A&P and Pathophysiology Flashcards
INFECTION ACQUIRED IN A HOSPITAL
NOSOCOMIAL
ANTIMICROBIAL SUBSTANCE THAT IS APPLIED TO LIVING TISSUE
ANTISEPTIC
INGESTION OF FOREIGN MATERIAL BY LEUKOCYTES
PHAGOCYTOSIS
DEGENERATION WITH LOSS OF ELASTICITY AND OBSTRUCTION IN SMALL ARTERIES
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
A GROUP OF CHRONIC DISEASES THAT CAUSE AIRFLOW BLOCKAGE AND BREATHING-RELATED PROBLEMS
COPD - CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
CSF LEAKING FROM THE EAR
OTORRHEA
OCCURS WHEN BLOOD ACCUMULATES BETWEEN THE SKULL AND THE DURA MATER
EPIDURAL HEMATOMA
BRIGHT RED STREAKS OF BLOOD IN SPETUM
HEMOPTYSIS
CESSATION OF ALL CARDIAC FUNCTION
CARDIAC ARREST
INFECTION IN THE BRAIN CAUSED BY PRION
CREUTZFELD-JAKOB (CJD)
EXCESSIVE SECRETION OF GROWTH HORMONE (GH)
ACROMEGALY
IMMUNE SYSTEM DISORDER THAT RESULTS IN THE OVERPRODUCTION OF THYROID HORMONES (HYPERTHYROIDISM). PATIENTS MAY HAVE EXOPHTHALMOS
GRAVES DISEASE
MAIN NERVES OF YOUR PARASYMPATHEITC NERVOUS SYSTEM, INCREASES PERISTALSIS AND SECRETION IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT; CN 10
VAGUS NERVE
DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING
DYSPHAGIA
NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS - THE POINT OF FOCUS IS IN FRONT OF THE RETINA
MYOPIA
RINGING SOUND IN THE EAR MAY ALSO BE THE FIRST SIGN OF OTOTOXICTY
TINNITUS
SIX EYE MUSCLES THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE EYE AND ENALBE THE EYES TO MOVE IN ALL DIRECTIONS
EXTRINSIC EYE MUSCLES
OCCURS WHEN THE BABY’S SPINE DOES NOT FULLY FORM DURING PREGNANCY. MIGHT NOT BE DISCOVERED UNTIL LATE CHILDHOOD OR ADULTHOOD
SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA
CHRONIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE THAT PREVENTS YOUR PANCREAS FROM MAKING INSULIN; DEVELOPS HYPOGLYCEMIA MORE OFTEN
TYPE 1 DIABETES
MUSCLE PAIN DUE TO LACK OF OXYGEN THAT’S TRIGGERED BY ACTIVITY AND RELIEVED BY REST
CLAUDICATION
LARGEST CATEGORY OF PRIMARY MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMORS
GLIOMAS
THE SPACE BETWEEN THE MEMBRANOUS LAYER OF THE ARACHNOID MATER AND THE PIA MATER AND SURROUNDS THE BRAIN AND THE SPINAL CORD
SUBARACHNOID SPACE
CARDINAL SIGNS OF INFLAMMAITON
REDNESS, SWELLING AND LOSS OF FUNCTION
BACTERIA THAT FORMS IN AN IRREGULAR CLUSTER OF SPHERES, MOST COMMONLY FOUND ON THE SKIN
STAPHYLOCOCCI
DRUG THAT RELIEVES FEVER AND SOME PAIN
ACETAMINOPHEN
BURN IN WHICH EPIDERMIS AND PART OF DERMIS IS DESTROYED, MAY ALSO BE REFERRED TO AS A DEEP SECOND-DEGREE BURN
DEEP PARTICAL-THICKNESS
MICROBES PRESENT IN BLOOD
BACTEREMIA
ENTRY OF PATHOGEN INTO THE BODY AND THE FIRST SIGNS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
INCUBATION PERIOD
2 TYPES OF BONE TISSUE
COMPACT AND CANELLOUS
FRACTURE OF THE DISTAL REDIUS
COLLES’ FRACTURE
AN INJURY TO THE LIGAMENTS AROUND A JOINT
SPRAIN
REQUIRED BY LIVER TO SYNTHESIZE PROTHROMBIN
VITAMIN K
COMMON ANTICOAGULANT
HEPARIN
ORGAN THAT DESTROYS OLD ERYTHROCYTES, PART OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
SPLEEN
FIRST ARTERIES THAT BRANCH OFF THE AORTA, MAIN FUNCTION IS TO SUPPLY BLOOD TO THE HEART
CORONARY ARTERIES
CELLS THAT PRODUCE NEW BONE
OSTEOBLASTS
LAYER OF SKIN THAT LACKS BLOOD VESSELS AND NERVES, THE OUTER LAYER
EPIDERMIS
RARE BUT SERIOUS CONDITION THAT CAUSES ABNORMAL BLOOD CLOTTING THROUGHOUT THE BODY’S BLOOD VESSELS
DIC - DISSEMINATE INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION
PRESENCE OF STONES WITHIN THE CBD
CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS
MOST COMMON TYPE OF HEPATITIS
HCV
LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS AND OCCURS WHEN A PORTION OF THE INTESTINE FOLDS LIKE A TELESCOPE WITH ONE SEGMENT SLIPPING INSIDE ANOTHER SEGMENT
INTUSSUSCEPTION
FORMED BY THREE OPENINGS IN THE FLOOR OF THE URINARY BLADDER, TWO OF THE OPENINGS ARE FROM THE URETERS
TRIGONE
THE MOST COMMON RENAL CANCER IN THE PEDIATRIC AGE GROUP
WILMS TUMOR
PH OF URINE
4.5 - 8.0
SITE WHERE MOST COLON CANCER USUALLY METASTASIZE
LIVER
INFLAMMATION OF THE GLANS PENIS
BALANITIS