Test 2: Terms/Spelling Flashcards

(51 cards)

1
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rheum

A

eye mucus

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2
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umbilicus

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belly button

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3
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cerumen

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earwax

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4
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mastication

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to grind/chew

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5
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peristalsis

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aid which is contraction that propels people food thorugh GI tract

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6
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bolus

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food after it is chewed

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7
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flatus

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gas

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8
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feces

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waste products

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9
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defecation

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discharge of feces from body

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10
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constipation

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a symptom, not a disease

fewer than 3/week and >25% cause straining

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fecal impaction

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results from unrelieved constipation

collection of hardened stool

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flatulence

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accumulation of gas in GI tract, streatches walls

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diarrhea

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increased in number of stools, decreased passage of liquid unformed feces.

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14
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fecal incontinence

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inability to control passage of feces & gas to anus

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15
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hemorrhoids

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dialated, engorged vein in lining of the rectum

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stoma

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temporary or perminent opening of intestine through abdomin wall.

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17
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ostomy

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surgical opening of stoma

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18
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colostomy

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surgical procedure brings one end of inteines out of abdominal wall

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19
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nosocomial

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hospital acquired infeciton

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20
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phimosis

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inability to retract the distal foreskin over peinis

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paraphimosis

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never event

inability to retract foreskin that was previously retracted

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hematemesis

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vomiting of blood

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melena

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passage of black tarry stool

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hematochezia

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passage of frank (bright red) stool from anus or mixed stool

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lithotomy position
one which women have babies in, get pericare, etc...
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smegma
secretion of sebacious glands.
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eye mucus
rheum
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belly button
umbilicus
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earwax
cerumen
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chewing, grinding of food
mastication
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aid which contraction that propels food through GI tract
peristalsis
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food after it has left mouth and travels down GI tract
bolus
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fart/gas
flatus
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bowel waste products
feces
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discharge of feces
defecation
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a symptom not a disease, fewer than 3 defecations a week, >25% causes straining
constipation
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results from unrelieved constipation
impaction
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incrase in number of stools, decrease passage of formed stool, it's liquid
diarrhea
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inability to control passage of feces and or gas
incontinence
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accumulation of gas in GI tract, causes streating
flatulence
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dialated, engorged veins in lining of the rectum
hemarrhoid
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temporary or perminent opening of intestine through abdomin wall
stoma
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surgical procedure brings one end of GI tract outside of abdomin wall to route shit
colostomy
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hospital acquired disease
nosocomial
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inability to retract the distal foreskin over penis gland
phimosis
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it is a never event, inability to retract distal foreskin over prenis glad when it was once retractable
paraphimosis
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vomiting of blood
hematemesis
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passage of black tarry stool
melena
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passage of frank (bright red) bloody stool, or as mixed stool
hematochezia
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position in which women are put into while having a baby, or when a woman is getting pericare
lithotomy position
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secretion of sebaceous gland
smegma