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Side A ------ Side B
The medical term for the time when menstruation begins is?  ------ Menarche
The medical term for when menstruation stops is? ------ Menopause
The medical term for paralysis from the waist down is?  ------ Paraplegia
The medical term for moving a body part away from the body? ------ abduction
The medical term for moving a body part toward the midline of the body is?  ------ adduction
The medical term for tube feeding is? ------ gavage
The common term for a decubitus ulcer: a pressure sore? ------ bed sore
Removal of synovial fluid from a joint is called?  ------ arthrocentesis
A condition seen in infancy due to a deficiency in vitamin D characterized by softening of the bone is called? ------ Rickets
Abnormal S-shaped lateral curavature of the spine is called? ------ Scoliosis
What is the name of the structure in the heart which distributes the electical impulse to the ventricles? ------ Purkinje fibers
The temperature taken at the armpit is the? ------ Axillary temperature
What is a break in a bone (without penetration) of the sin surface over the fracture site called?  ------ closed fracture
Inflammation of the eyelid is called?  ------ blepharitis

Side A ------ Side B
The medical term for the time when menstruation begins is?  ------ Menarche
The medical term for when menstruation stops is? ------ Menopause
The medical term for paralysis from the waist down is?  ------ Paraplegia
The medical term for moving a body part away from the body? ------ abduction
The medical term for moving a body part toward the midline of the body is?  ------ adduction
The medical term for tube feeding is? ------ gavage
The common term for a decubitus ulcer: a pressure sore? ------ bed sore
Removal of synovial fluid from a joint is called?  ------ arthrocentesis
A condition seen in infancy due to a deficiency in vitamin D characterized by softening of the bone is called? ------ Rickets
Abnormal S-shaped lateral curavature of the spine is called? ------ Scoliosis
What is the name of the structure in the heart which distributes the electical impulse to the ventricles? ------ Purkinje fibers
The temperature taken at the armpit is the? ------ Axillary temperature
What is a break in a bone (without penetration) of the sin surface over the fracture site called?  ------ closed fracture
Inflammation of the eyelid is called?  ------ blepharitis