Spring 23' Med Term Quiz 2 Flashcards
Fontanels
Unfused bones in a babies skull
The space where sutures intersect
Presyncope
A lightheaded swimming sensation or feeling of fainting or falling caused by decreased blood flow to the brain or heart irregularly causing decreased cardiac output..
Vertigo
A true rotational spinning often from labyrinthine-vestibular disorder in inner ear
Disequilibrium
is a shakiness or instability when walking related to musculoskeletal disorder or multisensory deficits
Normocephalic
is a term that denotes a round and symmetric skull that is appropriately related to body size
Lymphadenopathy
Enlargement of the lymphnodes
Pupillary light reflex
is the normal constriction of the pupil when bright light shines on the retina
Fixation
Is a reflex direction of the eye toward an object attracting our attention
Accommodation
Is adaptation the eye for near vision
Presbyopia
The lens loses elasticity, becoming hard and glass like. The glasslike quality decreases the ability of the lens to change shape to accommodate for near vision
Cataract
A clouding of the crystalline lens due to ultraviolet radiation
Glaucoma
An optic neuropathy characterized by the loss of peripheral vision
Diplopia
Is the perception of two images of a single object (double vision)
Nystagmus
A fine, oscillating movement best seen around the iris
Conductive
a conductive hearing loss involves a mechanical dysfunction of the ear
Sensorineural
loss signifies pathology of the inner ear, cranial nerve 8, or the auditory areas of the cerebral cortex.
Otalgia
Ear pain
occurs directly from ear disease or is referred pain from a problem in teeth or oropharynx
Otitis media
Middle ear infection
Occurs because of obstruction of the eustachian tube or passage of nasopharyngeal secretions into the middle ear
Cerumen
ear wax, it is genetically determined. there is wet earwax and dry earwax
Atresia
Is a condition where an orifice or opening is abnormally closed or absent
Bifid uvula
shows the uvula split either completely or partially
Cleft lip
The formation of the upper lip is incomplete
Cleft palate
a congenital defect, the failure of fusion of the maxillary processes
Torus palatinus
is a benign bony ridge running in the middle of the hard palate
Leukoedema
is a benign milky, bluish-white, opaque appearance of the buccal mucosa that occurs commonly in African Americans
Rhinitis
Nasal mucosa is swollen and bright red with URI
Epistaxis
occurs with trauma, vigorous nose blowing, foreign body, (nosebleeds)
Dysphagia
difficulty swallowing, Occurs with pharyngitis, GERD, stroke, and other neurological diseases
Xerostoma
dry mouth, a side effect of many drugs
BID
twice a day
TID
three times a day
T
temperature
QID
four times a day
P
pulse
R
respirations
BP
blood pressure
O2 Sat
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