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Midterm Vocabulary Flashcards

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1
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Adjustment of the eye that allows a person to see various sizes of objects at different distances

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Accommodation

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Reduction or dimness a vision with no apparent organic cause; often referred to as lazy eye syndrome

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Amblyopia

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Allied healthcare professional who specializes in the evaluation of hearing function, detection of hearing impairment and determination of the anatomic site of impairment

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Audiologist

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Structures in the retina that make the perception of color possible.

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Cones

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To turn the eye lid inside out; this is typically done by the provider to inspect the area of foreign bodies.

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evert

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A small pit in the center of the retina that is considered the center of clearest vision

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Fovea centralis

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A procedure in which a mirrored optical instrument is used to visualize the filtration angle of the anterior chamber of the eye; the procedure is used to diagnose glaucoma.

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Gonioscopy

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The unit of measurement used in hearing examinations; a wave frequency equal to one cycle per second

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Hertz

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Any substance or medication that causes construction of the people

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Miotic

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A topical ophthalmic medication that dilates the pupil; It is used in diagnostic procedures of the eye and as treatment for glaucoma

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Mydriatic

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The region at the back of the eye with the optic nerve meets the retina; it is considered the blind spot of the eye because it contains only nerve fibers and no rods or cones and that is in sensitive to light

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Optic disc

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Cranial nerve II, which carries impulses for the sense of sight

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Optic nerve

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The formation of spongy bone in the labyrinth of the Ear, which often causes the auditory ossicles to become fixed and unable to vibrate when sound enters the ears

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Otosclerosis

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A medication or substance capable of damaging cranial nerve VIII or the organs of hearing and balance

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Too toxic

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Abnormal sensitivity to light

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Photophobia

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Are usually chronic, reoccurrence skin disease marked by bright red patches covered with silvery scales

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Psoriasis

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Structures in the retina of the eye that form the light sensitive elements

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Rods

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And excessive discharge of sebum from the sebaceous glands, forming greasy skills or crusty areas on the body

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Seborrhea

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An instrument used to measure intraocular pressure

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Tonometer

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Pertaining to adjacent or accessory parts

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Adnexal

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A fluid filled cyst in one of the vestibular glands located on either side of the vagina orifice

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Bartholin’s cyst

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A small in long gated a reptile body above the urinary meet us at the superior point of the labia my Nora

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Clitoris

23
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Sexual union between male and female

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Coitus

A.k.a. intercourse

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A sin, yellow, milky fluid secreted by the mammary glands a few days before and after a delivery

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Colostrum

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The opening of the cervix through the process of labor, measured as 1 to 10 cm dilated.

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Dilation

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The widening of the cervix and scraping of the endometrial wall of the uterus

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Dilation and curettage

D&C

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And alteration in cell growth, causing differences in size, shape, and appearance.

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Dysplasia

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The thinning of the cervix during labor, measured in percentages from 0% to 100% effaced

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Effacement

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The scraping of cells from the wall of the uterus

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Endocervical curettage

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The curved, top portion of the uterus; the fundal height can be used as a measurement of fetal growth and estimated gestation

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Fundus

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A hormone, secreted by the placenta, found in the urine of pregnant females.

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Human chorionic gonadotropin

HCG

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Swelling caused by the accumulation of length fluid in soft tissues

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Lymphedema

33
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The fat pad that covers the symphysis pubis

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Mons pubis

34
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Pertaining to women who have had two or more pregnancies

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Multiparous

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Congenial malformations of the skull and spinal column caused by failure of the neural tube too close during embryonic development; the neural tube is the origin of the brain, spinal cord and other central nervous system tissue

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Neural tube defect’s

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Fetal monitoring used in combination with maternal reports of fetal movement to evaluate the fetal heart rate response

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Non-stress test

NST’s

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The act or process of giving birth to a child

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Parturition

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Pertaining to an x-ray procedure used to guide the Insertion of a needle into a specific area of the breast

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Stereotactic

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Substance that Causes the development of fetal abnormalities

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Taratogen

40
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The procedure used to examine the vagina, uterus, fallopian tube‘s and bladder. A probe is inserted into the vagina and used to Bounce high energy sound waves off internal tissues or organs and make echoes that form a picture; the provider can identify tumors by looking at the sonogram

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Transvaginal ultrasound

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The external female genitalia, which begins at the moms pubis and terminates at the anus

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Vulva

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