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chapter 13 assess
Assessment Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ACROMEGALY | syndrome that results when the pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone (hGH) after epiphyseal plate closure at puberty causes enlarged jaws and facial bones |
| ADVENTITIOUS SOUNDS | Abnormal breath sounds |
| ANEURYSM | a localized, blood-filled dilation (balloon-like bulge) of a blood vessel[1] caused by disease or weakening of the vessel wall. |
| APHASIA | is an acquired language disorder in which there is an impairment of any language modality |
| ARCUS SENILIS | a white or gray opaque ring in the corneal margin (peripheral corneal opacity) present at birth[citation needed] or appearing later in life and becoming quite frequent after age 50. |
| ATHEROSCLEROSIS | the condition in which an artery wall thickens as the result of a build-up of fatty materials such as cholesterol |
| ATROPHIED | the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body. Causes of atrophy include poor nourishment, poor circulation, loss of hormonal support, loss of nerve supply to the target organ, disuse or lack of exercise or disease intrinsic to the tissue its |
| AUSCULATION | technical term for listening to the internal sounds of the body, usually using a stethoscope; |
| BASEL CELL CARCINOMA | the most common type of skin cancer. It rarely metastasizes or kills, but it is still considered malignant because it can cause significant destruction and disfigurement[1][2] by invading surrounding tissues |
| BENIGN(FIBROCYSTIC) BREAST DISEASE | benign (noncancerous) changes in the tissues of the breast |
| CORE TEMPERATURE | also known as normothermia or euthermia, is a concept that depends upon the place in the body at which the measurement is made, and the time of day and level of activity of the body. Although the value 37.0 °C (98.6 °F) is the commonly accepted average co |
| DYSRHYTHMIA | medical condition causing irregular heart rate |
| EUPNEA | normal, good, unlaboured ventilation, sometimes known as quiet breathing or resting respiration |
| MALIGMENT HYPERTHERMIA | heriditary condition for uncontrolled heat prodution |
| BORBORYGMI | also known as stomach growling, or rumbling, is the rumbling sound produced by the movement of gas through the intestines of animals, including humans |
| BRUIT | term for the unusual sound that blood makes when it rushes past an obstruction (called turbulent flow) in an artery when the sound is auscultated with the bell portion of a stethoscope |
| CERUMEN | EARWAX |
| CHANCRES | a painless ulceration formed during the primary stage of syphilis |
| CLUBBING | bulging of tissue at the nail base |
| conjunctivitis | inflammation of the conjunctiva (the outermost layer of the eye and the inner surface of the eyelids), most commonly due to an allergic reaction or an infection |
| CRACKLES | heard in dependent lobes caused by randon and sudden inflamation of gruops of alveoli |
| RHONCHI | heard over brohchi and trachea caused by muscle spasm or fluid and mucus in larger airways. |
| WHEESES | Heard over all lung fields cuased by high velocity air flow over though severely narrowed bronchus |
| Pleural friction rub | is heard over anterior lateral lung field cause by inflamed pleura, parietal pleura rubbing against viseral pleura |
| DYSMENORRHEA | medical condition characterized by severe uterine pain during menstruation. While most women experience minor pain during menstruation, dysmenorrhea is diagnosed when the pain is so severe as to limit normal activities, or require medication. |
| DYSPNEA | breathlessness |
| ORTHOPNEA | dificulty breathing, must be in upright position to breath |
| DYSRHYTHMIA | irregular heartrate |
| ECTROPION | eyelid margins that turn out |
| ENTROPION | eyelid margins that turn in, lashes turn in and increase risk of infection |
| ERYTHEMA | RED DISCOLORATION IN SKIN |
| EXCORIATION | REDNESS AND SKIN SLOUGHING CAUSES BY MECHANICAL MEANS |
| EXOSTOSIS | BONY GROWTH |
| GINGIVAE | GUMS |
| HEMATEMESIS | BLOODY EMESIS |
| MELENA | BLACK TARRY STOOLS - BLOOD IN STOOLS |
| HERNIA | PROTUSION OF A PORTION OF THE INTESTINE THUOGH THE INGUINLNAL WALL OR CANAL |
| HYDROCEPHALUS | ACCULULATION OF CEREBRAL FLUIDS IN THE VENTRICLES, IN INFANTS THIS CUASES A LARGE HEAD |
| HYPERTONICITY | INCREASED MUSCLE TONE solution contains a greater concentration of impermeable solutes than the solution on the other side of the membrane.[ |
| HYPOTONICITY | MUSCLE WITH LITTLE TONE solution contains a greater concentration of impermeable solutes than the solution on the other side of the membrane.[ |
| KYPHOSIS | HUNCHBACK |
| LORDOSIS | SWAYBACK, INCREASING LUMBER CURVATURE |
| SCOLIOSIS | LATERAL SPINE CURVATURE |
| INDURATION | hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration, or (b) an area or part of the body that has undergone such a reaction.[1] Most often this term is used to describe dermatologic findings. |
| TURGOR | SKINS ELASTICITY |
| PETECHIAE | PINPOINT PURPLE AND RED SPOTS ON THE SKIN CAUSED BY SMALL HEMORRHAGES IN THE SKIN LAYERS. INDICATES BLLOD-CLOTTING DISORDERS, DRUG REACTIONS, LIVER DISEASE |
| JUANDICE | also known as icterus (attributive adjective: icteric), is a yellowish discoloration of the skin, the conjunctival membranes over the sclerae (whites of the eyes), and other mucous membranes caused by hyperbilirubinemia (increased levels of bilirubin in t |
| LEUKOPLAKIA | THICK WHITE PATCHES IN THE MUCUSA OF THE MOUTH, OFTEN PRECANCEROUS,SEEN IN HEAVY SMOKERS AND ALCOHOLICS |
| MELANOMA | AGGRESSIVE FORM OF SKIN CANCER, OCCURS PRIMARILY IN LIGHT PIGMENTED PEOPLE |
| erythema | redness or inflamation of the skin |
| metastasize | to spread |
| opthalmoscope | instrument to illuminate the struture of the eye |
| otoscope | instrument to view the inner structure of the ear |
| ototoxicity | drug or sunstanse that causes adverse reaction to the ear |
| pallor | decrease in skin color |
| palpation | an object is felt (usually with the hands of a healthcare practitioner) to determine its size, shape, firmness, or location |
| palpitation | an abnormal awareness of the beating of the heart,[1] whether it is too slow, too fast, irregular, or at its normal frequency |
| papanicolaou (Pap smear) | test for cervical or vaginal cancer |
| paralytic ileus | temporay paralysis of intestinal wall, usually after surgery or injury |
| percussion | tapping the body with finger tips to produce a vibration |
| peritonitis | inflammation of the peritoneum (the serous membrane which lines part of the abdominal cavity and some of the viscera it contains) |
| PERRLA | acronym for pupils equal, round reactive to light, recorder in PE if eye are normal |
| phlebitis | immflamation of a vien |
| point of maximal impulse PMI | anatomical point between 4th and 5 th intercostal space at mid clavical line where heartbeat can be easily palpated thruogh the chest wall |
| ptosis | abnormal dropping of the eyelid cause by edema or 3rd cranial nerve |
| stenosis | abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure |
| striae | stretch marks |
| syncope | breif lapse of consiousness cause by transient cerebral hypoxia |
| thrill | palpabile bruit |
| tinnitus | ringing in ear |
| vertigo | loss of equilibrium |
| hematuria | blood in urine |
| micturition | urination |
| bacteriuria | bacteria in urine |
| urosepsis | organisms in blood UTI |
| hemoptysis | spitting up blood |
| exudate | drainage from wound |
| purulent | pus |
| Normal nail | transparent, smooth, convex, pink and translucent. |
| Clubbing | change in angle, lack of o2, heart or pulmonary |
| Beau’s lines | depressions, severe infection |
| Koilonychia | spoon nail, concave curves, iron deficiency enemia, syphilis, use of detergents |
| Splinter hemorrhages | linear streaks in nail beds, trauma, trichinosis (round worm from pork) |
| Paronychia | Inflamation of skin at nail, local infection, trama |
| Cyanosis | blueish skin, best observed in nail beds |
| Ecchymosis | bruise |
| Orientation | means direction of some axis or vector or pseudo-vector |
| Eversion | the anatomical term of motion denoting the movement of the sole of the foot away from the median plane |
| Expressive aphasia | cannot speak |
| Receptive aphasia | cannot receive communication |
| Photophobia | excessive sensitivity to light and the aversion to sunlight |
| Diplopia | commonly known as double vision |
| Macule | nonpalpable change in skin color, smaller than 1 cm |
| Ulcer | deep loss of skin tissue surface, bleeds and scars |
| pustule | small elevated lesion filled with pus,ance, staphylococcal |
| vesicle | small evelavted lesion filled with serous fluid, chicked pox, herpes |
| papule | papalple lesion smaller than 1 cm |
| nodule | elveated lesion deeper than a papule |
| tumor | solid mass that extens thruogh subcutananeous tissue |
| wheal | hive or mosquito bite |
| atrophy | thinning of skin, artieral insufficiency |
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