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DANNCE Vocab Cards Flashcards

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Addisons Disease

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A disease due to hyposecretion of glucocorticoids, charactorized by low blood pressure, anemia, diarrhea, digestive disturbance and bronze-like pigmentation of the skin.

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Adjunctive Agents

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Agents the supplement the primary anesthetic agent to augment or enhance the effects of the primary agent.

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Allergenicity

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Having the property of an allergen, a substance that will elicit an allergic response in sensitive individuals.

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Alveolus

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A small air sac within the body of the lung.

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Amide

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A chemical structure derived from ammonia; there is a group of amide local anesthetics that are widely used in dentistry (ex: lidocaine, mepivacaine, prilocaine, bupivacaine.

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Amnesia

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Failure to remember events related to surgery

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Analgesia

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Insensitivity to pain.

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Anaphylaxis

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A severe allergic reaction

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Anemia

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Reduction in the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream

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Angina Pectoris

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Pain in the chest, with feeling of suffocation, usually due to a deficiency of blood supply to the myocardium.

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Antecubital

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Situated in front of the elbow.

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Antecubical Fossa

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The depression between the forarm and the upper arm that is literally “in front of the elbow”

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Anticholinergic

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A drug that counteracts the action of acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter of the parasympathetic nervous system and thereby blocks the action of the parasympathetic nerves.

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Antiemetic

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A drug that counteracts nausea and vomiting.

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Antisisalogogue

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A drug that counteracts the production of saliva.

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Anxiolytics

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Drugs that reduce anxiety, agitation, or tension {ex: diazepam(Valium), midazolam (versed) }.

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Aorta

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The main trunk (a very large artery) from which the arterial system proceeds.

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Apnea

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Absence or cessation of breathing

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Arrest Rhythms

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Cardiac rhythms in which there is cardiac arrest.

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Arrhythmia

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Any variation from the normal rhythm of the heartbeat.

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Arteriole

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Any of the very small arteria branches located at the end of an artery (furthest from the heart)

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Artery

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A vessel that carries blood away from the heart to the other parts of the body.

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Ascites

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Accumulation of serous fluid in the abdominal cavity.

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Asystole

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Cardiac arrest in which there is no rhythm display and no contraction.

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Ataractics

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Pharmacologic agents that produce a tranquilizing effect.

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Atherosclerosis

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A disease of the arteries characterized by the deposition of the plaques of fatty material on their inner walls.

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Atrial Fibrillation

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Atrial arrhythmia characterized by rapid randomized contractions of the atrial myocardium, causing a totally irregular and often rapid ventricular rate.

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Atrial Flutter

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A condition of cardiac arrhythmia in which the atrial contractions are rapid (200 to 320 per minute) but regular

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Atrial (supraventricular) Rhythms

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Dysrhythmias in which the pacemaker is in the atria above the level of the ventricles (supraventricular) area.

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Atrial Tachycardia

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Rapid heartbeat originating from the atria.

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Atrioventricular Block

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A cardiac conduction defect in which the impulse generated b the SA node is partially or completely blocked in the area of the AV node.

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Atrioventricular Node

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A microscopic collection of the heart muscle fibers involved i the electrical activity of the heart.

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Atrium

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An upper chamber of the heart

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Automaticity

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The condition of being automatic.

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Autonomic Nervous System

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A portion of the nervous system concerned with the regulation of the activity of cardiac muscle, smooth muscle glands.

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AV Block

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See atrioventricular Block.

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Balanced Anesthesia

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Anesthesia that relies on the use of several agents together

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Barbiturates

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A group of pharmacologic agents that have sedative properties and produce amnesia and a hypnotic effect (ex: thiopental sodium, methohexital (Brevital).

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Baroreceptor

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A sensory nerve ending that is stimulated by changes in pressure, as those in the walls of blood vessels.

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Blood Dyscrasia

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Any abnormal condition of the blood.

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Bolus

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A rapidly administered dose of medication, as compared to a slow, steady administration of medication with a continuous infusion.

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Brachial Artery

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Artery that supplies blood to the shoulder, arm, forearm and hand.

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Brachiocephalic Artery

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The large artery on the right of the neck that distributes blood to the right side of the head and neck and right arm.

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Bradiacardia

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Slow heart rate (less than 60 beats per minute)

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Bronchiole

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One of the finer (1 mm or less) subdivisions of the branched bronchial tree.

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Bronchus

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Any of the larger air passages of the lungs.

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Bundle of His

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A small band of atypical cardiac muscle fibers that propagates the atrial contraction rhythm to the ventricles.

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Capillary

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Any of the minute vessels that connect the arterioles and venules, forming a network in nearly all parts of the body.

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Capnography

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Measurement and recording of the amount of carbon dioxide in expired air.

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Cardiac dysrhythmias (arrhythmias)

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Rhythm disturbances of the heart.

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Cardiac Cycle

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The complete cardiac movement (the systolic and diastolic movement with the interval between them) or heartbeat; the number of the cardiac cycles per minute constitutes the heart rate.

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Cardiac Output

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The total amount of blood pumped by either ventricle of the heart per unit of time.

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Cardioacceleratory Center (CAC)

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A group of neurons (conducting cells of the nervous system) in the brain stem involved in the acceleration of the heart action.

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Cardioinhibitory Center (CIC)

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A group of neurons in the brain stem that has an inhibitory influence on the heart action via vagus (tenth cranial nerve)

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Catatonic

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A psychiatric state in which the patient appears apathetic and stuporous with diminution of sensibility.

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Center of Emotion

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A group of structures in the central portion of the brain.

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Central Nervous System

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The portion of the Nervous System consisting of the brain and spinal column.

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Cerebellum

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The part of the brain that is concerned with the coordination of movement.

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Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)

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Also called stroke a neurologic defect lasting more than 24 hrs caused by a reduced blood flow in the brain.

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Cerebrum

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The main portion of the brain that is concerned with thinking.

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Chronic Obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

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Any disorder (ex: asthma, chronic bronchitis, and pulmonary emphysema) marked by persistent obstruction f bronchial airflow.

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Cirrhosis

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Liver disease characterized by loss of normal microscopic lobular structure of the liver and the formation of fibrous tissue.

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CMTC

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The Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone. A center i the brain stem that responds to the presence of potentially toxic substances in the blood and signals the vomiting center to induce vomiting.

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Coarse V. Fib

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Ventricular fibrillation in which there are relatively prominent deflections of the baseline

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