Nichole's Quiz #6

Question 1

Antihypertensive

Answer 1

Pertaining to a substance or procedure that reduces high blood pressure.

Question 2

Ecchymosis

Answer 2

Bluish discoloration of an area of skin or mucous membrane caused by the extravasation of blood into the submembrae caused by the extravasation of blood into the subcutaneous tissues as a result of trauma to the underlying blood vessels or fragility of the vessel walls. Also called Bruise.

Question 3

Edema

Answer 3

Accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces of tissues, such as in the pericardial sac, intrapleural space, peritoneal cavity, or joint capsules.

Question 4

Agonists

Answer 4

A contracting muscle whose contraction is opposed by another muscle (an antagoinist)

Question 5

Sputum

Answer 5

Material coughed up from the lungs and expectorated through the mouth. It contains mucus, cellular debris, or microorganisms, and it also may contain blood or pus.

Question 6

Hemoglobin

Answer 6

The oxygen-carrying pi;gments of erythrocytes, formed by developing erthrocytes in teh bone marrow.

Question 7

Serosanguineous

Answer 7

Thin and red. Composed of serum and blood.

Question 8

Angina

Answer 8

A spasmodic, cramplike choking feeling resulting from insufficient oxygen supply to the myocardium, commonly caused by coronary artery disases.

Question 9

Atelectasis

Answer 9

An abnormal condition characterized by the collapse of alveoli, preventing teh respiratory exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen in a part of the lungs.

(symptoms: diminished breath sounds, aspiratory crackles, mediastinal shift toward the side of the collapse, fever, increasing dyspnea.)

Question 10

Hemoptysis

Answer 10

Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract. Blood streaked sputum oftern is present in minor upper respiratory infections or bronchitis.

Question 11

Hypoxia

Answer 11

Inadequate oxygen tension at the cellular level, characterized by tachycardia, hypertension, peripheral vasoconstriciton, dizziness, and mental confusion.

Question 12

Cyanosis

Answer 12

Bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by an excess of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood or a structural defect in teh hemoglobin molecule, such as in methemoglobin.

Question 13

Hemorrhage

Answer 13

A loss of a large amount of blood in a short period, either externally or internally. Hemorrhage may be arterial, venous, or capillary.

Question 14

Apnea

Answer 14

An absence of spontaneous respiration.

Question 15

Osmosis

Answer 15

The movement of a pure solvent sucha as water through a differentially permeable membrane from a solution that has a lower solute concentration to one that has a higher solute concentration.

Question 16

Hypokalemia

Answer 16

A condition in which an inadequate amount of potassium, the major intracellular cation, is found in the circulating bloodstream.

Question 17

Isotonic

Answer 17

Pertaining to a solution that causes no change in cell volume.

Question 18

Interstitial

Answer 18

Pertaining to the space between cells, as interstitial fluid or between organs.

Question 19

Hypertonic

Answer 19

pertaining to a solution that causes cells to shrink.

a solution that increases the degree of osmotic pressure on a semipermeable membrane.

Question 20

Aphrodisiacs

Question 21

Impotence

Answer 21

Weakness. Inability of the adult male to achieve or sustain a penile errection, or less commonly, to ejaculate after achieveing an erection.

Question 22

Homosexuality

Answer 22

The clear persistant desire of a person for affiliation with one sex reather than the other.

Question 23

Sodomy

Answer 23

Anal intercourse. Intercourse with an animal. A vague term for “unnatural” sexual intercourse.

Question 24

Mastectomy

Answer 24

The surgical removal of one or both breast, most commonly performed to remove a malignant tumor.

Question 25

Incision

Answer 25

A cut produced surgically by a sharp instrument that creastes an opening into an organ or space in the body.

Question 26

Hyperplasia

Answer 26

An increase in teh number of cells of a body part that results from an increased rate of cellular division.

Question 27

Anticholinergic

Answer 27

Pertaining to a blockage of acetylcholine receptors that results in the inhibition of the transmission of parasympathetic nerve impulses.

Used to treat spastic disorders of teh GI tract, to reduce salivary and bronchial secretions before surgery, or to dilate the pupil.