Section 1 terminology

Question 1

ADL’s

Answer 1

Activity of daily living

Question 2

Endogenous

Answer 2

growing from or on the inside

Question 3

Exogenous

Answer 3

growing from or on the outside

Question 4

asepsis

Answer 4

the condition of being aseptic

Question 5

nosocomial

Answer 5

hospital acquired

Question 6

abduction

Answer 6

to draw away (as a limb) from a position near or parallel to the median axis of the body

Question 7

adducting

Answer 7

to draw (as a limb) toward or past the median axis of the body; also : to bring together (similar parts)

Question 8

atrophy

Answer 8

decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue

Question 9

Cheyne-stokes respirations

Answer 9

cyclic breathing marked by a gradual increase in the rapidity of respiration followed by a gradual decrease and total cessation

Question 10

Circumduction

Answer 10

movement of a limb or extremity so that the distal end describes a circle while the proximal end remains fixed

Question 11

Contractures

Answer 11

a permanent shortening (as of muscle, tendon, or scar tissue) producing deformity or distortion

Question 12

Eversion

Answer 12

the act of turning inside out

Question 13

flexion

Answer 13

a bending movement around a joint in a limb (as the knee or elbow) that decreases the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint

Question 14

foot drop

Answer 14

an extended position of the foot caused by paralysis of the flexor muscles of the leg

Question 15

Isokinetic excercise

Answer 15

Exercise performed with a specialized apparatus that provides variable resistance to a movement, so that no matter how much effort is exerted, the movement takes place at a constant speed. Such exercise is used to test and improve muscular strength and endurance, especially after injury

Question 16

Isometric excercise

Answer 16

a program of exercises in which a muscle group is tensed against another muscle group or an immovable object so that the muscles may contract without shortening.

Question 17

Korotkoff sounds

Answer 17

arterial sounds heard through a stethoscope(need to figure out at what point you hear the sounds)

Question 18

Orthopnea

Answer 18

difficulty in breathing that occurs when lying down and is relieved upon changing to an upright position aka positional dyspnea

Question 19

Orthostatic Hypotension

Answer 19

low blood pressure occurring in some people when they stand up

Question 20

Pulse pressure

Answer 20

the pressure that is characteristic of the arterial pulse and represents the difference between diastolic and systolic blood pressures of the heart cycle
Systolic-diastolic= Pulse pressure

Question 21

Pyrexia

Answer 21

abnormal elevation of body temperature

Question 22

TPR

Answer 22

Temperature, pulse, respiration

Question 23

Bulla

Answer 23

a hollow thin-walled rounded bony prominence. larger than Vesicles

Question 24

Carbuncle

Answer 24

a painful local purulent inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues with multiple openings for the discharge of pus and usually necrosis and sloughing of dead tissue

Question 25

Crust

Answer 25

an encrusting deposit of serum, cellular debris, and bacteria present over or about lesions in some skin diseases (as impetigo or eczema)

Question 26

Cyanosis

Answer 26

a bluish or purplish discoloration (as of skin) due to deficient oxygenation of the blood

Question 27

Cyst

Answer 27

a closed sac having a distinct membrane and developing abnormally in a body cavity or structure

Question 28

Dermatitis

Answer 28

inflammation of the skin—called also dermitis

Question 29

Ecchymosis

Answer 29

the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels marked by a livid black-and-blue or purple spot or area

Question 30

Eczema

Answer 30

an inflammatory condition of the skin characterized by redness, itching, and oozing vesicular lesions which become scaly, crusted, or hardened

Question 31

Edema

Answer 31

an abnormal excess accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue or in a serous cavity

Question 32

Eschar

Answer 32

a scab formed especially after a burn

Question 33

fissures

Answer 33

a natural cleft between body parts or in the substance of an organ: as a : any of several clefts separating the lobes of the liver b : any of various clefts between bones or parts of bones in the skull

Question 34

furuncle

Answer 34

Boil

Question 35

Induration

Answer 35

an increase in the fibrous elements in tissue commonly associated with inflammation and marked by loss of elasticity and pliability

Question 36

Keratosis

Answer 36

a disease of the skin marked by overgrowth of horny tissue

Question 37

Maceration

Answer 37

an act or the process of macerating something; especially : the extraction of a drug by allowing it to stand in contact with a solvent

Question 38

Macule

Answer 38

a patch of skin that is altered in color but usually not elevated and that is a characteristic feature of various diseases (as smallpox)

Question 39

Melanoma

Answer 39

a benign or malignant skin tumor containing dark pigment

Question 40

nodule

Answer 40

a small mass of rounded or irregular shape: as a : a small abnormal knobby bodily protuberance (as a tumorous growth or a calcification near an arthritic joint)

Question 41

Pallor

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deficiency of color especially of the face : paleness

Question 42

Papule

Answer 42

a small solid usually conical elevation of the skin caused by inflammation, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue elements

Question 43

Pediculosis

Answer 43

infestation with lice

Question 44

petechiae

Answer 44

a minute reddish or purplish spot containing blood that appears in skin or mucous membrane as a result of localized hemorrhage

Question 45

Pruritus

Answer 45

localized or generalized itching due to irritation of sensory nerve endings

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psoriasis

Answer 46

a chronic skin disease characterized by circumscribed red patches covered with white scales

Question 47

Pustule

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a small circumscribed elevation of the skin containing pus and having an inflamed base

Question 48

Scabies

Answer 48

contagious itch or mange especially with exudative crusts that is caused by parasitic mites and especially by a mite of the genus Sarcoptes (S. scabiei)

Question 49

stomatitis

Answer 49

any of numerous inflammatory diseases of the mouth having various causes (as mechanical trauma, allergy, vitamin deficiency, or infection

Question 50

Tinea pedis

Answer 50

Athletes foot | Tinea: any of several fungal diseases of the skin; especially : ringworm

Question 51

Tinea capitis

Answer 51

an infection of the scalp caused by fungi of the genera Trichophyton and Microsporum and characterized by scaly patches penetrated by a few dry brittle hairs

Question 52

Tinea corporis

Answer 52

a fungal infection involving parts of the body not covered with hair—called also body ringworm

Question 53

turgor

Answer 53

the normal state of turgidity and tension in living cells

Question 54

Ulcer

Answer 54

a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus

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Urticaria

Answer 55

Hives

Question 56

vesicle

Answer 56

: a membranous and usually fluid-filled pouch (as a cyst, vacuole, or cell) in a plant or animal

Question 57

Warts

Answer 57

a horny projection on the skin usually of the extremities produced by proliferation of the skin papillae and caused by any of numerous genotypes of the human papillomavirus

Question 58

Wheal

Answer 58

a suddenly formed elevation of the skin surface: as a : welt; esp : a flat burning or itching eminence on the skin