Chapter 30 Med Terms Flashcards
Abnormal breath sounds that occur when air passes through narrowed airways or airways filled with fluid or mucus or when pleural linings are inflamed.
Adventitious Breath Sounds
The loss of scalp hair (baldness) or body hair.
Alopecia
The junction between the body of the sternum and the manubrium; the starting point for locating the ribs anteriorly.
Angle of Louis
The anterior curve of the auricle’s upper aspect.
Antihelix
Any defects in or loss of the power to express oneself by speech, writing, or signs, or to comprehend spoken or written language due to disease or injury of the cerebral cortex.
Aphasia
An uneven curvature of the cornea that prevents horizontal and vertical light rays from focusing on the retina .
Astigmatism
Flap of the ear; also called pinna.
Auricle
A test during which the client’s fingertip is temporarily pinched to assess capillary refill and peripheral circulation.
Blanch Test
A blowing or swishing sound created by turbulence of blood flow.
Bruit
Tooth Cavities.
Caries
An opacity of the eye lens or its capsule that blocks light rays.
Cataracts
Earwax.
Cerumen
Elevation of the proximal aspect of the nail and softening of the nail bed.
Clubbing
A seashell- shaped structure found in the inner ear; essential for sound transmission and hearing.
Cochlea
The result of interrupted transmission of sound waves through the outer and middle ear structures.
Conductive Hearing Loss
Inflammation of the bulbar and palpebral conjunctiva.
Conjunctivitis
A bluish tinge of skin color.
Cyanosis
Inflammation of the lacrimal sac.
Dacryocystitis
In measuring blood pressure, the period during which the ventricles relax.
Diastole
A thud like sound produced by dense tissue such as the liver, spleen, or heart.
Dullness
The length (long or short) during auscultation.
Duration
The presence of excess interstitial fluid in the body that makes skin appear swollen, shiny, and taut, and tends to blanch color.
Edema
A redness tinge of skin color associated with a variety of skin rashes.
Erythema
The part of the middle ear that connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx; stabilizes air pressure between the external atmosphere and the middle ear.
Eustachian Tube
A protrusion of the eyeballs with elevation of the upper eyelids, resulting in a startled or staring expression.
Exophthalmos
The entrance to the ear canal.
External Auditory Meatus
The failure to receive touch on one side of the body when two symmetric areas of the body are touched simultaneously.
Extinction
Is an abnormal contraction of a bundle of muscle fibers that appears as a twitch.
Fasciculation
An extremely dull sound produced, during percussion, by very dense tissue, such as muscle or bone.
Flatness
The faintly perceptible vibration left through the chest wall when the client speaks.
Fremitus
Red, swollen gingiva (gums).
Gingivitis
A disturbance in the circulation of aqueous fluid that causes an increase in intraocular pressure.
Glaucoma
Inflammation of the tongue.
Glossitis
A handheld device used to measure the angle of a joint in degrees.
Goniometer
The posterior curve of the auricle’s upper aspects.
Helix
A protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening such as the abdominal or inguinal muscles.
Hernia
Redness, swelling, and tenderness of the hair follicle and glands that empty at the edge of the eyelids; also called a sty.
Hordeolum
Farsightedness.
Hyperopia
An abnormal booming sound produced during percussion of the lungs.
Hyperresonance
The anvil bone of the middle ear.
Incus
Visual examination, which is assessing by using the sense of sight.
Inspection
(Amplitude) The loudness or softness of auscultated sound.
Intensity
Involuntary trembling when an individual attempts a voluntary movement.
Intention Tremor
A yellowish tinge to skin color.
Jaundice
An abnormal anterior; movement of the chest related to enlargement of the right ventricle.
Lift
Earlobe.
Lobule
Hammer bone of the middle ear.
Malleus
The handle- like superior part of the sternum that joins with the clavicles.
Manubrium
A bony prominence behind the ear.
Mastoid
Constricted pupils.
Miosis
A combination of conduction and sensorineural loss.
Mixed Hearing Loss
Enlarged pupils.
Mydriasis
Nearsightedness.
Myopia
Normal head size.
Normocephalic
Rapid involuntary rhythmic eye movement.
Nystagmus
The ability to sense whether one or two areas of the skin are being stimulated by pressure.
One- Point Discrimination
The three middle ear bones of sound transmission.
Ossicles
An instrument used to view the ear.
Otoscope
Paleness.
Pallor
The examination of the body using the sense of touch.
Palpation
Inflammation of the parotid salivary gland.
Parotitis
A method in which the body surface is struck to elicit sounds that can be heard or vibrations that can be felt.
Percussion
Passage of blood constituents through the vessels of the circulatory system.
Perfusion
Disorder of the supporting structures of the teeth.
Periodontal Disease
Pupils Equally Round and React to Light and Accommodation.
PERRLA
Same as Auricle.
Pinna
The frequency (number of vibrations per second) heard during auscultation.
Pitch
An invisible soft film consisting of bacteria, molecules of saliva, and remnants or epithelial cells and leukocytes that adheres to the enamel surface of teeth.
Plaque
In percussion, the middle finger of the dominant hand that is placed firmly on the client’s skin.
Pleximeter
In percussion, the middle finger of the non dominant hand or a percussion hammer used to strike the pleximeter.
Plexor
An area of the chest overlying the heart.
Precordium
Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process.
Presbyopia
Sensory receptors that are sensitive to movement and the position of the body.
Proprioceptors
Advanced periodontal disease in which teeth are loose and pus is evident when the gums are pressed.
Pyorrhea
A subjective description of an auscultated sound. Examples: Whistling, Gurgling, or Snapping.
Quality
An automatic response of the body to a stimulus.
Reflex
A hollow sound as produced by lungs filled with air during percussion.
Resonance
A tremor that is apparent when the client is at rest and diminishes with activity.
Resting Tremor
The first heart sound; occurs when the atrioventricular valves (mitral and tricuspid) close.
S1
The second heart sounds; occurs when the semilunar valves (aortic and pulmonic) close.
S2
In the inner ear; contain the organs of equilibrium.
Semicircular Canals
The result of damage to the inner ear, the auditory nerve, or the hearing center in the brain.
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Accumulation of foul matter (food, microorganisms, and epithelial elements) on the teeth and gums.
Sordes
Stirrups bone of the middle ear.
Stapes
The breastbone.
Sternum
Cross-eye.
Strabismus
The period during which the ventricles contract.
Systole
A visible, hard deposit of plaque and dead bacteria that forms at the gum lines.
Tartar
A vibrating sensation over a blood vessel that indicated turbulent blood flow.
Thrill
The cartilaginous protrusion at the entrance to the ear canal.
Tragus
An involuntary trembling of a limb or body part.
Tremor
A depression of the antihelix.
Triangular Fossa
The ability to sense whether one or two areas of the skin are being stimulated by pressure.
Two- Point Discrimination
The eardrum.
Tympanic Membrane
A musical or dreamlike sound produced during percussion over an air-filled stomach.
Tympany
Contains the organs of equilibrium; found in the inner ear.
Vestibule
The degree of detail the eye can discern in an image.
Visual Acuity
The area an individual can see when looking straight ahead.
Visual Fields
Patches of hypo pigmented skin, caused by the destruction of melanocytes in the area.
Vitiligo
