final study guide 2 Flashcards
The branch of medicine and surgery concerned with childbirth and the care of women giving birth
OBSTETRICS
Surgical removal of one or both testicles
ORCHIECTOMY
Degeneration of joint cartilage and the underlying bone, most common from middle age onward
OSTEOARTHRITIS
Softening of the bones
typically through a deficiency of vitamin D or calcium
OSTEOMALACIA
Inflammation of bone or bone marrow, usually due to infection
OSTEOMYELITIS
A medical condition in which the bones become brittle and fragile from loss of tissue
(typically as a result of hormonal changes, or deficiency of calcium or vitamin D)
OSTEOPOROSIS
A skin sensation, such as burning, prickling, itching, or tingling, with no apparent physical cause
PARESTHESIA
A surgical procedure used to correct or reconstruct the palate in a person with a cleft palate
PALATOPLASTY
The membrane enclosing the heart
PERICARDIUM
Open, unobstructed, affording free passage
ex: the bowel may be patent–as opposed to obstructed
PATENT
The wavelike muscular contractions of the intestine or other tubular structure that propel the contents onward by alternate contraction and relaxation
PERISTALSIS
The area surrounding the bladder
PERIVESICAL
A small red or purple spot caused by bleeding into the skin
PETECHIA
A tightening of the foreskin of the penis that may close the opening of the penis
PHIMOSIS
Inflammation of the wall of a vein
PHELBITIS
Excess fluid that accumulates in the
pleura(the fluid-filled space that surrounds the lungs)
PLEURAL EFFUSION
The fold of skin surrounding the clitoris
PREPUCE
Localized accumulation of PUS in the lung
PULMONARY ABSCESS
FLUID accumulation in the lungs
PULMONARY EDEMA
Blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
The presence of pus in the urine
typically from bacterial infection
PYURIA
Abnormally high amount of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood
HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA
Paralysis of all 4 limbs
QUADRIPLEGIA
Either of the 2 flat triangular bones on each side of the shoulder
SCAPULA
A pouch of skin containing the testicles
SCROTUM
A small body of muscle tissue in the wall of the right atrium of the heart that acts as a pacemaker by producing a contractile signal at regular intervals
SINOATRIAL NODE
Salivary Gland Stones
SIALADENOLITHIASIS
An instrument for measuring blood pressure
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
The abnormal narrowing of a passage a bodily canal or passageway
STENOSIS
A test for detecting the presence of fecal occult blood (blood that is not visible in stools)
STOOL GUAIAC
A junction between 2 nerve cells, consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter
SYNAPSE
A steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex
TESTOSTERONE
Removal of fluid from the pleural cavity through a needle inserted between the ribs
THORACENTESIS
Transurethral Resection of the Prostate
TURP
A raised level in the blood of urea and other nitrogenous waste compounds that are normally eliminated by the kidneys
UREMIA
An abnormally expanded bladder.
Prolapse of the end of the ureter into the bladder, may obstruct urine flow
URETEROCELE
Holding urine in the bladder. A state where a person has incomplete emptying of the bladder
URINARY RETENTION
A thin muscular tube that carries the sperm from the testes to the urethra
VAS DEFERENS
The surgical cutting and sealing of part of each vas deferens, typically as a means of sterilization
VASECTOMY
