Flash Cards

Question 1

Dysphagia

Answer 1

Difficulty or discomfort in swallowing

Question 2

Pyrexia

Answer 2

Raised body temperature

Question 3

Dyspnea

Answer 3

Shortness of breath

Question 4

Endogenous

Answer 4

Internal cause or origin

Question 5

Ischemia

Answer 5

Restriction of blood supply to tissues

Question 6

Functio laesa

Answer 6

Loss of function

Question 7

Calor

Answer 7

Heat

Question 8

Rubor

Answer 8

Redness

Question 9

Oedema

Answer 9

Build up of fluid

Question 10

Dolor

Answer 10

Pain

Question 11

Fibrosis

Answer 11

Thickening or scarring of tissue

Question 12

Systemic

Answer 12

Entire body

Question 13

Malaise

Answer 13

General feeling of discomfort, illness, or unease

Question 14

Hypvolaemia

Answer 14

volume deplition

Question 15

Hypercapnic

Answer 15

high levels of co2 in bloodstream

Question 16

Cyanotic

Answer 16

blue/purplish discolouration, relating to cyanosis

Question 17

Hypertrophy and Atrophy

Answer 17

Hypertrophy: enlargement and overgrowth of cells of an organ

Atrophy: decrease in cells of an organ, the term implies that the atrophied part was of a size normal for the individual

Question 18

Neuroendocrine

Answer 18

Interaction between the nervous and endocrine systems