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Know how many muscles the human adult body has:
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600
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Know how to define managed care:
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A fixed, prepaid fee plan with contracted doctor. Or a fixed, prepaid fee plan with contracted health care providers obtained independently or as a group.
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Know the main function of the muscular system:
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1) Supporting framework
2) Protects our vital organs
3) Give us the ability to move
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Know the name of the medical symbol:
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Caduceus
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Know where the dash goes on a prefix:
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After the
WORD-
(Used as root words or prefixes alone.)
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Know where the dash goes on a suffix:
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Goes before the
-WORD
(Letters are added to the end of the word or root word.)
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Know how to identify a combining form:
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/o
(It's the part of of the body that is involved. A root word or combing form is the foundation. Multiple roots can be used to create one medical term.)
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Know who the father of medicine is:
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Hippocrates
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Know how many components to a medical term:
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3
(Prefix, root/combing, suffix)
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First female physician in the U.S. was:
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Elizabeth Blackwell
(1821-1910)
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Founder of modern nursing:
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Florence Nightingale
(1820-1910)
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Who invented the stethescope:
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Rene Laennec
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Know how many types of muscle tissue we have and their names:
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3 types
1) Skeletal muscles
2) Smooth muscles
3) Cardiac muscles
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Know the type of muscle that we can consciously control:
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Voluntary
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Know what the first doctors of medicine was considered:
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1) Medicine men/women
2) Sorcerers
3) Witch Doctors
4) Shamans
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