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Med Terms 1 Flashcards

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iatrogenic

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illness caused by medical examination or treatment

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Exogenous

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Caused by agent outside of the body

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Endogenous

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Originating from within organism

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Hypothalamus

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Controls hunger, thirst, temperature

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Pyrogens

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Substance produced by bacteria that results in fever

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Pyrexia

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Fever

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Hyperpyrexia

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Body temperature greater than 106.7 Fahrenheit

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Hypothermia

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Body temperature below 95 Fahrenheit

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Febrile

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Showing symptoms of fever

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Afebrile

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No signs of fever

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Vasoconstriction

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Contraction of blood vessels (BP increases)

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Vasodilation

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Dilation of blood vessels (BP decreases)

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Defervescence

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Subsidence of fever

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Coagulation

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(Blood) forms solid mass

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Dysrhythmia

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Abnormality of rhythm (usually brain or heart)

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ischemia

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Inadequate blood supply to an organ or body part (heart muscles)

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Perfusion

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Passing of fluid through circulatory system or lymphatic to an organ or tissue (blood to capillary)

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Stroke volume

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Volume of blood pumped from left ventricle per beat

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Cardiac output

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Amount of blood the heart pumps through circulatory system in 1 minute (stroke volume + heart rate= cardiac output)

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Systole

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Phase of heart beat where muscle contracts and pumps blood from chambers to arteries (top number)

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Diastole

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Phase of heart beat when muscle relaxes and allows chambers to fill with blood

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Palpation

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Using hands to examine body

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Auscultation

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Listening for sounds from heart/lungs

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Pallor

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Unhealthy/pale appearance

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Cyanosis

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Blue discoloration of skin (poor circulation or not enough oxygen in blood)

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Eupnea

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Normal, good, unlabored breathing

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Orthopnea

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Shortness of breath when lying down

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Dyspnea

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Difficult or labored breathing

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Stridor

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Harsh vibrating noise when breathing (obstruction of windpipe or larynx)

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Stertor

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Heavy snoring or gasping

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Crackle

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Rattling of breath

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Rhonchi

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Continuous low pitched rattling lung sounds (snoring) obstruction in airway

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Hyperventilation

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Excessive rate and depth of respiration (loss of CO2)

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Hypoventilation

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Respiratory depression, ventilation inadequate (increase of CO2)

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