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MT Set 7 Flashcards

Set 7 - Learn Common Charting Terms (Front Side)

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1
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abdomen large and extends outward

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protuberant, distended

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hard, board like abdomen

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hard, rigid, distended, tympanic, taut

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soft, flabby abdomen

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relaxed, flaccid

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swollen, rounded abdomen

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distended, edematous

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abdomen filled with gas

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tympanic, flatulent

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abdomen hangs down

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pendulous

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large amounts of drainage

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profuse, copious

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medium amount of drainage

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moderate

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small amount of drainage

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scant

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10
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loss of appetite

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anorexia

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11
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Hunchback

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kyphosis

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12
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small of back

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lumbar region

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13
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swayback

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lordosis

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14
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nose bleed

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epistaxis

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15
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blood in urine

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hematuria

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16
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spitting up of blood

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hemoptysis

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17
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positive blood in stool

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Guaiac positive

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18
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unpleasant breath

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halitosis

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19
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foul breath

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fetid

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breath with sweet fruit-like odor

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fruity, sweet

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21
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breath with urinous odor

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odor of ammonia

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22
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breathing

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respiration

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23
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difficult breathing

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dyspnea

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24
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short periods when breathing has ceased

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apnea

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25
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inability to breathe while lying down

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orthopnea

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26
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rapid breathing

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hyperpnea

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27
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increasing dyspnea with period of apnea

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Cheyne-Stokes respirations

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28
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Awake and responsive

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alert, fully conscious

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29
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only partly conscious

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semi-conscious

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30
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unconscious, but can be aroused

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stuporous

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31
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unconscious, cannot be aroused

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comatose

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32
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ways to describe a cough

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continuous, persistent, productive, nonproductive, dry, hacking

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33
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cough occurring in spasms

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spasmodic

34
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coughing up or expectoration of blood

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hemoptysis

35
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dead tissue

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tissue necrosis, necrotic

36
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frequent liquid defecation

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diarrhea

37
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Ways to describe color of stool

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clay or dark brown, black, mustard, yellow, green, tarry, streaked with blood

38
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ways to describe constituents of stool

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liquid, soft or hard formed, watery, semi-formed, constipated, undigested foods, mucoid

39
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drainage containing pus

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purulent

40
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bloody drainage

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sanguineous

41
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drainage of lymphatic fluid

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serous

42
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drainage contains mucus and pus

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mucopurulent

43
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tough, sticky drainage

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tenacious

44
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bloody, lymphatic (serous) drainage

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serosanguinous

45
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Swelling in extremities, after depressing for 5 seconds: indented 2 mm

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1+ edema

46
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Swelling in extremities, after depressing for 5 seconds: indented 4 mm

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2+ edema

47
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Swelling in extremities, after depressing for 5 seconds: indented 6 mm

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3+ edema

48
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Swelling in extremities, after depressing for 5 seconds: indented 8 mm

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4+ edema

49
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vomit produced by conscious effort of patient

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induced emesis

50
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vomit ejected a few feet distance

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projectile emesis

51
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vomit with noticeable blood

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hematemesis

52
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sharpness of vision

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visual acuity

53
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eyes yellow in color

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jaundiced

54
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eyes puffy, swollen

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edematous

55
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drooping eyelids

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ptosis of lids

56
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eyes unusually sensitive to light

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photophobia

57
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double vision

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diplopia

58
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cross eye, squinting

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strabismus

59
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abnormal protrusion of eyeball

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exophthalmos

60
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inflammation of conjunctiva

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conjunctivitis

61
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dilation of the pupil

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mydriasis, pupil dilated

62
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contraction of the pupil

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myosis, pupil constricted, pin point

63
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near-sightedness

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myopia

64
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far-sightedness

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hyperopia

65
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fainting

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syncope

66
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without fever

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afebrile

67
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temperature above normal

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pyrexia

68
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temperature greatly above normal

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hyperpyrexia

69
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forehead

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frontal region

70
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region of head over temple

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temporal region

71
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back of head

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occipital region

72
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base of skull

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basilar region

73
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having a large head

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macrocephaly, hydrocephalus

74
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having a small head

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microcephalus

75
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top of head

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parietal (right or left)

76
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hives

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urticaria

77
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itching

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pruritus

78
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bending joints

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flexion

79
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to straighten joints

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extension

80
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revolve around

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rotation

81
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move away from median line

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abduction

Medical Terminology (11 decks)

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