Exam 2: The Human Body: Reading the Map

Knowing the exact body region of a sign or symptom can help a health care worker determine the

Heart failure can cause the back-up of fluid into the venous system thus causing the neck or ________ veins to become engorged with extra blood.

Trendelenburg position may be contraindicated in patients with ________.

The doctor has ordered a study to look at the action of heart valves.Which procedure has he ordered?

Your patient complains of pain in the area of the liver.In which quadrant is the pain located?

The Psoas test is used to test for _______________.

Give the opposite of: caudal, distal, external, superficial, and posterior.

The ________ vertebrae are located in the neck.

The ______________region of the arm is usually where blood pressures are taken.

The hypochondrial region is located beneath the __________?

The danger of a hernia is ________.

A woman involved in a high speed car accident initially seems fine, but soon develops difficulty breathing.You suspect she is bleeding into one of her body cavities.Given her symptoms, which one?

A patient is in the Intensive Care Unit, has just had brain surgery and is suffering from an increased intracranial pressure.The ________ position is contraindicated in this situation.

The opposite of superficial is lateral.

The cranial cavity houses the brain.

Directional terms are used as ____________ within the body.

Give the common name for the following body regions: femoral, gluteal, lumbar, antebrachial and cervical.

________ imagers use magnetic energy to produce cross sectional images of body structures.

Left and right always refers to the ________ left and right.

The opposite of distal is ___________________.