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Test 2: Terms/Spelling Flashcards

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rheum

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eye mucus

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umbilicus

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belly button

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cerumen

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earwax

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mastication

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to grind/chew

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peristalsis

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aid which is contraction that propels people food thorugh GI tract

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bolus

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food after it is chewed

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flatus

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gas

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feces

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waste products

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defecation

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discharge of feces from body

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constipation

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a symptom, not a disease

fewer than 3/week and >25% cause straining

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fecal impaction

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results from unrelieved constipation

collection of hardened stool

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flatulence

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accumulation of gas in GI tract, streatches walls

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diarrhea

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increased in number of stools, decreased passage of liquid unformed feces.

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fecal incontinence

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inability to control passage of feces & gas to anus

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hemorrhoids

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dialated, engorged vein in lining of the rectum

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stoma

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temporary or perminent opening of intestine through abdomin wall.

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ostomy

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surgical opening of stoma

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colostomy

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surgical procedure brings one end of inteines out of abdominal wall

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nosocomial

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hospital acquired infeciton

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phimosis

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inability to retract the distal foreskin over peinis

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paraphimosis

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never event

inability to retract foreskin that was previously retracted

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hematemesis

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vomiting of blood

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melena

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passage of black tarry stool

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hematochezia

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passage of frank (bright red) stool from anus or mixed stool

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lithotomy position

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one which women have babies in, get pericare, etc…

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smegma

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secretion of sebacious glands.

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eye mucus

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rheum

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belly button

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umbilicus

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earwax

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cerumen

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chewing, grinding of food

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mastication

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aid which contraction that propels food through GI tract

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peristalsis

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food after it has left mouth and travels down GI tract

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bolus

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fart/gas

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flatus

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bowel waste products

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feces

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discharge of feces

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defecation

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a symptom not a disease, fewer than 3 defecations a week, >25% causes straining

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constipation

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results from unrelieved constipation

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impaction

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incrase in number of stools, decrease passage of formed stool, it’s liquid

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diarrhea

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inability to control passage of feces and or gas

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incontinence

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accumulation of gas in GI tract, causes streating

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flatulence

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dialated, engorged veins in lining of the rectum

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hemarrhoid

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temporary or perminent opening of intestine through abdomin wall

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stoma

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surgical procedure brings one end of GI tract outside of abdomin wall to route shit

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colostomy

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hospital acquired disease

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nosocomial

45
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inability to retract the distal foreskin over penis gland

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phimosis

46
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it is a never event, inability to retract distal foreskin over prenis glad when it was once retractable

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paraphimosis

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vomiting of blood

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hematemesis

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passage of black tarry stool

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melena

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passage of frank (bright red) bloody stool, or as mixed stool

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hematochezia

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position in which women are put into while having a baby, or when a woman is getting pericare

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lithotomy position

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secretion of sebaceous gland

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smegma

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