Chapter 3

Question 1

Decompensation

Answer 1

Failure of a system

de- (down, away from), compensat (to make good again), -ion (process)

Question 2

Dyspnea

Answer 2

Difficult breathing

dys- (difficult), -pnea (breathing)

Question 3

Eupnea

Answer 3

Good, normal breathing

eu- (good, normal), -pnea (breathing)

Question 4

Epigastric

Answer 4

Pertaining to the region above the stomach

epi- (above), gastr (stomach), -ic (pertaining to)

Question 5

Intramuscular (IM)

Answer 5

Pertaining to within a muscle, such as an IM injection

intra- (within), muscul (muscle), -ar (pertaining to)

Question 6

Regurgitation

Answer 6

Process of backward flow of solids or food from the stomach to the mouth or the backward flow of blood through a defective heart valve

re- (backward), gurgitat (to flood), -ion (process)

Question 7

Occlusion

Answer 7

Process of closing or state of being closed such as of a passage or lumen

Question 8

Patent

Answer 8

Wide open; freely open; for example, a lumen would be patent (opposite of occlusion)

Question 9

Sign

Answer 9

Any objective clinical evidence of an illness or disordered function of the body. A sign can be seen, heard, measured, or felt by the examiner

Question 10

Symptom

Answer 10

Any perceptible change in the function of the body that indicates disease; symptoms may be acute, chronic, relapsing, remitting, and can have systemic effect or local effect; they can be classified as objective (can be observed and measured), subjective (felt and described by the patient), and cardinal (the vital signs: temperature (T), pulse (P), respiration (R), and blood pressure (BP)).

Question 11

Concentration

Answer 11

In psychology, the process of being able to bring to the center one thought and focus on it, while excluding other thoughts

con- (with, together), centrat (center), -ion (process)