Second 13 Terms

Question 1

Colonoscopy

Answer 1

Examination by means of a flexible, elongated scope that permits visual examination of the colon.

Question 2

Congestion

Answer 2

Swelling of blood vessels due to engorgement with blood.

Question 3

Contracture

Answer 3

Static muscle shortening due to tonic spasm or fibrosis, to loss of muscular balance or to loss of motion of the adjacent joint.

Question 4

Cortical Atrophy

Answer 4

Death of cells in the cerebral cortex.

Question 5

Coumadin

Answer 5

An anticoagulant drug.

Question 6

CT

Answer 6

Abbreviation for computerized tomography.

Question 7

Cul-de-sac

Answer 7

A blind pouch.

Question 8

Curt

Answer 8

Rudely abrupt; blunt; brief.

Question 9

Dementia

Answer 9

The progressive loss of cognitive and intellectual functions.

Question 10

Detrol

Answer 10

Medicine used to treat symptoms of overactive bladder.

Question 11

Dialysis Catheter

Answer 11

Tubular instrument inserted into a major vein in order to filter the blood of impurities.

Question 12

Diplegia

Answer 12

Paralysis affecting like parts on both sides of the body.

Question 13

Distal

Answer 13

Situated away from the center of the body or from a point of origin.