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Terminology Quiz Flashcards

1
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Aphasic

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Unable to speak

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Aphagia

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unable to swallow

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3
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Dysphasia

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difficulty/ slurred speech

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4
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Dysphagia

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Difficulty swallowing

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5
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Epistaxis

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Nasal bleeding

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6
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Tinnitus

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Ringing in the ears

Can be due to damage to hair receptors of the cochlear nerve or age related changes in the organs of hearing and balance

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7
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DOE

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Dyspnea On Exertion

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8
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CP

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Chest Pain

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Orthopnea

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A condition in which people experiencing dyspnea can often breathe more easily in an upright position

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10
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Diaphoretic

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Sweating excessively

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11
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Clammy

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Damp cool skin to touch

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12
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AICD

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Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defribrillator

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Apneic

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Suffering from apnea
cessation of breathing for 20 seconds or more at a time

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14
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Kussmauls

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Deep and rapid breathing at a continuous pace

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15
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cheyne-stokes

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Alternating irregular periods of deep and rapid breathing, followed by periods of apnea

associated with end of life, OD and Heart failure

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16
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Crackles

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  • Bubbling crackling sounds
  • Low to high pitched
  • Auscultated on inspiration and expiration
17
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Why do we hear crackles and what disease would we expect to diagnose?

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crackles are the sound of the opening of small deflated airways and alveoli and air passing through fluid in the lungs
Often heard when diagnosing……

18
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Wheezing

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  • (sibilant) Musical or squeaking
  • High pitched continuous sounds
  • Auscultated on inspiration and expiration
19
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Why do we hear wheezing and what disease would we expect to diagnose?

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Wheezing is the sound of air passing through narrowed airways
Often heard when diagnosing asthma, tumors, or a buildup of secretions

20
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Rhonchi

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  • sonorous Wheeze
  • Sonorous/course snoring quality
  • Low pitched continuous sounds
  • Auscultated on inspiration and expiration
21
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Why do we hear rhonchi and what disease would we expect to diagnose?

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Rhonchi is the sound of air passing through or around secretions i the lungs.
Often heard when diagnosing….

22
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Hematuria

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Blood in the Urine
If in large enough quantities the urine will appear bright red or reddish brown

23
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Urostomy

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rerouting of urine away from the dysfunctional bladder through the Ileal conduit to an external Urostomy bag

24
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Ileal Conduit

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Urinary Diversion in which the ureters are connected to the ileum with a stoma created on the abdominal wall

25
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Anuric

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Urinary output of less than 50ml in 24hours (not urinating)

26
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Ecchymosic/Ecchymotic

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A collection of blood in the subcutaneous tissues causing a purplish discoloration of the skin

27
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Mottled

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Marked with blotches of two or more colors

28
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Arm drifting

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Also known as the pronator drift. Is an indication of stroke or spinal injury

29
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Flat Affect

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Showing no facial expression

30
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Edema

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Excess fluid in the tissues characterized by swelling in the hands, face, ankles and calves

Also known as third spacing

31
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Bruit and Thrill

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Bruit- Abnormal swooshing sounds heard on auscultation indicating turbulant bloodflow.
Thrill- throbbing palpated

32
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Jaundiced

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Yellow color of the skin resulting from liver and gallbladder disease, immaturity, some types of anemia and hemolysis

33
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Incontinence

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Involuntary loss of urine

34
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Ostomy

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Allows bodily waste to be routed through a surgically created stoma on the abdominal wall to an external ostomy bag

35
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Cyanotic

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Bluish greyish skin discoloration in response to inadequate oxygenation

36
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Flaccid

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Limp and floppy, poor muscle tone

37
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Braden scale

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A numeric scoring scale used to assess a patients risk for pressure ulcers

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