Terms - Test 3

Question 1

Abduction

Answer 1

Movement away from the midline of the body.

Question 2

Adduction

Answer 2

Movement toward the midline of the body.

Question 3

Anasarca

Answer 3

Severe generalized edema.

Question 4

Amenorrhea

Answer 4

Absence of menstruation.

Question 5

Ascites

Answer 5

Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the

abdomen.

Question 6

Brudzinski’s sign

Answer 6

A test for meningitis. Severe neck stiffness causes a patient’s hips and knees to flex when the neck is flexed.

Question 7

Cachexia

Answer 7

Severe malnutrition and wasting of muscles associated with a chronic illness such as cancer.

Question 8

Cranial nerves

Answer 8

12 pairs of nerves that originate from the undersurface of the brain.

Question 9

Crepitus

Answer 9

Dry, crackling sound or sensation heard or felt as a joint is moved through its range of motion.

Question 10

Cyanosis

Answer 10

A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes.

Question 11

Deep tendon reflex

Answer 11

A brisk contraction of a muscle in response to a sudden stretch induced by a sharp tap by a finger or rubber hammer on the tendon of insertion of the muscle.

Question 12

Dysuria

Answer 12

Difficulty, pain, or burning sensation associated with urination.

Question 13

Emesis

Answer 13

Another word for vomit.

Question 14

Enuresis

Answer 14

Any involuntary urination, especially during sleep.

Question 15

Gravida

Answer 15

Denotes number of pregnancies.

Question 16

Hematuria

Answer 16

Blood in the urine.

Question 17

Hypercapnia

Answer 17

Excessive carbon dioxide in the blood.

Question 18

Hypospadias

Answer 18

Abnormal congenital opening of the male urethra on the undersurface of the penis.

Question 19

Incontinent

Answer 19

Having no or insufficient voluntary control over urination or defecation.

Question 20

Kernig’s sign

Answer 20

A test in which the thigh is bent at the hip and knee at 90 degree angles and the knee is extended. If extension of the knee is painful, this may indicate subarachnoid hemorrhage or meningitis.

Question 21

Linea nigra

Answer 21

Dark line on the abdomen that runs from above the umbilicus to the pubis during pregnancy.

Question 22

McBurney point

Answer 22

Point of specialized tenderness in acute appendicitis that is situated on a line between the umbilicus and the right anterosuperior iliac spine, about 1 or 2 inches above the latter.

Question 23

Murphy’s sign

Answer 23

A test for gallbladder disease in which the patient is asked to inhale while the examiner’s fingers are hooked under the liver border at the bottom of the rib cage. Produces pain if the gallbladder is inflamed.

Question 24

Oliguria

Answer 24

Decreased urine output.

Question 25

Paresthesia

Answer 25

Sensation of numbness, prickling, or tingling.

Question 26

Parity

Answer 26

Denotes the number of viable births.

Question 27

Polyuria

Answer 27

Excessive production of urine.

Question 28

Pronate

Answer 28

o turn the forearm so the palm faces downward or to rotate the leg or foot inward.

Question 29

Romberg’s test

Answer 29

Test of cerebellar function that evaluates an individual’s ability to maintain a given position when standing erect with feet together and eyes closed.

Question 30

Somatic pain

Answer 30

Pain that originates from musculoskeletal tissues or body surfaces.

Question 31

Supinate

Answer 31

To turn the forearm so the palm faces upward or to rotate the foot and leg outward.

Question 32

Two-point discrimination

Answer 32

Ability to distinguish the separation of two simultaneous pinpricks on the skin.

Question 33

Void

Answer 33

Another word for urinate.

Question 34

phimosis

Answer 34

narrowed opening of preduce so cannot retract the foreskin

Question 35

paraphimosis

Answer 35

painful constriction of glans by retracted foreskin

Question 36

cryptorchidism

Answer 36

a condition in which one or both testes has failed to fall from the abdomen into the scrotum