Key Words

Question 1

Adrenal insufficiency (Addisons Disease)

Answer 1

Failure of the adrenal glands

Question 2

Analgesia

Answer 2

Pain relief

Question 3

Aneurysm

Answer 3

Localised widening of the Aorta (Main artery that’s pumps blood through body)

Question 4

Cirrhosis

Answer 4

Scarring of the liver

Question 5

COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)

Answer 5

Condition where airways become inflamed and the air sacs in lungs are damaged.

Question 6

De-gloving injury

Answer 6

Top of finger/ toe has been pulled right off

Question 7

Deep vein thrombosis

Answer 7

Blood clot deep in the arms or legs

Question 8

Ectopic pregnancy

Answer 8

Pregnancy out of the womb

Question 9

Intra-uterine

Answer 9

The coil

Question 10

Iris

Answer 10

Coloured part of the eye

Question 11

Meconium

Answer 11

First few green motions passed by a new born baby

Question 12

Meninges

Answer 12

3 membrane layers surrounding the structures of central nervous system

Question 13

Oesophagus

Answer 13

Food pipe

Question 14

Photophobia

Answer 14

Unable to tolerate bright lights

Question 15

Pre-eclampsia

Answer 15

Rare but very serious condition affecting expectant mothers

Question 16

Flank

Answer 16

Bottom of rib cage and top of hips

Question 17

Floaters

Answer 17

Seeing floating shapes

Question 18

Fractured neck of femur

Answer 18

When the top part of the femur (leg bone) is broken, below the ball and socket joint

Question 19

Haemophilia

Answer 19

Blood doesn’t clot properly

Question 20

Haemorrhoids (piles)

Answer 20

Blood vessels which protrude from the back of the passage

Question 21

Heparin

Answer 21

Weakness or rupture in muscle walls which allows structures of the body to poke through

Question 22

Hyperglycaemia

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Too much sugar (not enough insulin)

Question 23

Hypoglycaemia

Answer 23

Not enough sugar (too much insulin)

Question 24

Puerperal psychosis

Answer 24

Rare and severe mental health disorders affecting mothers (their child is evil, world is too evil for child to live in, mother is very delusional)

Question 25

Pulmonary embolus

Answer 25

Blood clot in the lung

Question 26

Quinsy

Answer 26

An abscess on one of the tonsils

Question 27

Rectal prolapse

Answer 27

When the bowel drops out of the rectum

Question 28

Rectocele

Answer 28

Muscle weakness in vagina causes lower bowel to bulge out of vagina

Question 29

Rigors

Answer 29

Violent uncontrollable shakes

Question 30

Schizoaffective disorder

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Experiencing a mental health condition along with schizophrenia together or within a short time gap

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Seizure

Answer 31

Electrical impulses in the brain are disrupted

Question 32

Sepsis

Answer 32

Blood poisoning

Question 33

Shock

Answer 33

The failure of the cardiovascular system to keep enough blood circulating around to vital organs

Question 34

Sickle cell disease

Answer 34

An inherited illness where red blood cells are abnormal

Question 35

Soft palate

Answer 35

The soft fleshy area of the roof of mouth

Question 36

Sutures

Answer 36

Stitches

Question 37

Tardy motions

Answer 37

Motions that LOOK LIKE TAR, BLACK AND STICKY

Question 38

Thrombosis

Answer 38

Blood clots

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Trachea

Answer 39

Windpipe/ airway

Question 40

Umbilicus

Answer 40

Belly button

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Upper abdomen

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Area between the bottom of ribs and umbilicus

Question 42

Urethra

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Tube where urine leaves the body

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Urticaria

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An itchy, nettle looking rash

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Vertigo

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A sensation of spinning or whirling

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Vascular disease

Answer 45

Problems with blood circulation

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Neutropenic

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Having a weak immune system

Question 47

Pleural membranes

Answer 47

The two slippery layers of membrane that cover the lungs