cna terms

Question 1

Acute

Answer 1

Sharp/sudden

Question 2

Alzheimers Disease

Answer 2

Dementia due to changes in the brain

Question 3

Ambulatory

Answer 3

Able to walk

Question 4

Aphasia

Answer 4

Inability to express oneself properly through speech or comprehension

Question 5

Artery

Answer 5

Large blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart

Question 6

Arthritis

Answer 6

Inflammation of the joints and tissues

Question 7

Attitudes

Answer 7

Feelings and opinions one has or shows towards situations or poeple

Question 8

Coma

Answer 8

An abnormal deep sleep, cannot be awakened

Question 9

Comatose

Answer 9

Used to describe someone in a coma or who is unconscious

Question 10

Constipation

Answer 10

Infrequent and difficult bowel evacuation

Question 11

Convulsion

Answer 11

Violent and strong involuntary muscular contractions and relaxtion

Question 12

CVA/Stroke

Answer 12

Cerebral Vascular Accident, blood clot or bleeding in the brain that deprives cells of oxygen

Question 13

Cyanosis

Answer 13

blueish or grayish appearance of the skin due to lack of oxygen

Question 14

Decubitus ulcer

Answer 14

ulcerated skin and tissue due to pressure and deprives cells of oxygen

Question 15

Deformity

Answer 15

Distortion/ disfiguration of an area on the human body

Question 16

Degeneration

Answer 16

Breakdown, deteriorate

Question 17

Delusion

Answer 17

False belief

Question 18

Diabetes

Answer 18

Not enough insulin produced by the body to utilize the glucose

Question 19

Diarrhea

Answer 19

Frequent watery bowel evacuation

Question 20

Edema

Answer 20

Swelling in the body tissue due to an excessive amount of fluid

Question 21

Extremities

Answer 21

Arms or legs

Question 22

Geriatrics

Answer 22

Study of the elderly

Question 23

Hemiplegia

Answer 23

Paralysis one half of the body

Question 24

Hemorrhage

Answer 24

Abnormally large amount of blood loss

Question 25

Hypertension

Answer 25

High blood pressure

Question 26

Hypotension

Answer 26

Low blood pressure

Question 27

Impaction

Answer 27

Tightly wedged hard stool that cannot be passed

Question 28

Involuntary

Answer 28

Uncontrollable

Question 29

Incontinent

Answer 29

Involuntary evacuation of bowel and/or bladder

Question 30

Mental

Answer 30

Relates to the mind

Question 31

Myocardial Infraction

Answer 31

Heart attack

Question 32

Paraplegia

Answer 32

Paralysis of the lower body- from the waist down

Question 33

Physical

Answer 33

Relates to the body

Question 34

Prosthesis

Answer 34

Artificial body part

Question 35

Pressure sore

Answer 35

Ulcerated wore away area of the skin

Question 36

Pulse

Answer 36

Rhythmical throbbing of an artery that shows how fast the heart beats

Question 37

Regress

Answer 37

Go back to more child like behavior

Question 38

Respiration

Answer 38

Breathing- one inspiration and one experation = one respiration

Question 39

Sedated

Answer 39

Calmed by the affects of a drug

Question 40

Shock

Answer 40

Depression of body functions, mainly circulatory and respiratory systems

Question 41

Tempature

Answer 41

Measurement of heat

Question 42

Trunk

Answer 42

The area from the neck to the legs

Question 43

Vein

Answer 43

Small blood vessels carrying de-oxygenated blood to the heart

Question 44

Voluntary

Answer 44

Controllable

Question 45

Medicare

Answer 45

The federal health insurance program for the aged and disabled.

Question 46

Medicaid

Answer 46

Medical assistance or MA, federal state dollars furnish necessary medical care for low-income persons.