Page 4-7 Flashcards
1
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Moving around a central axis
A
Rotation
2
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Moving an arm or leg away from the body
A
Abduction
3
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Moving an arm or leg toward the body
A
Adduction
4
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Raising a body part
A
Elevation
5
Q
Lowering a body part
A
Depression
6
Q
Moving a body part forward and parallel to the ground
A
Protraction
7
Q
Moving a body part backward and parallel to the ground
A
Retraction
8
Q
Stiffness and rigidity of joints
A
Ankylosis
9
Q
Inability of muscles to shorten or lengthen limiting joint mobility
A
Contracture
10
Q
Legs: Thigh to knee
A
Upper leg
11
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Legs: Knee to ankle
A
Lower leg
12
Q
Fully awake and conscious
A
Alert
13
Q
Not fully awake, drifts off to sleep
A
Lethargic
14
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Sleeps most of the time and difficult to arouse
A
Obtunded
15
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Spontaneously unconscious
A
Stupor/semi-coma
16
Q
Completely unconscious
A
Coma
17
Q
Acute confusion or clouding of consciousness
A
Delirium
18
Q
Head, body, pubic lice
A
Pediculi
19
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Administration of medicine by mouth
A
Orally or per orem
20
Q
Administration of medicine by rectum
A
Rectally
21
Q
Medicine: Act of breathing in of air or of vapor
A
Inhalation
22
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Administration of medicine under the skin
A
Subcutaneous
23
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Administration of medicine within the skin
A
Intradermal
24
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Administration of medicine within the muscle
A
Intramuscular
25
Administration of medicine within the vein
Intravenous
26
Administration of medicine by pouring into body cavity
Installation
27
Painful menstruation
Dysmenorrhea
28
Absence of menstruation
Amenorrhea
29
Excessive bleeding during menstruation
Menorrhagia
30
Bleeding in between menstrual period
Metrorrhagia
31
Physiologic cessation of menstruation
Menopause
32
Mental: distrustful
Suspicious or paranoid
33
Mental: Happy
Optimistic or cheerful
34
Mental: worried, uneasy, apprehensive; external danger is known and identified
Fear
35
Mental: worried, uneasy, apprehensive from the anticipation of danger whose source is unknown
Anxiety
36
Mental: loss of memory
Amnesia
37
Mental: restlessness
Agitated
38
Mental: irritable
Easily provoked or impatient
39
Pleasant odor
Aromatic
40
Not pleasant odor
Foul
41
Very unpleasant odor
Offensive-foul
42
Great pain
Severe
43
Little pain
Slight
44
Sudden attack of pain
Paroxysmal
45
Pain that spreads to distant areas
Radiating
46
Pain that started all at once
Sudden onset
47
Joint pain
Arthralgia
48
Muscle pain
Myalgia
49
Pain in the ear; earache
Otalgia
50
Paralysis of the muscles of the face
Facial paralysis
51
Paralysis of lower half of the body
Paraplegia
52
Paralysis of one extremity
Monoplegia
53
Paralysis of one side of the body
Hemiplegia
54
Paralysis of four extremities
Quadriplegia
55
Motor weakness in half of the body (divided vertically, right)
Hemiparesis
56
Admission of walking patient
Ambulatory
57
Admission of carried patients
In arms
58
Admission of patient by wheelchair
Per wheelchair
59
Admission of patient by stretcher
Per stretcher
60
Positions: one side lying
Lateral
61
Semi prone, side lying position
Sim's (left or right)
62
Positions: head and trunk are raised to 45 to 90°
Fowler's
63
Positions: head and trunk are raised to 15 to 45°
Semi fowler's / low
64
Positions: head and trunk are raised to 90°
High fowler's
65
Positions: On back, buttocks near edge of the table, knees well flexed and separated
Lithotomy
66
Positions: On back, knees flexed and apart, feet flat on the table or bed
Dorsal recumbent
67
Positions: Resting on knees and chest
Knee-chest
68
Positions: On back, pelvis higher than head
Trendelenburg
69
Positions: On abdomen, face turned to one side
Prone
70
Positions: Prone with hips over break in the table and feet below level of head
Jackknife
71
Number of beats per minute
Rate
72
Rhythm
Regular or irregular (arrythmia)
73
Beats missed at intervals
Intermittent
74
Rapid pulse rate
Tachycardia
75
Slow pulse rate
Bradycardia
76
One scarcley perceptible
Thready
77
Small, rapid pulse
Wiry
78
With excessive recoil wave
Dicrotic
79
Pulseless
Asphyctic
80
Pressure of blood during ventricular contraction
Systolic pressure
81
Pressure of blood during ventricular relaxation
Diastolic pressure
82
Difference between the systolic and diastolic pressure
Pulse pressure
83
High blood pressure, over 140/90 mmHg
Hypertension
84
Low blood pressure, below 100/60 mmHg
Hypotension
85
Normal blood pressure
Normotension
86
Removal of appendix
Appendectomy
87
Removal of uterus
Hysterectomy
88
Removal of ovary
Oophorectomy
89
Removal of breast
Mastectomy
90
Removal of tonsils
Tonsillectomy
91
Removal of kidney
Nephrectomy
92
Removal of a lungs
Pneumonectomy
93
Removal of thyroid gland
Thyroidectomy
94
Pink, hot skin
Flushed
95
Skin that is blue in color
Cyanotic
96
Very white skin
Extreme pallor
97
Skin that shines
Glossy
98
Skin: Raw surface
Excoriation
99
Skin that is yellow in color
Jaundiced
100
Torn skin
Lacerated
101
Skin containing pigments
Pigmented
102
Moist skin
Wet
103
Scraped skin
Abraded, denuded
104
Small ecchymosis of skin
Petechia
105
Excessive sweating of skin
Diaphoresis
106
Spoon shaped fingernails
Koilonychia
107
Red and area, sores or ulcers of the skin occurring over bony prominences
Pressure sore or bed sore
108
Accumulation of fluids in between the cells of the skin
Edema
109
Difficulty in falling asleep
Insomnia
110
Excessive daytime or nighttime sleep
Hypersomnia
111
Periodic cessation of breathing during sleep and is characterized by snoring
Sleep apnea
112
Sleepwalking
Somnambulism
113
Sleep talking
Soliloquy
114
Cleansing and grinding of teeth during sleep
Bruxism
115
Solution having same tension as of that of blood
Isotonic
116
Solution of greater tension
Hypertonic
117
Solution of less tension
Hypotonic
118
Symptoms observed by patient only
Subjective
119
Symptoms oberved by someone other than the patient
Objective
120
Act of expelling urine from the bladder
Micturition, voiding, urination
121
Involuntary passage of urine
Urinary incontinence
122
Application of manual pressure over the super pubic area to induce voiding
Crede's maneuver
123
Absence of urine production
Anuria
124
Frequent voiding during the night
Nocturia
125
Excessive urine production
Polyuria or diuresis
126
Inadequate urine production
Oliguria
127
Painful or difficult urination
Dysuria
128
Voiding at frequent intervals
Frequency
129
Strong desire to void
Urgency
130
Difficulty in initiating voiding
Hesitancy
131
Repeated involuntary voiding beyond 4 to 5 years old
Enuresis
132
Frequent scanty urination
Pollakuria
133
Presence of pus in the urine
Pyuria
134
Presence of blood in the urine
Hematuria
135
Presence of hemoglobin in the urine
Hemoglobinuria
136
Presence of glucose in the urine
Glucosuria
137
Presence of albumin in the urine
Albuminuria
138
Presence of acetone in urine
Acetonuria
139
Presence of bile in urine
Choluria
140
Presence of sugar in urine
Glycosuria
141
Presence of bacteria in the urine
Bacteriuria
142
Presence of protein in the urine
Proteinuria
143
Presence of casts in the urine
Cylindruria
144
Presence of ketones in the urine
Ketonuria
145
Overweight
Obese
146
Thin, underweight
Emaciated
147
Severe weight loss and tissue wasting
Cachexia
148
Deep wound
Deep
149
Slight, surface only wound
Superficial
150
Not infected wound
Clean
151
Wound discharging pus
Suppurating
152
Infected wound
Infected
153
Torn wound
Lacerated
154
Inability to read
Alexia
155
Difficulty or discomfort in talking, with abnormal pitch or volume
Dysphonia
156
Distorted speech sounds
Dysarthia
157
Inability to speak clearly
Expressive aphasia
158
Inability to understand or interpret sounds and language
Receptive aphasia
159
Inability to write
Agraphia
160
Inability to do activities performed by fingers
Apraxia
161
Uncoordinated movements
Ataxia
162
Absence of sense of smell
Anosmia
163
Absence of sense of taste
Ageusia
164
Inability to recognize or interpret meaning of visual, auditory, or tactile sensory information although ability to perceive primary sensory modalities is intact
Agnosia
