MT Set 7 Flashcards
Set 7 - Learn Common Charting Terms (Front Side)
abdomen large and extends outward
protuberant, distended
hard, board like abdomen
hard, rigid, distended, tympanic, taut
soft, flabby abdomen
relaxed, flaccid
swollen, rounded abdomen
distended, edematous
abdomen filled with gas
tympanic, flatulent
abdomen hangs down
pendulous
large amounts of drainage
profuse, copious
medium amount of drainage
moderate
small amount of drainage
scant
loss of appetite
anorexia
Hunchback
kyphosis
small of back
lumbar region
swayback
lordosis
nose bleed
epistaxis
blood in urine
hematuria
spitting up of blood
hemoptysis
positive blood in stool
Guaiac positive
unpleasant breath
halitosis
foul breath
fetid
breath with sweet fruit-like odor
fruity, sweet
breath with urinous odor
odor of ammonia
breathing
respiration
difficult breathing
dyspnea
short periods when breathing has ceased
apnea
inability to breathe while lying down
orthopnea
rapid breathing
hyperpnea
increasing dyspnea with period of apnea
Cheyne-Stokes respirations
Awake and responsive
alert, fully conscious
only partly conscious
semi-conscious
unconscious, but can be aroused
stuporous
unconscious, cannot be aroused
comatose
ways to describe a cough
continuous, persistent, productive, nonproductive, dry, hacking
cough occurring in spasms
spasmodic
coughing up or expectoration of blood
hemoptysis
dead tissue
tissue necrosis, necrotic
frequent liquid defecation
diarrhea
Ways to describe color of stool
clay or dark brown, black, mustard, yellow, green, tarry, streaked with blood
ways to describe constituents of stool
liquid, soft or hard formed, watery, semi-formed, constipated, undigested foods, mucoid
drainage containing pus
purulent
bloody drainage
sanguineous
drainage of lymphatic fluid
serous
drainage contains mucus and pus
mucopurulent
tough, sticky drainage
tenacious
bloody, lymphatic (serous) drainage
serosanguinous
Swelling in extremities, after depressing for 5 seconds: indented 2 mm
1+ edema
Swelling in extremities, after depressing for 5 seconds: indented 4 mm
2+ edema
Swelling in extremities, after depressing for 5 seconds: indented 6 mm
3+ edema
Swelling in extremities, after depressing for 5 seconds: indented 8 mm
4+ edema
vomit produced by conscious effort of patient
induced emesis
vomit ejected a few feet distance
projectile emesis
vomit with noticeable blood
hematemesis
sharpness of vision
visual acuity
eyes yellow in color
jaundiced
eyes puffy, swollen
edematous
drooping eyelids
ptosis of lids
eyes unusually sensitive to light
photophobia
double vision
diplopia
cross eye, squinting
strabismus
abnormal protrusion of eyeball
exophthalmos
inflammation of conjunctiva
conjunctivitis
dilation of the pupil
mydriasis, pupil dilated
contraction of the pupil
myosis, pupil constricted, pin point
near-sightedness
myopia
far-sightedness
hyperopia
fainting
syncope
without fever
afebrile
temperature above normal
pyrexia
temperature greatly above normal
hyperpyrexia
forehead
frontal region
region of head over temple
temporal region
back of head
occipital region
base of skull
basilar region
having a large head
macrocephaly, hydrocephalus
having a small head
microcephalus
top of head
parietal (right or left)
hives
urticaria
itching
pruritus
bending joints
flexion
to straighten joints
extension
revolve around
rotation
move away from median line
abduction