Quiz 3 Flashcards
Abdomen- Layman: large and extends outwards
Protuberant distended
Abdomen-layman: hard board like
Hard rigid, distended, tympanic, taut
Abdomen Soft, flabby
Relaxed flaccid
Abdomen Swollen rounded
Distended edematous
Abdomen- filled with gas
Tympanic, flatulent
Abdomen hangs down
Pendulous
Amounts large amounts of drainage
Profuse copious
Amount- 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 the urine
Hematuria
Spitting up blood
Hemoptysis
Positive blood in the stool
Guaiac positive
Unpleasant
Halitosis
Foul
Fetid
With sweet fruit like odor
Fruity sweet
Urinous odor
Odor of ammonia
Breathing
Respirations
Difficult breathing
Dyspnea
Short periods when breathing has ceased
Apnea
Inability to breathe while laying down
Orthopnea
Rapid breathing
Hyperpnea
Increasing Dyspnea with periods of apnea
Cheyne-strokes respirations
Alert fully conscious oriented to date time place
Alert fully conscious
Only partly conscious
Semi conscious
Unconscious but can be aroused
Stuporous
Unconscious cannnot be aroused
Comatose
Type of cough
Continuous, persistent, productive, non productive, dry, hacking
Occurring in spasms
Spasmodic
Coughing up or expectoration of blood
Hemopytasis
Dead tissue
Tissue necrosis, necrotic
Frequent liquid defecations
Diarrhea
Color of stool
Clay or dark brown black mustard yellow green tarry streaked with blood
Constituents of stool
Liquid, soft or hard formed, watery, semi formed, constipated, undigested food, mucoid
Drainage- containing pus
Purulent
Bloody
Sanguineous
Of lymphatic fluid
Serous
Contains mucous and pus
Mucopurulent
Tough sticky
Tenacious
Bloody, lymphatic (serous)
Serosanguinous
Indented 2 mm
1+ edema
Indented 4 mm
2+ edema
Indented 6 mm
3+ edema
Indented 8 mm
4+ edema
Emesis - produced by conscious effort of patient
Induced
Ejected a few feet distance
Projectile
If blood is noticeable
Hematemesis
Sharpness in vision
Visual acuity
Yellow in color
Jaundiced
Puffy swollen
Edematous
Drooping eyelids
Ptosis of lids
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
Tempature above normal
Pyrexia
Tempature greatly above normal
Hyperpyrexia
Forehead
Frontal region
Region over temple
Temporal region
Back of head
Occipital region
Base of skill
Basilar region
Having a large head
Macrocephaly , hydrocephalus
Having a small head
Microcephalus
Top of head
Parietal (right or left)
Hives
Urticaria
Itching
Pruitus
Bending
FLEXION
To straighten
Extension
Revolve around
Rotation
Move away from median line
Abduction
Move toward median line
Adduction
Blue in color
Cyanotic
By mouth
Orally
By rectum
Rectally
Breathing in
Inhalation
Rubbing into skin
Topically
Under the skin
Subcutaneous
Within the skin
Intradermal
Within the muscle
Intramuscular
Within the spinal canal
Intraspinal intrathecal
Within the vein
Intravenous
Pouring into the body cavity
Instillation
Menstruation- if present when admitted
Menses present
Painful
Dysmenorrhea
Total absence of
Amenorrhea
Profuse or prolonged flow
Menorrhagia
Cessation of
Menopause
Very unpleasant (odor)
Offensive, foul
Of the muscles of the face
Facial
Of the legs
Paraplegia
Of one side of the body
Hemiplegia
Of a single limb
Monoplegia
Of all 4 extremities and usually the trunk
Quadriplegia
Large amount of profuse
Diaphoresis, diaphoretic
Flat on back arms straight at sides
Supine
On side knees flexed
Lateral
On left side left arm behind back, left leg slightly flexed right leg greatly flexed
Sims (left or right)
Head of the bed semi-erect
Semi-Fowler (40 to 45 degree- modified knees and legs no flex)
On back, buttocks near edge of table knees well flexed and separated
Lithotomy
Resting on knees and chest
Knee-chest
On back, pelvis and legs higher than head
Trendelenburg
On abdomen, face turned to one side
Prone
Prone with hips over break in table and feet below level of head
Jackknife
Numbers of beats per minute
Rate
Rhythm
Regular or irregular, couple galloping
Beats missed at intervals
Intermittent
> 100 beats per minute (bpm)
Rapid fast tachycardia
Only scarcely perceptible
Threads, weak
Pulseless
Imperceptible, absent
Pulse strength
0= absent, not palpable, inaudible with Doppler
1+=diminished..palpable
2+= expected/ normal
3+= strong/full pulse
4+= bounding can’t be obliterated
Normal
Healthy, normal for race
Blue in color
Cyanotic, mottled
Very white
Extreme pallor, ashen
Redness
Erythema
Shines
Glossy
Raw surface
Excoriation
Yellow in color
Jaundiced
Containing colored areas
Pigmented
Scraped
Abraded, denuded
Cold and moist
Clammy
Not understandable
Incoherent
Meaningless wondering
Rambling
Words run together
Slurring
Difficult speaking
Dysphasia
Unable to speak
Aphasia
Difficulty in swallowing
Dysphagia
Inability to swallow
Aphagia
Other descriptive terms (throat)
Red, swollen, inflamed, ulcerated
Descriptive terms(tongue)
Pink,moist,dry,cracked,swollen,coated,inflamed,ulcerated
To urinate
Voiding, Micturate
No control over urination
Incontinence
Large amount of urine voided
Diuresis
Total suppression of urine
Anuria
Frequent voiding at night
Nocturia
Increased amount of voiding
Polyuria
Painful urination
Dysuria
Pus in urine
Pyuria
Blood in the urine
Hematuria
Scantiness of urine
Oliguria
Sugar in urine
Glycosuria
Overweight
Obese
Abnormal thinness
Emaciated, wasting
Very underweight
Cachectic
Discharging pus
Suppurating, purulent
Black or grey necrotic tissue
Eschar
Wound drainage
Exudate
