Final Flashcards
(27 cards)
If your lying face down, your?
Prone
If your lying on you back, your?
Supine
If your looking at someone’s back their standing?
Posterior
If your looking at someone’s face their standing?
Anterior
What is one technique the doctors uses during a physical exam.
Palpitation
What is nosocomial?
Caused by exposure to a disease causing agent while in the hospital environment.
What is an infectious disease?
Caused by a pathogen.
What is congenital?
Caused by an abnormality in the fetus as it develops.
What is auscultation?
Using a stethoscope to listen to the lungs, heart, or intestines.
What is the yellowish discoloration of the whites of your eyes called.
Jaundice
Foreign matter inhaled into the lungs may cause.
Aspiration pneumonia
What is the medical word for itching?
Puritus
What is the normal process of the constant shedding of dead skin cells?
Exfoliation
What is the tibia?
The large bone on the inside of the lower leg.
What category of drugs do the NSAID belong?
Non steroids
The surgical procedure to repair the hip is called?
Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF)
The hypothalamus is located (above, below, or behind) the thalamus?
Below
The thalamus has functions as part of the nervous system but also deals with emotions? True or false
True
The parietal lobe is connected with?
Touch
The occipital lobe is connected with?
Vision
The frontal lobe is connected with?
Speech
The temporal lobe is connected with?
Hearing
Hematoma is a type of brain tumor? True of false
False
Ovaries are part of the endocrine system and the?
Reproductive system
