| show | The 12 vertebrae that lie between the cervical and lumbar vertebrae, helping to support the thorax
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| show | A cutting across a long axis; a cross-sectional cut
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| Vertebral column | show 🗑
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| Vertebral foramen | show 🗑
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| show | Clear watery fluid filling the posterior chamber of the eye. It is responsible for giving the eye its spherical shape
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| show | The cheekbone
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| Aneurysm | show 🗑
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| Atelectasis | show 🗑
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| show | is a system used to predict the chance of mortality due to severe burns.
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| show | is a high-energy, high-speed electron or positron emitted in the radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus
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| blepharospasm | show 🗑
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| show | Acute, dangerous reaction to heat exposure, characterized by a body temperature usually above 105F (40.6C) and central nervous system disturbances. The body usually ceases to perspire.
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| Hyperbaric oxygen chamber | show 🗑
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| Hyperthermia | show 🗑
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| Hypothalamus | show 🗑
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| show | State of low body temperature, particularly low core body temperature.
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| show | ECG deflections found at the junction of QRS complexes and the ST segments. They are associated with hypothermia and seen at core temeratures below 32C most commonly in leads II and V6 also called Osborn waves.
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| Mammalian diving reflex | show 🗑
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| Negative feedback | show 🗑
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| Nitrogen narcosis | show 🗑
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| Pneumomediastinum | show 🗑
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| Pulmonary overpressure | show 🗑
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| Pyrexia | show 🗑
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| show | Any substance causing fever, such as viruses and bacteria or substances produced within the body in response to infection or inflammation.
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| show | Transfer of energy through space or matter.
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| Recompression | show 🗑
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| Scuba | show 🗑
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| Superficial frostbite | show 🗑
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| Thermal gradient | show 🗑
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| Thermogenesis | show 🗑
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| Thermolysis | show 🗑
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| show | The maintenance or regulation of a particular temperature of the body.
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| show | A painful foot disorder resembling frostbite and resulting from exposure to cold and wetness, which can eventually result in tissue sloughing or gangrene.
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| show | Turning along the axis of abone
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| Resistance | show 🗑
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| show | final stage of the burn process in which scar tissue is laid down and the healing process is completed
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| show | The resistance a contraction of the heart must overcome to eject blood; in cardiac physiology, defined as tension of cardiac muscle during systole (contraction). AKA peripheral vascular resistance.
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| Aggregate | show 🗑
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| show | Ability to live without oxygen
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| show | method of estimating the amount of body surface area burned that sizes the area burned that sizes the area burned in comparison to the patients palmar surface
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| show | referring to the lower airway
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| show | burn that involves only the epidermis; reddening of the skin; first degree burn
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| Voltage | show 🗑
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| Anaphylactic Shock | show 🗑
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| Arteriole | show 🗑
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| show | a vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body tissues
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| show | one of the minute blood vessels that connects the ends of the arterioles with the beginnings of venules; where oxygen is diffused to tissue and products of metabolism enter the blood stream
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| show | area in a burn nearest the heart source that sufferes the most damage and is characterized by clotted blood and thrombosed blood vessels
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| Zone of hyepremia | show 🗑
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| Zone of stasis | show 🗑
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| Anterior cord syndrome | show 🗑
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| show | inability to remember events that occurred after the trauma that caused the condition
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| show | clear fluid filling the anterior chamber of the eye
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| show | middle layers of the meninges
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| Ascending reticular activating system | show 🗑
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| Ascending tracts | show 🗑
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| Cardiac Contractility | show 🗑
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| Cardiogenic Shock | show 🗑
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| show | A hormone, such as epinephrine or nor epinephrine, that strongly affects the nervous and cardiovascular systems, metabolic rate, temperature, and smooth muscle
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| Clotting Factors | show 🗑
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| show | Third step in the process of hemostasis, which involves the formation of a protein called fibrin that forms a network around a wound to stop bleeding, ward off infection, and lay a foundation for healing and repair of the wound
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| show | Condition in which the blood's ability to clot is impaired
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| show | Hemodynamic insult to the body in which the body responds effectively. Signs and symptoms are limited, and the human system continues to provide oxygenated circulation to most tissues
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| show | condition associated with the bodys adjustment to the effects of neurogenic shock
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| show | process that controls blood flow to the brain tissue by causing alterations in the blood pressure
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| show | extension of a neuron that serves as a pathway for transmission of signals to and from the brain
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| Bilateral periorbital ecchymosis | show 🗑
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| Blood-brain barrier | show 🗑
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| Brown-sequard syndrome | show 🗑
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| show | continuing hemodynamic insult to the body in which the compensatory mechanisms break down. The signs and symptoms become very pronounced, and the patient moves rapidly toward death
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| Direct Pressure | show 🗑
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| show | Is a medical condition in which abnormal distribution of blood flow in the smallest blood vessels results in inadequate supply of blood to the body's tissues and organs
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| Epistaxis | show 🗑
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| show | Peripheral blood cell that contains hemoglobin; responsible for transport of oxygen to the cells.
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| Extrinsic Pathway | show 🗑
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| show | A fibrous membrane that covers, supports and separates muscles and may also unite the skin with the underlying tissue
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| Fibrin | show 🗑
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| show | vomiting of blood
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| Hematochezia | show 🗑
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| show | the percentage of the total blood volume consisting of red blood cells
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| show | collection of blood beneath the skin or trapped within a body compartment
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| Hemoglobin | show 🗑
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| show | coughing up blood that originates in the respiratory tract
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| Hemorrhage | show 🗑
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| Hemostasis | show 🗑
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| Homeostasis | show 🗑
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| show | the pressure of liquids in equilibrium; the pressure exterted by or within liquids
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| show | shock caused by loss of blood or bodily fluids
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| show | space between the cells
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| show | the activation of the clotting factors from damaged platelets within blood vessels
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| show | the final stage of shock in which organs and cells are so damaged that recovery is impossible
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| show | compound produced from pyruvic acid during anaerobic glycolysis
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| show | black, tar like feces due to gastrointestinal bleeding
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| Microcirculation | show 🗑
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| show | type of shock resulting from the interruption in the communication pathway between the CNS and the rest of the body, resulting in decreased peripheral vascular resistance
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| Obstructive Shock | show 🗑
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| Oncotic Pressure | show 🗑
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| show | a decrease in blood pressure that occurs when a person moves from a supine or sitting position to an upright position
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| synovial joint | show 🗑
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| show | long, thin, very strong collagen tissues that connect muscles to bones
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| tone | show 🗑
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| show | a break that runs across a bone perpendicular to the bone's orientation
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| yellow bone marrow | show 🗑
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| absolute zero | show 🗑
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| acclimatization | show 🗑
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| show | an air bubble, or air embolism that enters the circulatory system from a damaged lung
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| show | condition that damages the autonomic nervous condition that damages the autonomic nervous system, which usually senses changes in core temperature and controls vasodilation and perspiration to dissipate heat
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| barotrauma | show 🗑
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| show | rate at which the body consumes energy just to maintain stability; the basic metabolic rate (measure by the rate of oxygen consumption) of an awake, relaxed person 12-14 hours after eating and at a comfortable temperature
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| Barotrauma that occurs from increasing pressure during a diving descent is commonly called: | show 🗑
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| conduction | show 🗑
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| convection | show 🗑
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| core temperature | show 🗑
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| show | development of nitrogen bubbles within the tissues from a rapid reduction of air pressure when a diver returns to the surface; also called "the bends" or "dysbarism"
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| deep frostbite | show 🗑
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| drowning | show 🗑
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| evaporation | show 🗑
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| exertional metabolic rate | show 🗑
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| show | environmentally induced freezing of body tissues, causing destruction of cells
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| heat cramps | show 🗑
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| show | a mild heat illness; an acute reaction to heat exposure
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| show | elasticity; the ability to spring back from a force or impact to resume the original
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| show | the path a projectile follows
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| Velocity | show 🗑
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| show | swing or wobble around the axis of a projectile's travel
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| Zone of Injury | show 🗑
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| Phases of Injury | show 🗑
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| Vehicle Collision | show 🗑
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| show | Collision of occupant with vehicle. Deceleration of the occupant.
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| show | Collision of internal organs with body. Deceleration of internal organs. Results as an occupant contacts the vehicle's interior annd slows or stops. Tissues behind the surface of the body collide and the body comes to a stop.
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| Secondary Impacts | show 🗑
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| Additional Impacts | show 🗑
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| Blast injury | show 🗑
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| Primary | show 🗑
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| show | Include trauma caused by projectiles. Can cause severe bleeding.
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| show | Caused by personnel displacement and structural collapse.
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| Misc./Quaternary | show 🗑
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| show | 5 main types of collisions for motor vehicle collisions: Frontal, Lateral, Oblique, Rear-End, Rollover
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| Frontal | show 🗑
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| show | Lateral impact. Crumple zone is considerably less than in frontal impact. Intrusion is likely. Increase in upper and lower extremity injuries. Responsible for higher percentage of vehicular fatalities.
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| Oblique | show 🗑
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| show | Collision force pushes the vehicle forwards. The energy of the collision thus propels the occupant forwards. May result in connective tissue/cervical spine injuries. Coup-countercoup can be caused.
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| Rollover | show 🗑
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| show | percentage of a patient's body affected by a burn
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| Coagulation necrosis | show 🗑
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| show | the rate of flow of an electric charge
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| Denature | show 🗑
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| show | first stage of the burn process, characterized by a catecholamine release and pain-mediated reaction
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| Eschar | show 🗑
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| Extravascular space | show 🗑
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| show | stage of the burn process in which there is a massive shift of fluid from the intravascular to the extravascular space
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| show | burn that damages all layers of the skin; characterized by areas that are painless and often dry; also called third-degree burn
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| show | powerful electromagnetic radiation emitted by radioactive substances with powerful penetrating properties; it is stronger than alpha and beta radiation
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| Gray | show 🗑
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| Hypermetabolic phase | show 🗑
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| show | the volume contained by all the arteries, veins, capillaries, and other components of the circulatory system
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| Ionization | show 🗑
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| show | explanation of the physical effects of thermal burns
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| Joule's law | show 🗑
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| Liquefaction necrosis | show 🗑
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| Neutron radiation | show 🗑
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| Ohm | show 🗑
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| Ohm's law | show 🗑
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| Partial thickness burn | show 🗑
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| Rad | show 🗑
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| Cauda equine syndrome | show 🗑
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| Central cord syndrome | show 🗑
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| show | the part of the brain at the back of the skull in vertebrates. Its function is to coordinate and regulate muscular activity.
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| show | the difference between the Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP) and the Intracranial Pressure (ICP). This represents the pressure gradient driving cerebral blood flow (CBF) and hence oxygen and metabolite delivery.
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| show | a clear, colorless body fluid found in the brain and spine. It is produced in the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain. It acts as a cushion or buffer for the brain's cortex, providing basic mechanical and immunological protection to the brain inside the skull
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| show | the anterior and largest part of the brain, consisting of two halves or hemispheres and serving to control voluntary movements and coordinate mental actions
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| Cheyne-stokes respirations | show 🗑
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| Concussion | show 🗑
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| Consensual reactivity | show 🗑
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| show | occurring on or acting in conjunction with a part on the opposite side of the body.
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| show | Damage directly to the part of the brain that was struck
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| Cranium | show 🗑
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| Cushing’s reflex | show 🗑
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| show | increased blood pressure, irregular breathing, and a reduction of the heart rate.
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| Dermatome | show 🗑
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| show | the pathways by which motor signals are sent from the brain to lower motor neurones
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| show | is a brain injury in which damage in the form of extensive lesions in white matter tracts occurs over a widespread area.
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| show | a thick membrane that is the outermost of the three layers of the meninges that surround the brain and spinal cord
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| show | a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in which a buildup of blood occurs between the dura mater (the tough outer membrane of the central nervous system) and the skull
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| show | an aponeurosis (a tough layer of dense fibrous tissue) which covers the upper part of the cranium
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| Hyphema | show 🗑
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| Event amnesia | show 🗑
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