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
CONDITION IN WHICH ONE OR BOTH TESTES FAIL TO DESCEND FROM THE ABDOMEN INTO THE SCROTUM
CRYPTORCHIDISM
BLEEDING FROM THE UTERUS BETWEEN MENSTRUAL PERIODS, USUALLY COMMON FOR TEENAGERS AND WOEMN NEARING MENOPAUSE
METORRHAGIA
FLUID IN THE SAC WHICH NORMALLY SURROUNDS THE TESTICLE, OFTEN FOUND IN NEWBORN BOYS ESPEICALLY PREMATURE INFANTS
HYDROCELE
NONINVASIVE DYSPLASIA, HAVE NOT SPREAD TO NEARBY TISSUE
CARCINOMA IN SITU
DRUG THAT IS SOMETIMES ADMINISTERED TO WOMEN FOLLOWING CHILDBIRTH TO STIMULATE UTERINE CONTRACTIONS
OXYTOCIN
DEAFNESS THAT MAY BE CAUSED BY EXCESSIVELY LOUD SOUNDS, PATIENT MAY RECEIVE COCHLEAR IMPLANT
SENSORINEURAL
REMOVAL OF THE LENS OF THE EYE
TREATMENT FOR CATARACT
THE INNER TUNIC OF THE EYE, THIS LAYER SENSES LIGHT AND SENDS SIGNALS TO THE BRAIN
RETINA
WHICH VENTRICLE SECRETES MOST CSF FROM THE CHOROID PLEXUSES
LATERAL VENTRICLES
BACTERIA THAT ARE HIGHLY RESISTANT TO STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION
SPORES
ORGANIMS MOST FREQUENTLY FOUND IN BURNS
PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA (P. AERUGINOSA)
BACTERIA THAT IS THE COMMON CAUSE FOR POSTOPERATIVE WOUND INFECTIONS
S. AUREUS
WHICH PHASE OF HEALING IS A SCAB FORMED
INFLAMMATORY
BURNS THAT CAUSE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENTIR THICKNESS OF SKINS
THIRD DEGREE
A DIRECT INGUINAL HERNIA WOULD BE CONSIDERED WHAT WOUND CLASSIFICATION
CLEAN WOUND/CLASS I
WOUND CLASSIFICATION THAT IS INDICATED BY A DELAYED CLOSURE
THIRD INTENTION
GEL-LIKE SUBSTANCE THAT FILLS THE POSTERIOR CHAMBER AND NOURISHES THE EYE
AQUEOUS HUMOR
REGULATES THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT ENTERING THE EYE
IRIS
HIGH WBC
LEUKOCYTOSIS
2 ELECTROLYTES IMPORTANT FOR NORMAL CARDIAC CONTRACTIONS
POTASSIUM & CALCIUM
WHAT’S THE VEIN THAT DRAINS THE INTRACRANIAL VENOUS SINUSES
EMISSARY
ARTERIES THAT SUPPLIES BLOOD TO BRAIN
VERTEBRAL & INTERNAL CAROTIDS
SEPARATES THE FRONTAL AND TEMPORAL LOBES
FISSUE OF SYLVIUS
VEINS THAT DRAINS RIGHT SIDE OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN
AZYGOS
PRODUCES SPINAL FLUID
CHOROID PLEXUS
WHERE IS THE WHITE LINE OF HILTON
BETWEEN THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ANAL SPHINCTERS
WHICH ARTERY DIVIDES INTO THE ANTERIOR AND MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERIES
INTERNAL CAROTID
NERVE THAT INNERVATES THE SERRATUS ANTERIOR MUSCLE
LONG THORACIC
LYMPH NODES BETWEEN THE PECTORALIS MAJOR AND MINOR
ROTTER
FLEXURE BETWEEN TRANSVERSE AND DESCENDING COLON
SPLENIC
VEIN THAT DRAINS THE DIAPHRAGM
VEINS OF SAPPEY
NERVE THAT IS A POSTERIOR BRANCH OF THE VAGUS THAT MUST BE IDENTIFIED DURING TRUNCAL VAGOTOMY
NERVE OF GRASSI
CYSTIC DUCT, COMMON HEPATIC DUCT, AND LOWER EDGE OF THE LIVER ARE STRUCTURES THAT IDENTIFY
TRIANGLE OF CALOT
VEIN SHARED BY PANCREAS AND LIVER
PORTAL
GREAT SENSORY NERVE OF THE FACE AND HEAD
TRIGEMINAL
UTERINE ARTERY IS A BRANCH OF WHICH ARTERY
INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY
AREA BOUNDED BY THE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE, INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC VESSLES AND INGUINAL LIGAMENT
HESSELBACH’S TRIANGLE
NERVE THAT INNERVATES THE LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSLCE (HINT: LATERAL TO THE LONG THORACIC)
THORACODORSAL
CONTAINS PURULENT EXUDATE
ABSCESS
4 STAGES OF WOUND HEALING
HEMOSTASIS
INFLAMMATION
PROLIFERATION
REMODELING
CAN SURVIVE HIGH TEMPERATURES AND DRY ENVIRONMENT
ENDOSPORE
THE TIME FROM WHICH A PATHOGEN ENTERS THE BODY UNTIL FITRST SIGNS OF INFECTION
INCUBATION PERIOD
LACKS A AND B ANTIGENS, MAKING IT A UNIVERSAL BLOOD TYPE
TYPE 0
EARLY SIGNS & SYMPTOMS OF ANEMIA
FATIGUE
DYSPNEA
PALLOR
BIRTH DEFECT OF THE HEART WHICH THERE IS A HOLE IN THE SEPTUM THAT SEPARATES THE VENTRICLES
VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT (VSD)
MOST DANGEROUS ARRHYTHMIA
VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION
AN EYE CONDITION THAT IS OFTEN PAINLESS AND INVOLVES A DARK SHADOW OR “CURTAIN” ON THE SIDES OR IN THE MIDDLE OF VISUAL FIELD
RETINAL DETACHMENT
SIGNS OF HYPOGLYCEMIA
DIZZINESS
FEELING HUNGRY
CONFUSION
SHAKING
THICKENING OR SWELLING OF THE PYLORUS THAT CAUSES SERVE AND FORCEFUL VOMITING
PYLORIC STENOSIS
VIRAL INFECTION OF THE PAROTID GLAND; FEWER CASES TODAY BECAUSE OF THE MMR VACCINE
MUMPS
SURGICAL ANATOMY OF THE NECK
USING THE DIAGRAM AS A REFERENCE, WHAT MUSCLE FORMS THE ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR BORDERS OF THE SUBMANDIBULAR TRIANGLE
DIGASTRIC MUSCLE
SURGICAL ANATOMY OF THE NECK
USING THE DIAGRAM AS A REFERENCE, WHAT STRUCTURE ENTERS THE LARYNX AT THE LATERAL JUNCTURE OF THE CRICOID AND THYROID CARTILAGES
RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE
SURGICAL ANATOMY OF HERNIAS
USING THE DIAGRAM AS A REFERENCE, WHAT NERVE PASSES THROUGH THE INGUINAL CANAL
ILIOINGUINAL NERVE
SURGICAL ANATOMY OF THE DUDOENUM
USING THE DIAGRAM AS A REFERENCE, WHAT STRUCTURE IS THE SUSPENSORY MUSCLE OF THE DUODENUM
LIGAMENT OF TREITZ
YOUR PATIENT IS UNDERGOING ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) FOR A SUSPECTED COMMON BILE DUCT STONE. WHAT TWO STRUCTURES COMBINE TO FORM THE COMMON BILE DUCT?
CYSTIC DUCT & COMMON HEPATIC DUCT
WHAT STRUCTURE OF THE BILIARY TREE IS FORMED BY THE CONVERGENCE OF THE COMMON BILE DUCT AND PANCREATIC DUCT?
HEPATOPANCREATIC AMPULLA OF VATER
USING THE DIAGRAM AS A GUIDE, WHAT LYMPH NODE IS LOCATED WITHIN CALOT’S TRIANGLE?
LUND’S NODE
USING THE DIAGRAM AS A GUIDE, WHAT’S THE MEDIAL BORDER OF CALOT’S TRIANGLE?
COMMON HEPATIC DUCT
USING THE DIAGRAM AS A GUIDE, WHILE ASSISTING ON A LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, THE SURGEON NEEDS TO IDENTIFY A VESSEL CROSSING CALOT’S TRINAGLE. WHAT WOULD YOU POINT OUT?
CYSTIC ARTERY
THE ILLISTRATION BELOW SHOWS A PATIENT WITH LONG-STANDING AXILLARY NERVE PALSY. WHAT MUSCLE HAS UNDERGONE DENERVATION ATROPHY?
DELTOID
YOUR SURGEON STRUGGLES TO IDENTIFY THE APPENDIX DURING LAPAROSCOPY. WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON POSITION OF THE APPENDIX?
RETROCECAL
USING THE DIAGRAM AS A GUIDE, THE ARTERIAL SUPPLY TO THE APPENDIX IS VIA THE APPENDICULAR ARTERY. WHAT VESSEL DOES IT DIRECTLY ARISE FROM?
ILEOCOLIC ARTERY
BELOW IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE DISTAL HUMERUS. WHICH LABEL CORRESPONDS TO THE RADIAL FOSSA?
G
USING THE DIAGRAM AS A GUIDE, DURING THE COURSE, THE PUDENDAL NERVE CROSSES WHAT LIGAMENT?
SACROSPINOUS
WHAT TERM TO REFERS TO A MOVEMENT THAT DECREASES THE ANGLE OF A JOINT?
FLEXION
MOVEMENT AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE
ABDUCTION
USING THE DIAGRAM AS A GUIDE, THE STRUCTURE ACTS AS A CONDUIT BETWEEN THE FOREBRAIN ABOVE THE PONS AND CEREBELLUM BELOW (AKA MESENCEPHALON)
MIDBRAIN
USING THE DIAGRAM AS A GUIDE, THE STRUCTURE IS A STRONG TRAINGULAR LIGAMENT OF THE GENOHUMERAL JOIINT. ALSO, SERVES AS AN IMPORTANT LANDMARK FOR SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY.
CORACOACTROMIAL LIGAMENT
IDENTIFY
TYPICAL SUCTION TIPE USED IN LUMBAR SPINE SURGERY
FRAZIER
USING THE DIAGRAM AS A GUIDE, IDENTIFY A & B - THESE NERVE STRUCTURE PAIRS ARE PRESENT AND SHOULD BE IDENITFIED AND PRESERVED DURING INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR, ESPECIALLY IN AN OPEN REPAIR
A = ILIOHYPOGASTRIC NERVE
B = ILIOINGUINAL NERVE
USING THE DIAGRAM AS A GUIDE, THIS STRUCTURE IS A GROOVE ON THE LIVER’S SURFACE, OFTEN USED AS A LANDMARK DURING CHOLECYSTECTOMY TO AVOID INJURY TO THE BILE DUCTS.
ROUVIERE’S SULCUS