Spring 23' Med Term Quiz 2

Question 1

Fontanels

Answer 1

Unfused bones in a babies skull
The space where sutures intersect

Question 2

Presyncope

Answer 2

A lightheaded swimming sensation or feeling of fainting or falling caused by decreased blood flow to the brain or heart irregularly causing decreased cardiac output..

Question 3

Vertigo

Answer 3

A true rotational spinning often from labyrinthine-vestibular disorder in inner ear

Question 4

Disequilibrium

Answer 4

is a shakiness or instability when walking related to musculoskeletal disorder or multisensory deficits

Question 5

Normocephalic

Answer 5

is a term that denotes a round and symmetric skull that is appropriately related to body size

Question 6

Lymphadenopathy

Answer 6

Enlargement of the lymphnodes

Question 7

Pupillary light reflex

Answer 7

is the normal constriction of the pupil when bright light shines on the retina

Question 8

Fixation

Answer 8

Is a reflex direction of the eye toward an object attracting our attention

Question 9

Accommodation

Answer 9

Is adaptation the eye for near vision

Question 10

Presbyopia

Answer 10

The lens loses elasticity, becoming hard and glass like. The glasslike quality decreases the ability of the lens to change shape to accommodate for near vision

Question 11

Cataract

Answer 11

A clouding of the crystalline lens due to ultraviolet radiation

Question 12

Glaucoma

Answer 12

An optic neuropathy characterized by the loss of peripheral vision

Question 13

Diplopia

Answer 13

Is the perception of two images of a single object (double vision)

Question 14

Nystagmus

Answer 14

A fine, oscillating movement best seen around the iris

Question 15

Conductive

Answer 15

a conductive hearing loss involves a mechanical dysfunction of the ear

Question 16

Sensorineural

Answer 16

loss signifies pathology of the inner ear, cranial nerve 8, or the auditory areas of the cerebral cortex.

Question 17

Otalgia

Answer 17

Ear pain
occurs directly from ear disease or is referred pain from a problem in teeth or oropharynx

Question 18

Otitis media

Answer 18

Middle ear infection
Occurs because of obstruction of the eustachian tube or passage of nasopharyngeal secretions into the middle ear

Question 19

Cerumen

Answer 19

ear wax, it is genetically determined. there is wet earwax and dry earwax

Question 20

Atresia

Answer 20

Is a condition where an orifice or opening is abnormally closed or absent

Question 21

Bifid uvula

Answer 21

shows the uvula split either completely or partially

Question 22

Cleft lip

Answer 22

The formation of the upper lip is incomplete

Question 23

Cleft palate

Answer 23

a congenital defect, the failure of fusion of the maxillary processes

Question 24

Torus palatinus

Answer 24

is a benign bony ridge running in the middle of the hard palate

Question 25

Leukoedema

Answer 25

is a benign milky, bluish-white, opaque appearance of the buccal mucosa that occurs commonly in African Americans

Question 26

Rhinitis

Answer 26

Nasal mucosa is swollen and bright red with URI

Question 27

Epistaxis

Answer 27

occurs with trauma, vigorous nose blowing, foreign body, (nosebleeds)

Question 28

Dysphagia

Answer 28

difficulty swallowing, Occurs with pharyngitis, GERD, stroke, and other neurological diseases

Question 29

Xerostoma

Answer 29

dry mouth, a side effect of many drugs

Question 30

BID

Answer 30

twice a day

Question 31

TID

Answer 31

three times a day

Question 32

T

Answer 32

temperature

Question 32

QID

Answer 32

four times a day

Question 33

P

Answer 33

pulse

Question 34

R

Answer 34

respirations

Question 35

BP

Answer 35

blood pressure

Question 36

O2 Sat

Question 37

♂

Answer 37

Male

Question 38

♀

Answer 38

Female