Medical Advanced Chapter 26 Flashcards
The mechanism that alerts the permeability of brain capillaries so that some substances such as certain drugs are prevented from entering brain tissue while other substances are allowed to enter freely
Blood brain barrier
Spastic movement of the orbicularis oculi usually a result of frequent and prolonged eye strain
Blepharospasm
The bacterium from which Botox cosmetics and disport is derived
Botulinum toxin
A neurological disorder involving painful spasms of the neck muscles
Cervical dystopia
Any unwanted and unexpected conciquences of performing a treatment
Complication
Movement caused by active movement of muscles and nerve impulses
Dynamic movement
The point above the nose between the eyes often subject to dynamic movement
Glabella
Dynamic wrinkles that connect the nose to the mouth
Nasolabial lines
A situation that occures when a needle is inserted into a blood vessel and a drop of filler material occludes the blood flow to the skin causing the skin to die
Necrosis
Hylauronic acid that is bacterial rather than animal in nature
Non animal stabilized hylauronic acid NASHA
Bonds found vertically in the neck which are a result of dynamic movement of the neck and jaw
Platysmal bands
Drooping of the eyelids
Ptosis
Calluses resulting from prolonged and frequent exposure to friction
Punctuate keratitis
Injection in to a vein of a chemical irritant that causes fibrosis and later elimination of the lumen it is used to treat varicose veins hemorrhoid or esophageal varies
Sclerotherapy
An eye disorder in which the optic axes in either eye cannot focus on the same object
Strabismus
