Christopher "Kit" Carson was a famous American frontiersmen born in Madison County‚ Kentucky on December 24th‚ 1809‚ who made an important contribution to the expansion of The United States of America. Kit Carson became a legend due to his name associated with several key events in the Westward expansion. Exploration‚ Encounter‚ and Exchange‚ Christopher Carson experienced a lot of this during his life. In 1818 Kit Carson’s father Lindsey Carson died due to an incident while clearing a field
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The appendix is a small‚ tube-like structure attached to the first part of the large intestine‚ also called the colon. The appendix is located in the lower right portion of the abdomen. It has no known function. Removal of the appendix appears to cause no change in digestive function. Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix. Once it starts‚ there is no effective medical therapy‚ so appendicitis is considered a medical emergency. When treated promptly‚ most patients recover without difficulty
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08/12/13 1. MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Aneurysm (AN-ū-rizm) A thin‚ weakened section of the wall of an artery or a vein that bulges outward‚ forming a balloonlike sac. Common causes are atherosclerosis‚ syphilis‚ congenital blood vessel defects‚ and trauma. If untreated‚ the aneurysm enlarges and the blood vessel wall becomes so thin that it bursts. The result is massive hemorrhage with shock‚ severe pain‚ stroke‚ or death. Treatment may involve surgery in which the weakened area of the blood
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Final - Med Term Question Answer False True or False - A word cannot end with a combining form (word root + vowel). False True or False - The definition of a medical word usually begins with defining the prefix first‚ the suffix second and the word root last. False True or False - Paralysis occurring on only one half of the body is known as quadriplegia. True True or False - Hyper-‚ hypo-‚ and poly- are all prefixes that indicate measurement. False True or False - Bi-‚ mono-‚ and primi-
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Albert Einstein- The 20th Century Science Hero Albert Einstein is considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century. He is known for developing the theories of relativity. He is also noted for his mathematical formula of E = mc² (David Bodanis). Although he was not directly involved in the Manhattan Project‚ which was responsible for creating the atomic bomb‚ but he is still considered the mastermind because of his breakthrough formula. In 1921‚ he won the Nobel Prize for physics
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Question 8 A 6 lb 2 oz full term baby boy has just been delivered in the maternity ward. He is noted to be tachypneic and when he cries his lips are noted to be blue. His extremities are also noted to be blue in colour. He is referred to a paediatric cardiologist for further investigation. A echocardiogram ordered. It is observed that the ventriculoarterial connections leaving the heart are not accurate and happen to interchanged. What additional heart anomaly is the cardiologist likely to find
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despite the fact that withdrawal of such devices will surely hasten his death. When he entered Glendale Adventist Hospital in California in 1984‚ he was known to be suffering from emphysema and diffuse arteriosclerosis‚ coronary arteriosclerosis‚ abdominal aneurysm‚ and inoperable lung cancer. At the end‚ He had to use mechanical respiratory and chest tube to assist his breathing in the ICU. Although each of these conditions could individually be lethal‚ he was not diagnosed as terminally ill. At first
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valves were smaller than average (10-12.5 and 8-10.5 cm‚ respectively)‚ while his aortic (9.42 cm) valve was larger than normal (6-7.5 cm). Investigating further‚ dissection revealed myocardium hypertrophy in the left ventricle. There were also calcified plaques in the superior portion of the left anterior descending artery and in the proximal portion of the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery. Moderate aortic arteriosclerosis was observed as well in the ascending
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Chief Complaint: The patient pulled out his suprapubic catheter. History of Present Illness (discuss clinical course from admission until current date): On 10/10/17‚ Room 370 who is a 65-year-old male was admitted into the hospital because his suprapubic catheter came out. He was admitted in the emergency department to have his catheter replaced. His brother says he checks on him often‚ and he has been doing good for the last few months. According to his brother‚ there has been no change to his
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common ventricle. Perimembranous VSDs are located in the left ventricle outflow tract beneath the aortic valve. They are the most common VSD subtype in the United States‚ occurring 75-80% of cases. Defects may extent into adjacent portions of the ventricular septum. When tissues forms on the right ventricular septal surface (often thought to be tricuspid valvular in origin)‚ it is termed an aneurysm of the membranous septum. Such tissue serves as a mechanism of restriction or spontaneous closure
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