general terms chap 2&3

Question 1

trauma

Answer 1

physical injury or wound caused by external force, violence or a toxic substance; also refers to psychological injury resulting from a severe emotional shock, which can cause discorded feelings and/or behavior

Question 2

arrest

Answer 2

to stop, inhibit, restrain. a condition of being stopped, such as occurs in cardiac arrest when cardiac output and effective circulation stop

Question 3

enucleate

Answer 3

literally means to remove the kernel of. it is used to describe the removal of the eyeball surgically or to remove a cataract surgically. it also means to remove a part or a mass in its entirety

Question 4

latent

Answer 4

lying hidden; quiet, not active

Question 5

lumen

Answer 5

space within an artery, vein, intestine or tube. it is also the hollow core of a hypodermic needle, which forms and oval-shaped opening when exposed at the beveled point

Question 6

patent

Answer 6

wide open; freely open

Question 7

sign

Answer 7

any objective clinical evidence of an illness or disordered function of the body.

Question 8

symptom

Answer 8

any perceptible change in the function of the body that indicates disease; symptoms may be acute, chronic, relapsing, remitting, and can have a systemic effect or local effect; they can be classified as objective, subjective, and cardinal