LE Massage Therapy Chapter 3
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lindaelliott on August 20, 2011
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Everest College - Massage Therapy Class of 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Vitreous Body | a transparent jelly-like material behind the eye |
| Retina | Innermost coast (tunic) of the eyeball, includes the receptors for vision |
| Cones | Vision receptors sensitive to COLOR |
| Rods | Vision receptors that function in dim light |
| Aqueous Humor | watery liquid secreted at the ciliary body that fills the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye and provides nourishment for the cornea, iris, and lens (humor = fluid) |
| Iris | colored part of the eye that regulates the size of the pupil |
| Sclera | Opaque, outermost layer of the eyeball, made of connective tissue |
| Eustachian tube | Passageway connecting middle ear cavity with the throat |
| Tympanic Membrane | Eardrum |
| Pinna | Name for projecting part of ear |
| Lacrimal Gland | Produces tears |
| Ossicles | 3 small bones in the middle ear |
| Proprioceptors | receptors that transmit information on the position of body parts |
| Ceruminous Glands | Wax glands in external auditory canal |
| Color Blindness | disorder of a person with a lack of cones in the retina |
| Lacrimation | secretion of tears |
| Hormones produced by the anterior pituitary | GH - growth hormone TSH - thyroid stimulation hormone ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone PRL - prolactin FSH -follicle stimulating hormone LH - luteinizing hormone |
| Hormones produced by islets of langerhans | Insulin and glucagon |
| Hormones released by adrenal cortex during stress that reduces inflammation | Cortisol |
| Endocrine gland composed of a cortex and medulla | Adrenal |
| Gland active in immunity | Thymus |
| Hormones from the posterior pituitary that causes contractions | Oxytocin |
| Largest endocrine gland, located in neck | Thyroid |
| Hormone produced by pineal gland | Melatonin |
| Endocrine gland divided into an anterior and posterior lobe | Pituitary |
| Hormone that lowers blood sugar | Insulin |
| Epinephrine | Adrenaline |
| Glands of the endocrine system | Pineal Pituitary Thyroid Parathyroids Thymus Adrenals Pancreatic islets Gonads - Ovaries and Testes |
| Function of the endocrine system | regulates secretion of hormones |
| Secretes HGH | Anterior Pituitary |
| Secretes Oxytocin | Posterior Pituitary |
| Secretes Glucagon | Pancreas - Islets of Langerhans |
| Red Blood Cells | Erythocytes |
| White Blood Cells | Leukocytes |
| Important gas transported by the blood from lungs to all parts of the body | Oxygen |
| Gaseous waste product carried by blood to lungs from t he body | Carbon Dioxide |
| Platelet | thrombocytes |
| Substances in RBC's that contain iron | HEMOGLOBIN |
| Transfusion | administration of blood or blood components from one person to another |
| Rh Factor | Blood antigen involved in hemolytic disease of the newborn |
| Hemorrage | profuse abnormal bleeding |
| HEMOGLOBIN | pigment in RBC's that carries oxygen |
| Right side of heart and lungs | Involved in pulmonary circulation |
| Left side of the heart and lungs | Involved in systemic circulations |
| Mitral Valve - Bicuspid | THE LEFT AV VALVE |
| BRADYCARDIA | Heart rate of less than 60bpm |
| Stroke Volume | Amount of blood ejected from a ventricle with each beat |
| Pulmonary Valve - Semilunar | Valve that prevents blood on its way to the lungs from returning to the right ventricle |
| Murmur | Sound that may result from a heart defect, from abnormal closing of the valve |
| Hearts Conduction System | Bundle of HIS, Purkinje fibers, AV node |
| Tachycardia | Heart rate greater than 100 bpm |
| SA node | Pacemaker |
| Time for average cardiac cycle | 0.8 seconds |
| Diastole | Resting period that follows the contraction phase of the cardiac cycle |
| Systole | Term for blood pressure reading taken during ventricular contraction |
| Myocardium | heart muscle thickest layer in the heart wall |
| Right atrium and ventricle | the oxygen content of each chamber of the heart |
| Main function of cardiovascular system | circulation |
| Artery | vessels that carry blood away from the heart, a large, muscular blood vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart |
| Veins | blood vessels that carry waste containing blood from the tissues back to the heart |
| Renal Artery | Large paired branches of the abdominal aorta supplying blood to kidneys |
| Superior Mesenteric Artery | Largest branch of abdominal aorta, supplies most of the small intestines and first half of large intestines |
| Coronary Sinus | Vein that carries blood from the coronary circulation back in to the right atrium |
| Hepatic Artery | Vessel that carries oxygenated blood to the liver |
| Valves | Structure that prevents blood from moving backward in the veins |
| Aorta | largest artery in the body |
| Carotid | Vessels that supply the head and neck on each side |
| Endothelium | Tissue that comprises the innermost layer of blood vessel |
| Brachial | Main vessel supplying the arm, a continuation of the axillary artery |
| Axillary | Main vessel supplying blood to the armpits |
| Internal Iliac artery | vessels that supply blood to bladder, rectum, genitalia, uterus and vagina |
| Popliteal | Vessel supplying blood to the knee |
| AZYGOS | empties into the superior vena cava - VESSEL draining lateral and posterior walls of the abdomen, chest, esphagus, and bronchial tree |
| Arteries | Vessels that carry blood from the heart to tissues |
| Smooth Muscle | middle layer of atrial wall that is composed of elastic connective tissue |
| Veins | Vessels carrying blood of tissues and back to heart |
| Femoral | Artery of the thigh |
| Inferior Vena Cava | large vein draining blood from parts of the body below the diaphram |
| Subdivisions of the aorta | Ascending Aorta Aortic Arch Thoracic Aorta Abdominal Aorta |
| Paired Arteries | PHRENIC artery SUPRARENAL artery RENAL artery OVARIAN/TESTICULAR arteries LUMBAR arteries |
| Unpaired Arteries | CELIAC TRUNK artery SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY |
| Thymosin | a hormone produced by the thymus gland |
| Thymus | an organ that shrinks in size after puberty |
| Antibodies | provide specific defenses against infections |
| Tonsils | Lymphatic organ found in throat |
| Lymph node | organs found through the body that contain WBC to destroy viruses and bacteria |
| Functions of the Lymph system | Fluid Balance Protection from infection Absorption of fats |
| Right Lymphatic Duct | duct draining lymph from right arm, right side of the head, right half of thoracic cavity into right subclavian |
| Lacteals | specialized lymphatic capillaries in the small intestines |
| Hormones aiding in maturation of the T Cells needed for immunity | Thymosin |
| Peyer Patches | name for internal tonsils, found in small intestine to combat ingested pathogens |
| Lymph | Tissue Fluid |
| Vermiform | appendix an organ human can live without |
| Spleen | largest lymphatic organ in the spleen |
| Cisterna chyli | temporary storage area formed by an enlargement of the first part of the thoracic duct |
| Antigen | any foreign substance introduced into the body that provokes an immune response |
| What causes lymph movement? | Valves in vessels Contraction of muscles Skeletal muscle contractions Breathing |
| Components of the lymphatic system | Lymph vessel Lymph Lymphoid organ Lymphoid Tissue |
| Location of lymph glands from most inferior to superior | Groin Illiac Lumbar Nodes Cisterna Chyli Spleen Thymus Parotid |
| Lymph fliud is derived | Plasma |
| Immune System | is closely associated the Lymphatic system |
| What system is the Pancreas and Thymus? | Endocrine |
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