4. Correct Anatomical Position Body erect standing Eyes open and level Head in mid-position Upper extremities at the sides Palms facing forward Feet parallel Heels close together
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11. Word Analysis GASTRITIS GASTR / ITIS ROOT SUFFIX Stomach Inflammation GASTRITIS is an inflammation of the stomach.
12. GASTROENTEROLOGY GASTR / O / ENTER / O / LOGY ROOT ROOT SUFFIX STOMACH INTESTINES STUDY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY – Is the study of the stomach and intestines. Word Analysis
“ Human anatomy is the study of the human body, its organs and structures and the spatial relationships between them1”. It is extremely important for the medical professional to identify the exact location (and its relation with other anatomical structures) of disease or pathology in order to properly communicate with other health care professionals. The same is true for a medical sales representative who wishes to communicate with a health care professional.
In daily life, you may have found yourself asking that question many times. Picture a surgeon or a surgical assistant who is not sure to whose left (or to whose right) he or she should be cutting or retracting. In anatomy and surgery, whenever you say right or left, you refer to the patient's right or left. This is based on the principle of using the anatomical position for reference. If you want to say something is true, say “correct”, not “right”.
In a medical term the root "hepat" (from the Greek hepar) means liver and can be found in the terms hepatitis, hepatomegaly, and hepatectomy. The terms suprahepatic, infrahepatic, and transhepatic, all refer to the liver, but the prefixes applied alter or influence the meaning. Look at the word hepatectomy, where "ectomy" means removal; when combined with the root "hepat" the term means "removal of the liver"
When a patient consults with a physician surgeon, he/she has a disease or condition that must be properly identified and classified. Diagnosis is a classification process by means of which a physician clearly identifies a condition or disease. Sometimes the patient presents symptoms and signs that point to two (or more) potential diseases. In this case, the physician must perform a differential diagnosis to identify the disease. A symptom is that subjective expression of a disease to which a patient refers. Itching, pain, and hot flushes are some symptoms that a patient can relate to the surgeon. A sign is an objective, measurable parameter that a physician can observe and record. Heart rate, pulse, blood pressure, temperature are all signs . A syndrome is a specific set of symptoms and signs that define a particular pathology. Sometimes pathology cannot be diagnosed until after the surgeon operates. In this case, the procedure itself is part of the diagnostic process for a proper diagnosis. This is known as a diagnostic procedure . In surgery, this procedure can also known as an exploratory laparotomy . In the cases where the surgeon is confronted with a mass or tumor, he can do a biopsy. An incisional biopsy is where the surgeon extracts only a portion of the tumor by incising it. An excisional biopsy is where the surgeon takes out the whole mass. Based on the information gained from the testing, diagnosis and surgery a physician will try to give a prognosis. A prognosis is a statement of the potential outcome of the patient after surgery or treatment.
The animation will first show the applier and anvil with numbered arrows pointing to named parts. Following the numbers from 1-13, ask the trainee to name the various parts….clicking will then show the names consecutively from 1 to 13, starting counterclockwise around the applier from ColonRing to Detachable Anvil, and then clockwise from Plastic Anvil to Grasping Notch.