final study guide 2

Question 1

The branch of medicine and surgery concerned with childbirth and the care of women giving birth

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OBSTETRICS

Question 2

Surgical removal of one or both testicles

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ORCHIECTOMY

Question 3

Degeneration of joint cartilage and the underlying bone, most common from middle age onward

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OSTEOARTHRITIS

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Softening of the bones

typically through a deficiency of vitamin D or calcium

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OSTEOMALACIA

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Inflammation of bone or bone marrow, usually due to infection

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OSTEOMYELITIS

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A medical condition in which the bones become brittle and fragile from loss of tissue
(typically as a result of hormonal changes, or deficiency of calcium or vitamin D)

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OSTEOPOROSIS

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A skin sensation, such as burning, prickling, itching, or tingling, with no apparent physical cause

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PARESTHESIA

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A surgical procedure used to correct or reconstruct the palate in a person with a cleft palate

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PALATOPLASTY

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The membrane enclosing the heart

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PERICARDIUM

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Open, unobstructed, affording free passage

ex: the bowel may be patent–as opposed to obstructed

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PATENT

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The wavelike muscular contractions of the intestine or other tubular structure that propel the contents onward by alternate contraction and relaxation

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PERISTALSIS

Question 12

The area surrounding the bladder

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PERIVESICAL

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A small red or purple spot caused by bleeding into the skin

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PETECHIA

Question 14

A tightening of the foreskin of the penis that may close the opening of the penis

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PHIMOSIS

Question 15

Inflammation of the wall of a vein

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PHELBITIS

Question 16

Excess fluid that accumulates in the

pleura(the fluid-filled space that surrounds the lungs)

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PLEURAL EFFUSION

Question 17

The fold of skin surrounding the clitoris

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PREPUCE

Question 18

Localized accumulation of PUS in the lung

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PULMONARY ABSCESS

Question 19

FLUID accumulation in the lungs

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PULMONARY EDEMA

Question 20

Blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot

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PULMONARY EMBOLISM

Question 21

The presence of pus in the urine

typically from bacterial infection

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PYURIA

Question 22

Abnormally high amount of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood

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HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA

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Paralysis of all 4 limbs

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QUADRIPLEGIA

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Either of the 2 flat triangular bones on each side of the shoulder

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SCAPULA

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A pouch of skin containing the testicles

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SCROTUM

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A small body of muscle tissue in the wall of the right atrium of the heart that acts as a pacemaker by producing a contractile signal at regular intervals

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SINOATRIAL NODE

Question 27

Salivary Gland Stones

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SIALADENOLITHIASIS

Question 28

An instrument for measuring blood pressure

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SPHYGMOMANOMETER

Question 29

The abnormal narrowing of a passage a bodily canal or passageway

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STENOSIS

Question 30

A test for detecting the presence of fecal occult blood (blood that is not visible in stools)

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STOOL GUAIAC

Question 31

A junction between 2 nerve cells, consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter

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SYNAPSE

Question 32

A steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex

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TESTOSTERONE

Question 33

Removal of fluid from the pleural cavity through a needle inserted between the ribs

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THORACENTESIS

Question 34

Transurethral Resection of the Prostate

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TURP

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A raised level in the blood of urea and other nitrogenous waste compounds that are normally eliminated by the kidneys

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UREMIA

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An abnormally expanded bladder. Prolapse of the end of the ureter into the bladder, may obstruct urine flow

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URETEROCELE

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Holding urine in the bladder. A state where a person has incomplete emptying of the bladder

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URINARY RETENTION

Question 38

A thin muscular tube that carries the sperm from the testes to the urethra

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VAS DEFERENS

Question 39

The surgical cutting and sealing of part of each vas deferens, typically as a means of sterilization

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VASECTOMY