Terms Flashcards

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Illness

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Condition of a person with a disease

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Disease

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Pathological condition of the body that presents a group of symptoms particular to it

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Pathology

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The study of the disease that can cause abnormalities in the structure

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4
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Subjective symptoms

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Ex sore throat can’t be measured

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5
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Objective symptoms

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Ex high temp can be measured

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6
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Lesion

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Cut

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Symptom

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Can be measured (subjective) and is something pt describes

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Idiopathic

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Unknown cause

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Iatrogenic

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Causes by treatment

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10
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Inflammatory

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The initial response of body tissue to local injury

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Infarction

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(Heart) produced by arterial supply or venous drainage

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12
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Hemorrhage

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Discharge from blood vessel

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13
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Hematoma

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Accumulation of blood trapped within body tissue

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Atrophy

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Reduction in the size or # of cells in an organ or tissue

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Hypertrophy

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Increase in the size of the cells of the tissue or organ

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Hyperplasia

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Increase in the # of the cells in a tissue or organ

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Neoplasia

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Unformed abnormal proliferation of cells (cancer)

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Cancer

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Malignant neoplasms

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Grading

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Degree of malignancy 1-4

20
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Staging

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The extent to which he tumor has spread
Tnm. Metastasis
Tumor size
Node involvement

21
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4 types of cancer

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Carcinoma - epithelial tissue
Sarcoma - connective tissue
Leukemia - blood
Lymphoma - lymphatic

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Endotrachal tube (et tube)

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5 to 7 cm above carina

23
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Central venous catheters

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Inserted into subclavian vein to measure cvp

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Swan ganz catheter

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Meauring pcw and cvp with inflatable balloon at tip

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Pacemaker
Maintains heart rhythm
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Cystic fibrosis
Hereditary disease excessively viscous mucus by All the exocrine glands ..effects pancreas and increase technique pg 41
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Hyaline membrane disease
Idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome, loss of surfactant in lungs in premature newborns pg 42
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Croup
Swelling of the airway viral infection of 43
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Pneumonia 3 types
Aspiration Alveolar Bronchopneumonia
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Aspiration pneumonia
Esophagus function is lost pg 45
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Alveolar pneumonia
Effects alveoli (inflames) solid or radio plague pg 44
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Bronchopneumonia
In children effects bronchi (inflames) increase technique and looks patch like pg 44
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Atelectasis
Pg 72 partial collapse of lung pg 76 pressure air in pleural cavity chest tube
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Pleural effusion
Fluid in pleural cavity pg 77 chest tube. You need to increase technique
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Emphysema
More air and can't get air out pg 74 & 75 alveoli less
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Osteoporosis
Bone loss ...test for bone density test...metabolic bone disease increase fx compression ..decrease technique
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Osteomyelitis
Bone infection ...in diabetes pt bc of ulcers ...infection eats bone pg 109
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Paget's disease
Metabolic disease ...bone is re absorbed with thicker bone ( looks like cotton balls)
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Osteoarthritis
In active ppl narrowing jt space and bone spurs (inflammatory)
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Rheumatoid arthritis
Inflammatory systemic disease mostly in women ...arthritis to small jt spaces
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Osteopetrosis
Increased Bone density
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Osteogenesis imperfecta
Very thin bones bone density decreased low technique
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Hip dysphasia
Incomplete acetabulum formation
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Achondroplasia
Short stature ...congenital and hereditary
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Osteachondroma
Benign projection of bone with cartilaginous cap that arises in childhood or the teen age years