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Introduction to Medical Terminology xv
Inquiring Minds
Travel Destinations and Their Diseases. . 21
“Do Not Use” Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . 23
What Does Calcium Do for Bones? . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using Rigor Mortis to
Estimate the Time of Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Fingerprint Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Third-Degree Burns and the Pain Sensation . . . . 98
How Does the Skin Act Like a Glove? . . . . . . . . . 99
What Is the Common Cold? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Using Pulse Points to Detect Circulation . . . . . . 152
Holding Your Breath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Studying the Breakdown of Foods . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Concussion Recovery Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
What Affects Your Hearing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Understanding Puberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Which Foods Provide Hydration?. . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Prostate Cancer Prognosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Understanding Premenstrual Syndrome . . . . . . 401
Ponder This
“Regions” of the Abdominopelvic Cavity . . . . . . . . 14
The Why behind Questions
During Medical Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The Most Commonly Broken Bone
in the Human Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
The Etymology of Anatomical Terms . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Do Fingernails Cover the Dorsal Surface?. . . . . . . 92
Historical Sun Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
A Simple Method of Fighting Germs . . . . . . . . . . 120
Immunizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
What Is Bioterrorism? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Tetralogy of Fallot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
What Is in the Air We Breathe?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
What Do We Breathe Out? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Emphysema Explained. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Understanding Medical Cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Researching Spinal Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Which Side of the Brain Is Affected? . . . . . . . . . . 254
The Effects of Aging on Taste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
What Is the Effect of Cortisol Overproduction? . . . 322
How Does Filtration Work? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
The Effects of Aging on the Kidneys . . . . . . . . . . 346
ED Drugs and Other Medications . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Accurate Patient Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . 24
The ABCs of the Skeletal System. . . . . . . . . 51
Calculating the Ratio
of Muscle to Body Weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
The Meaning of Neuromuscular. . . . . . . . . . 66
Passive Range-of-Motion Exercises. . . . . . . 69
What Is Determined by Touch?. . . . . . . . . . . 90
Types of Blood Cells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Tracking the Spread of Germs . . . . . . . . . . 123
Take Your Radial Pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Measuring the Digestive Tract . . . . . . . . . . 222
Researching Mental Disorders . . . . . . . . . . 261
Test Your Own Blind Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Performing a Stereognosis Exam . . . . . . . . 297
Results of Abnormal Hormone Secretion. . . 321
Boxers or Briefs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
The Number of Pregnancies. . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Testing Bone Resilience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Researching Scientists of
the Human Muscular System . . . . . . . . . . 79
Learn about Lice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Medical Transcription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Inspiration and Expiration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Researching Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
The History behind the Name. . . . . . . . . . . 315
Researching Infertility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Researching the
Female Reproductive System. . . . . . . . . 402