Charting Terms B Flashcards
1
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forehead
A
frontal region
2
Q
region over temple
A
temporal region
3
Q
back of head
A
occipital region
4
Q
base of skull
A
basilar region
5
Q
having a large head
A
macrocephaly, hydrocephalus
6
Q
having a small head
A
microcephalus
7
Q
top of head
A
parietal (right or left)
8
Q
hives
A
urticaria
9
Q
itching
A
pruritus
10
Q
Bending
A
flexion
11
Q
to straighten
A
extension
12
Q
revolve around
A
rotation
13
Q
move away from median line
A
abductin
14
Q
move toward median line
A
adductor
15
Q
blue in color
A
cyanotic
16
Q
by mouth
A
orally
17
Q
By rectum
A
by rectum
18
Q
breathing in
A
inhalation
19
Q
rubbing into skin
A
topically
20
Q
under the skin
A
subcutaneous
21
Q
within the skin
A
intradermal
22
Q
within the muscle
A
intramuscular
23
Q
within the spinal canal (2)
A
intraspinal, intrathecal
24
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within the vein
A
intravenous
25
pouring into body cavity
instillation
26
(period) if present when admitted
menses present
27
painful period
dysmenorrhea
28
total absence of period
amenorrhea
29
profuse or prolonged flow/period
menorrhagia
30
cessation of peroid
menopause
31
very unpleasant offensive
foul
32
of the muscles
facial
33
of the legs
paraplegia
34
of one side of the body
hemiplegia
35
of a single limb
monoplegia
36
of all 4 extremities and usually the trunk
Quadriplegia
37
large amount of profuse perspiration
Diaphoresis, diaphoretic
38
flat on back, arms straight at side
supine
39
on side, knees flexed
lateral
40
on left side, left arm behind back, left leg slightly flexed, right leg greatly flexed
Sim's (left or right)
41
head of bed semi-erect
Semi-Fowlers 40-45 degree, modified, knees & legs not flexed
42
on back, buttocks near edge of table, knees well flexed and separated
lithotomy
43
resting on knees and chest
knee-chest
44
on back, pelvis and legs higher than head
Trendelburg
45
on abdomen, face turned to one side
proen
46
prone with hips over break in table and feet below level of head
jackknife
47
number of beats per minute
rate
48
rhythm regular or irregular, coupling, galloping
aaa
49
beats missed at intervals
intermittent
50
>100 beats per min. (bpm)
rapid, fast, tachycardia
51
slow in rate, <50 bpm
slow, bradycardia
52
only scarcely perceptible
tready, weak
53
pulseless (2)
Imperceptible, absent
54
pulse strength (0, 1, 2, 3, 4)
0=absent, not palpable, inaudible c Doppler
55
1+ =
diminished/palpable
56
2+ =
expected/normal
57
3+ =
strong/full pulse
58
4+ =
bounding, can't be obliterated
59
normal rate
normal in rate and rhythm
60
normal Healthy
normal for race
61
blue in color
Cyanotic, mottled
62
very white
extreme pallor, ashen
63
redness
erythema
64
shines
glossy
65
raw surface
excoriation
66
yellow in color
jaundiced
67
containing colored area
pigmented
68
scraped
abraded, denuded
69
cold and moist
clammy
70
not understandable
incoherent
71
meaningless, wondering
rambling
72
words run together
slurring
73
difficulty speaking
dysphasia
74
inability to swallow
aphagia
75
other descriptive terms
red, swollen, inflamed, ulcerated
76
descriptive terms
pink, moist, ddry, cracked, swollen, coated, inflamed, ulcerated
