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Module H Vocab
Health Assessment Module H Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mammary | 1 of the 2 half-moon-shaped glands on either side of the adult female chest, fatty tissue and the nipple make up the breast. in each mammary gland is a network of sacs that produce milk during lactation and send it to the nipple via a system of ducts |
| areola | the small darkened area around the nipple of the breast |
| mastectomy | the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely. a mastectomy is usually carried out to treat breast cancer |
| fibrocystic | a common condition characterized by lumpiness in one or both breasts due to the presence of multiple small cysts and masses |
| benign | a condition, tumor, or growth that is not cancerous |
| metastatic/metastasis | the process by which cancer spreads from the place at which it first arose as a primary tumor to distant locations in the body |
| gynecomastia | swelling of the breast tissue in boys or men, caused by an imbalance of the hormones estrogen and testosterone |
| supernumerary nipple/polymastia | usually smaller than normal and vestigial. they tend to occur along a roughly curved line that extends from near the armpit, through the center of the normal breast, and down to the lower abdomen |
| nipple inversion | a condition in which the nipple is pulled inward into the breast instead of pointing outward |
| peau d'orange | a swollen pitted skin surface overlying carcinoma of the breast in which there is both stromal infiltration and lymphatic obstruction with edema |
| SBE | subacute bacterial endocarditis; is an infection of the inner lining of the heart and the heart valves |
| mastitis | inflammation of one or more mammary glands within the breast, usually in a lactating woman |
| dimpling/retraction | a slight natural indentation or hollow in the surface of some part of the human body |
| paget's disease | the combination of scaly skin changes of the nipple resembling eczema and an underlying cancer of the breast; the nipple and areola are typically red, inflamed and itchy |
| mastalgia | breast pain |
| menarche | females frst period |
| gravida | the number of times a woman is or has been pregnant, regardless of the pregnancy outcome |
| para | the number of births that a woman has had after 20 weeks gestation |
| malignant | cancerous |
| tail of spence | extension of the tissue of the breast that extends into the axilla |
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