Part 3 114-168

Question 0

Incontinence

Answer 0

Unable to control bowels or bladder

Question 1

Icterus

Answer 1

Relating to or affected with jaundice

Question 2

I&D

Condition

Answer 2

Incision and drainage

Minor surgical procedures to release pus or pressure built up under the skin, such as an abscess or boil

Question 3

Injection of the eyes

Answer 3

Bloodshot red

Question 4

Intubated

Answer 4

The process of putting a tube into a hollow organ or passageway, such as airway

Question 5

LNMP

Answer 5

Last normal menstrual period

Question 6

JVD

Condition

Answer 6

Jugular vein distention

Is the abnormal fullness in the internal or external jugular veins

Question 7

L2K

Answer 7

Legal 2000 hold

-allows law enforcement officers and medical professionals to hospitalize individuals deemed mentally ill for up to 72 hours

Question 8

Lymphadenopathy

Answer 8

Swollen lymph nodes

Question 9

Macular

Answer 9

Small, flat, discolored spots on the surface of the skin

Question 10

Mastectomy

Answer 10

Removal of breast

Question 11

Melanoma

Answer 11

Malignant (cancerous) neoplasm

Question 12

Melena

Answer 12

Black, “tarry” feces that are associated with gastrointestinal hemorrhage

Question 13

Meningeal signs

Answer 13

Neck stiffness, nuchal rigidity, brudzinki’s sign, kernig’s signs

Question 14

Mets

Condition

Answer 14

Metastasis

The process by which cancer spreads from the place at which it first arose as a primary tumor to other locations in the body

Question 15

Mottled

Answer 15

Irregular or patchy discoloration of the skin

Question 16

MRSA

Answer 16

Bacterial infection that is highly resistant to some antibiotics

Question 17

Murmur

Answer 17

Extra heart sounds

Question 18

NAD

Answer 18

No acute distress/ no acute disease

Question 19

Neuropathy

Answer 19

Nerve damage

Question 20

Nystagmus

Answer 20

Involuntary eye movement

Question 21

Obtunded

Answer 21

Mentally dulled

Question 22

Organomegaly

Answer 22

Enlargement of an organ

Question 23

Orthopnea

Answer 23

Sob which occurs when lying flat

Question 24

Osteoporosis

Answer 24

Thinning of bone tissue and loss of bone density over time

Question 25

Ovarian cyst

Answer 25

Cyst is a fluid filled sac

Question 26

Inflammation of the middle ear and external ear

Answer 26

Otitis media/externa

Question 27

Small device that is placed under the skin of ur chest or abdomen to help control heart rhythms

Answer 27

Pacemaker

Question 28

Pale conjunctivae

Answer 28

The mucous membranes that line the inside of the eyelids and cover the surface of the eyeballs are pale

Question 29

Palpate

Answer 29

Part of a physical examination in which an object is felt to determine its size shape firmness and location

Question 30

Palpitations

Answer 30

An abnormal awareness of the beating of the heart, whether it is too slow, too fast, irregular, or at its normal frequency

Question 31

Papular

Answer 31

Small solid rounded bumps rising from the skin

Question 32

Paraplegia

Answer 32

An impairment in motor and it sensory function of the lower extremities

Question 33

PE

Condition

Answer 33

Pulmonary embolism

One or more arteries in your lungs contains a blood clot

Question 34

Peptic ulcer

Answer 34

A sore in the lining of the stomach or the first part of the small intestines

Question 35

PERRL

Answer 35

Pupils equal round reactive to light

Question 36

Petechial

Answer 36

Small purplish spot on a body surface caused by a minute hemorrhage

Question 37

Photophobia

Answer 37

Sensitivity to light

Question 38

PID

Condition

Answer 38

Pelvic inflammatory disease

Infection of the uterus lining, Fallopian tubes, or ovaries

Question 39

Pitting and non putting edema

Answer 39

Pitting makes an impression. Non pitting doesn’t she an impression

Question 40

Pleurisy

Answer 40

Inflammation of the membrane that surrounds and protects the lungs (the pleura)