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