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Bone Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Types of Bones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Bone Markings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Divisions of the Skeleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Types of Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
The Muscular System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Types of Muscle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Muscle Shape and Attachment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Muscle Movements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
The Logic of Muscle Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Chapter 9 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Unit 3
Diagnostic
Career Pathway. . . . . 328
Chapter 10
Career Skills
in Diagnostic Services . . . . . . . . 330
Personal Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Diagnostic Career Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Clinical Laboratory Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Medical Imaging Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Vision- and Hearing-Related Careers . . . . . . . . . 342
Healthcare Team Interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Delegating Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Sharing Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Building Positive Team Relationships . . . . . . . . . 346
Technical Skills for Diagnostic Workers. . . 347
Measuring Vital Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Measuring Height and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Positioning a Patient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Screening Vision and Hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Providing First Aid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Employability Skills
for Healthcare Workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Succeeding on the Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Following Professional Standards
for Healthcare Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Understanding Your Paycheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
HOSA Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Chapter 10 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Chapter 11
Fundamental Skills
in Diagnostic Services . . . . . . . . 378
Communication Skills
for Patient Diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Communicating Observations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Performing a Physical Examination
and Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Reporting and Recording Observations. . . . . . . 384
Developing Cultural Competence. . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Dealing with Difficult People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Information Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Electronic Health Records:
Addressing Privacy Concerns. . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Diagnostic Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Medical Math. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Temperature Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Graphing Vital Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Charting Height, Weight, and BMI . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Chapter 11 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Chapter 12
Professional Knowledge
in Diagnostic Services . . . . . . . . .414
Diagnostic Workers
in the Healthcare System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Cost Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Consumer Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Legal and Ethical Issues
for Diagnostic Workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Licensure, Certification, and Registration. . . . . . 419
Laws Regulating Health and Safety . . . . . . . . . . 421
Ethical Issues in Diagnostic Careers . . . . . . . . . 424