Chap.2 Terms

Question 1

Acute

Answer 1

Severe symptom, recently or sharp.

Question 2

Chronic

Answer 2

Won’t go away.

Been going on for a while now.

Question 3

Exacerbation

Answer 3

It’s getting worse

Question 4

Abrupt

Answer 4

All of a sudden.

Question 5

Febrile

Answer 5

Having fever

Question 6

Malaise

Answer 6

Not feeling well

Question 7

Progressive

Answer 7

More and more each day

Question 8

Symptoms

Answer 8

Something the patient feels

Question 9

Noncontributory

Answer 9

Not related to this current or specific problem.

Question 10

Lethargic

Answer 10

Decrease in level of consciousness

Question 11

Genetic/hereditary

Answer 11

It runs in the family.

Question 12

Alert

Answer 12

Able to answer questions, responsive and interactive

Question 13

Oriented

Answer 13

Being aware of who you are.
Where
Current time

Question 14

Marked

Answer 14

It really stands out

Question 15

Unremarkable

Answer 15

Another way of saying normal

Question 16

Auscultation

Answer 16

To listen

Question 17

Percussion

Answer 17

To hit something and listen to resulting sound or feel for results.

Question 18

Palpation

Answer 18

To feel

Question 19

Impression

Answer 19

Another way of saying assessment

Question 20

Diagnosis

Answer 20

What the health care pro thinks the patient has.

Question 21

Differential diagnosis

Answer 21

A list of conditions the patient may have based on the symptoms exhibited and the results of the exam

Question 22

Benign

Answer 22

Safe

Question 23

Malignant

Answer 23

Dangerous a problem

Question 24

Degeneration

Answer 24

To be getting worse

Question 25

Etiology

Answer 25

The cause

Question 26

Remission

Answer 26

To get better or improve. | Not a cure

Question 27

Idiopathic

Answer 27

No known specific cause; it just happens

Question 28

Localized

Answer 28

Stay in a certain area or part of the body

Question 29

Systemic/generalized

Answer 29

All over the body

Question 30

Morbidity

Answer 30

The risk of dying

Question 31

Prognosis

Answer 31

The chances for things getting worse or better

Question 32

Occult

Answer 32

Hidden

Question 33

Pathogen

Answer 33

The organism that causes the problem.

Question 34

Lesion

Answer 34

Diseased tissue

Question 35

Recurrent

Answer 35

To have again

Question 36

Sequelae | seh-KWEL-ah

Answer 36

A problem resulting from a disease or injury

Question 37

Pending

Answer 37

Waiting for

Question 38

Disposition

Answer 38

What happened to the patient at the end of the visit. | Home, ICU, hospital bed

Question 39

Discharge

Answer 39

Unload 1send home 2fluid coming out of the body

Question 40

Prophylaxis

Answer 40

Preventative treatment

Question 41

Palliative

Answer 41

Treating the symptoms but not actually getting rid of the cause

Question 42

Observation

Answer 42

Watch or keep an eye out

Question 43

Reassurance

Answer 43

To tell the patient that the problem is not serious or dangerous

Question 44

Supportive care

Answer 44

To treat the symptoms and make the patient feel better

Question 45

Sterile

Answer 45

Extremely clean, germ free conditions

Question 46

Proximal

Answer 46

Closer to the center and approximate come from the same word and mean close

Question 47

Distal

Answer 47

Farther away from the Center distal and distant come from the same word meaning “far.”

Question 48

Lateral

Answer 48

Out to the side (Lateral the football) side

Question 49

Medial

Answer 49

Toward the middle Median on the highway

Question 50

Ventral Antral Anterior

Answer 50

The front of the word central means “stomach”

Question 51

Dorsal | Posterior

Answer 51

The back | Dorsal fin on a shark is on its back

Question 52

Cranial

Answer 52

Toward the top

Question 53

Caudal

Answer 53

Toward the bottom

Question 54

Superior

Answer 54

Above Top half

Question 55

Inferior

Answer 55

Below

Question 56

Prone

Answer 56

Laying down on the belly Planking)

Question 57

Supine

Answer 57

Lying down on back

Question 58

Contralateral

Answer 58

Opposite side

Question 59

Ipsilateral

Answer 59

Same side

Question 60

Unilateral

Answer 60

One side

Question 61

Bilateral

Answer 61

Both sides Like both legs are fractured.

Question 62

Dorsum

Answer 62

The top of the hand or foot Palm down

Question 63

Plantar

Answer 63

The sole of the foot

Question 64

Palmar

Answer 64

The palm of the hand

Question 65

Sagittal

Answer 65

Right to left Sagitta Latin for arrow Split the arrow in half

Question 66

Coronal

Answer 66

Divides the body from front to back | Corona is Latin for crown.

Question 67

Transverse

Answer 67

Divides the body from top to bottom Body worlds with segments of body