Health Finals Key Terms

official authorization/approval

occupation/profession

documentation of having met certain standards

predetermined payment structure for health care services established by the federal government

state of optimal well-being, achieved through prevention of illness & injury

payment for health care expences which mar or may not occur, in return for a specified payment in advance

legal authority to perform an activity

• legal dispute
• lawsuit

• vocation
• activity in which one participates

epidemic that spreads over a wide geographical area, affecting a large part of the population

worker who assists a professional in the performace of duties

occupation that requires specialized knowledge & often long & intensive academic training

treatment that pretends to cure disease

official record of individuals qualified to perform certain services

mental position/feeling w/regard to a fact/situation

manner of conducting oneself

distinctive qualities that make up an individual

exchange of information

• sum of socially gained patterns that guide a person's way of live
• includes values, beliefs, language, & thought

quality of being different

act performed voluntarily w/o conscious thought

graded/ranked series

communicating w/o using language

set of traits, characteristics, & behavoirs that make each person unique

rate of usefulness, importance, or general worth

relating to/consisting of words/sounds

• infectious disease of warm blooded animals (such as cattle & sheep)
• caused by spore-forming bacterium (Bacillus anthracis)
• characterized by external ulcerating nodules or lesion in lungs

substance that deters the growth of micro o/g

• freedom from infection;
• methods used to prevent the spread of micro o/g

unit that uses steam under pressure to sterilize materials

soiled, made unclean, or infected w/pathogens

substance that kills micro o/g except viruses & spores

design of equipment for the workplace that maximizes productivity by reducing fatigue & discomfort

disease causing micro o/g

CDC guidelines for infection control that are applied to all body fluids of all patients at all times

free from living micro o/g

CDC guidelines for infection control applied to patients w/known or suspected infections

private/secret

• dealing w/what is good/bad
• determing moral duty & obligation

understanding the science/philosophy of law

deriving authority from/founded on law

legally responsible

communicating something untruthful & harmful about another person in writing

failure of professional skill/learning that results in injury, loss, or damage

relating to principles of right & wrong

failure to execute the care that a reasonable (prudent) person exercises

verbally communicating something untruthful & harmful about another person

any c/s except X & Y

change from normal function that can't be cured

referring to conditions tat exist @ birth regardless of cause

• interruption of normal function of body, usu. caused by micro o/g
• can be treated

gene trait that appears when carried by only 1 in the pair of c/s

substance seperates into ions in solution & is capable of conducting electricity

genetic pattern of an individual

genetic transmission of trait or particular quality from parent to offspring

tendency of an o/g to maintain the "status quo" or the same internal environment

permanent change in a gene or c/s

individual living thing, plant, or animal

• physical, biochemical, & physiological configuartion of an individual
• determined by genes

GENE TRAIT DOESN'T APPEAR UNLESS CARRIED BY BOTH MEMBERS OF A PAIR OF C/S

set of symptoms that occur together

restoration of normal heart rhythm by electrical shock

shorten, reduce in size

• pertaining to the heart
• coronary artieries supply blood to the heart muscle

• dilation of the heart;
• resting phase/filling of the ventricles, alternating w/systole

area of tissue death (necrosis) caused by loss of O2 (ischemia) as a result of obstruction of circulation to the area

carrying venous blood from the R ventricle to the lungs & returning O2ated blood to the L atrium

• expression of speed/frequency of a nevent in relation to a specified amt. of time
• # of contractions of the heart per minute

measured movement, recurrence of an action or function at regular intervals, interval of heart contrations

narrowing/stricture of a duct/canal

instrument used to listen to body sounds (ausculation), such as the heartbeat

• aka general circulation
• carrying O2ated blood from L ventricle to tissues & returning venous blood to the R atrium

• filling of atria & contraction of ventricles of the heart
• alternating w/diastole

any 1 of the many tubules in the body that carry fluid

cessation of breathing

abnorally slow rate of breathing

persisting over a long period of time

hairlike projections from the surface of a cell

difficulty swallowing

difficult/labored breathing

easy/normal breathing

• act of breathing out
• aka exhalation

act of drawing air into the lung, inhalation

thoracic space between the 2 lungs

thick mucus secreted by the tissues in the respiratory passages & usu. discharged through the mouth

pertaining to the lungs

• exchange of O2 & CO2 between the atmosphere & cells
• aka ventilation

excessively fast respiration

joint; place of junctin between 2 bones

saclike cavity filled w/fluid to prevent friction

spongy/latticelike structure

specialized, fibrous connective tissue

white protein fibers of the skin, tendons, bone, & cartilage (connective tissue)

having a dense structure

having progressively less function

arms or legs

band of fibrous tissue that connects bones & supports joints

soft organic material filling the cavities of bones

pertaining to the correction of deformities

specialized connective tissue covering all the bones

loss of bone tissue caused by action of specialized cells (osteoclasts)

pertaining to transparent alkaline fluid contained in joints

fibrous cord by which a muscle is attached to a bone