vocabulary

Question 1

Anisocoria

Answer 1

Unequal pupils

Question 2

S3 sounds like…

Answer 2

Kentucky

Question 3

Pathognomonic

Answer 3

Sign which is very specific for a particular disease.

The presence of the sign indicates a disease without any doubt.

Question 3

Achalasia

Answer 3

Esophageal motility disorder.

Lack of peristalsis, incomplete opening of sphincter, increased sphincter tone.

Question 4

S4 sounds like…

Answer 4

Tennessee

Question 5

Odynophagia

Answer 5

Painful swallowing

Question 6

Melena

Answer 6

Black, tarry stool

Question 7

Etiology

Answer 7

Study of causality

Question 8

Epidemiology

Answer 8

Study of patterns of diseases

Question 9

Cor pulmonale

Answer 9

right heart failure secondary to a pulmonary cause

Question 10

Hyperdontia

Answer 10

Too many teeth

Question 11

Hypertelorism

Answer 11

Widely separated eyes

Question 12

Macroglossia

vs. what syndrome’s feature?

Answer 12

Unusually large tongue

vs. the low tone of Down’s syndrome which results in protrusion

Question 13

Atresia

Answer 13

Condition where an orifice or passageway in the body is absent or closed

anal atresia, esophageal atresia

Question 14

Philtrum

Answer 14

vertical groove between nose and upper lip

Question 15

Talipes equinovarus congenita

Answer 15

club feet

Question 16

coloboma

Answer 16

key-hole iris

results from embryonic fissure defect

Question 17

heterochromia

Answer 17

eyes of different color

Question 18

microstomia

Answer 18

small mouth

Question 19

micrognathia

Answer 19

very small lower jaw

AKA mandibular hypoplasia

Question 20

cheilosis

Answer 20

fissures at lip corners

can be sign of vitamin deficiency

Question 21

steatorrhea

Answer 21

bulky, foul stool (CF)

Question 22

apraxia

Answer 22

the inability to execute purposeful movements, despite having the desire and the physical capacity to do so

Question 23

antagonist

Answer 23

blocker

Question 25

agonist

Answer 25

activator

Question 26

esotropia

Answer 26

eyes deviate INWARD

Question 27

exotropia

Answer 27

eyes deviate OUTWARD

Question 28

hypertropia

Answer 28

eyes deviate UPWARD

Question 29

hypotropia

Answer 29

eyes deviate DOWNWARD

Question 30

otalgia

Answer 30

ear pain

Question 31

hyperemia

Answer 31

increased blood flow; clinically presents as erythema

Question 32

infratentorial

Answer 32

below the tentorium | aka - the "tent" of the cerebellum

Question 33

autosomal dominant

Answer 33

appearing in every generation

Question 34

coprolalia

Answer 34

obscene speech

Question 35

palilalia

Answer 35

repeating one's own words

Question 36

echolalia

Answer 36

repeating another's words

Question 37

copropraxia

Answer 37

obscene gestures

Question 38

anisocytosis

Answer 38

red cell size variation r/t RDW

Question 39

paresthesia

Answer 39

tingling

Question 40

glossitis

Answer 40

big, beefy red tongue associated with Folate deficiency anemia and Pernicious anemia

Question 41

chordee

Answer 41

bowing of the penis

Question 42

oliguria

Answer 42

low urine output

Question 43

tocolytic

Answer 43

anti-contraction medication (uterine)