Set 7

Question 1

Tachycardia

Answer 1

an increase in the heart rate above normal

Question 2

Stoma

Answer 2

Mouth or mouth like part The artificial opening of a tube that has been brought through the abdominal surface

Question 3

Stool

Answer 3

faeces discharged from the anus

Question 4

Urostomy

Answer 4

Surgically created opening in the abdominal wall that diverts urine away from the bladder and into a collecting device outside the body.

Question 5

Void

Answer 5

To evacuate urine or feces; excrete

Question 6

Vital signs

Answer 6

The rates or values indicating an individual’s pulse, temperature, respiration, and blood pressure

Question 7

Thrombophlebitis

Answer 7

inflammation of the wall of a vein with blood clot formation

Question 8

Urticaria

Answer 8

an itchy rash resulting partly from the release of histamine by mast cells. Itchy weals appear rapidly and resolve spontaneously

Question 9

Transfusion

Answer 9

he injection of a volume of blood obtained from a healthy person into the circulation of a patient whose blood is deficient in quantity or quality

Question 10

Vertigo

Answer 10

A sensation of irregular or whirling motion, either of oneself or of external objects, often caused by inner ear disease.

Question 11

Umbilicus

Answer 11

the navel: a circular depression in the centre of the abdomen marking the site of attachment of the umbilical cord

Question 12

Stenosis

Answer 12

the abnormal narrowing of a passage or opening, such as a blood vessel or heart valve.

Question 13

Tachypnea

Answer 13

Rapid breathing

Question 14

Supine

Answer 14

lying on the back or with the face upwards, palms facing up

Question 15

Vomitus

Answer 15

Vomited matter