Body Organ System Vocab

Question 1

No pulse

Answer 1

No heartbeat

Question 2

Adventitious

Answer 2

Abnormal breath sounds

Question 3

Expectorate

Answer 3

To clear out chest and lungs by coughing / spitting up

Question 4

Wheeze

Answer 4

To breathe with difficulty with a whistling sound

Question 5

Stridor

Answer 5

High pitched crowing sound in lungs from swelling

Question 6

Excrete

Answer 6

To discharge waste matter from the body

Question 7

Secrete

Answer 7

To generate and release from a cell or gland

Question 8

Flatus

Answer 8

Gas or air in GI tract expelled through the anus

Question 9

BM

Answer 9

Bowel Movement ( poop )

Question 10

Melena

Answer 10

Black, tarry stool, upper GI bleed

Question 11

Borborygmi

Answer 11

Rumbling in stomach ( stomach growling )

Question 12

IIeus

Answer 12

Lack of movement in intestines ( peralastis )

Question 13

Hypoactive

Answer 13

Soft, low bowel sounds

Question 14

Hyperactive

Answer 14

Loud, gurgling bowel sounds

Question 15

Overactive bladder

Answer 15

Frequent urination

Question 16

Incontinence

Answer 16

Unintentional loss of urine or stool

Question 17

Hyperreflexia

Answer 17

Over reactive reflexes

Question 18

Hyporreflexia

Answer 18

Less than normal or absent reflexes

Question 19

Angioedema

Answer 19

Swelling of soft tissue, after allergic reactions

Question 20

Edema

Answer 20

Swelling

Question 21

Erythema

Answer 21

Redness

Question 22

Pallor

Answer 22

Paleness

Question 23

Jaundice

Answer 23

Yellowness of skin

Question 24

Urticaria

Answer 24

Hives

Question 25

Pruritus

Answer 25

Itching

Question 26

Diaphoresis

Answer 26

Sweating