Terms I - Z

Question 0

Inferior

Answer 0

Lower on the body, farther from the head

Question 1

Infarct

Answer 1

Area of dead tissue after lack of blood supply

Question 2

Ischemia

Answer 2

Lack of blood supply

Question 3

Laceration

Answer 3

Splitting of the skin due to trauma (a cut due to something sharp)

Question 4

Lateral

Answer 4

Farther from the midline (a line that can be traced from the nose to the belly-button)

Question 5

Medial

Answer 5

Nearer to the midline

Question 6

Melena

Answer 6

Black tarry stool

Question 7

Myocardial Infarction (MI)

Answer 7

Death of cardiac muscle due ischemia

Question 8

Myalgia

Answer 8

Muscular pain, “muscle aches”

Question 9

Oriented x3

Answer 9

Oriented to person, place, and time

Question 10

Pallor

Answer 10

Pale skin

Question 11

Pulmonary Embolism (PE)

Answer 11

Blocking of a pulmonary artery due to a blood clot

Question 12

Posterior/Dorsal

Answer 12

Rear or backside of the body

Question 13

Proximal

Answer 13

Nearer to the trunk of the body

Question 14

Purulent

Answer 14

Pus-like

Question 15

Rales

Answer 15

Crackles; wet crackling noise in lungs

Question 16

Rhinorrhea

Answer 16

Clear nasal discharge, “runny nose”

Question 17

Rhonchi

Answer 17

Rattling noise of mucous in the lungs

Question 18

Sepsis

Answer 18

Dangerous infection of the blood

Question 19

STEMI

Answer 19

ST elevation MI, real-time ongoing death of heart tissue due to ischemia

Question 20

Superior

Answer 20

Higher on the body, nearer to the head

Question 21

Supine

Answer 21

Body position lying face up

Question 22

Syncope

Answer 22

“Passing out,” loss of consciousness or fainting

Question 23

Tachycardia

Answer 23

Fast heart rate (greater than 100 bpm)

Question 24

Tachypnea

Answer 24

Increased breathing rate

Question 25

Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

Answer 25

Minor stroke; where neurological function is regained quickly with time

Question 26

Vertigo

Answer 26

Condition of dizziness, “ room spinning”

Question 27

Wheezing

Answer 27

High pitched sound heard in the lungs with asthmatics or lung disease