Vocab 7

Question 1

Defect or sac formed by dilation in artery wall due to atherosclerosis, trauma, or congenital defect

Answer 1

Aneurysm

Question 2

Loss of appetite for food

Answer 2

Anorexia

Question 3

Abnormal accumulation of serous fluid within the peritoneal cavity, associated with heart failure, cirrhosis, cancer, or portal hypertension

Answer 3

Ascites

Question 4

Loud, gurgling bowel sounds signaling increased motility or hyper peristalsis; occurs with early bowel obstruction, gastroenteritis, diarrhea

Answer 4

Borborygmi

Question 5

Blowing, swooshing sound heard through stethoscope when an artery is partially occuluded

Answer 5

Bruit

Question 6

First or proximal part of large intestine

Answer 6

Cecum

Question 7

Inflammation of gallbladder

Answer 7

Cholecystitis

Question 8

Lower border of rib margin formed by the medial edges of the 8th, 9th, and 10th ribs

Answer 8

Costal margin

Question 9

Angle formed by the 12th rib and the vertebral column on the posterior thorax, overlying the kidney

Answer 9

Costovertebral angle (CVA)

Question 10

Midline longitudinal ridge in abdomen, a separation of abdominal rectus muscles

Answer 10

Diastasis recti

Question 11

Difficulty swallowing

Answer 11

Dysphagia

Question 12

Name of abdominal region between the costal margins

Answer 12

Epigastrium

Question 13

Abnormal enlargement of liver

Answer 13

Hepatomegaly

Question 14

Abnormal protrusion of bowel through weakening in abdominal musculature

Answer 14

Hernia

Question 15

Ligament extending from pubic bone to anterior superior iliac spine, forming lower border of abdomen

Answer 15

Inguinal ligament

Question 16

Midline tendinous seam joining the abdominal muscles

Answer 16

Linea alba

Question 17

Complete absence of peristaltic movement that may follow abdominal surgery or complete bowel obstruction

Answer 17

Paralytic ileus

Question 18

Rough grating sound heard through the stethoscope over the site of peritoneal inflammation

Answer 18

Peritoneal friction rub

Question 19

Double envelope of serous membrane that lines the abdominal wall and covers the surface of most abdominal organs

Answer 19

Peritoneum

Question 20

Inflammation of peritoneum

Answer 20

Peritonitis

Question 21

Congenital narrowing of pyloric sphincter, forming outflow obstruction of stomach

Answer 21

Pyloric stenosis

Question 22

Heartburn; burning sensation in upper abdomen due to reflux of gastric acid

Answer 22

Pyrosis

Question 23

Midline abdominal muscles extending from rib cage to pubic bone

Answer 23

Rectus abdominis muscles

Question 24

Abnormally sunken abdominal wall, as with malnutrition or under weight

Answer 24

Scaphoid

Question 25

Abnormal enlargement of spleen

Answer 25

Splenomegaly

Question 26

(Linear albicantes) silvery white or pink scar tissue formed by stretching of abdominal skin as with pregnancy or obesity

Answer 26

Striae

Question 27

Name of abdominal region just superior to pubic bone

Answer 27

Suprapubic

Question 28

High-pitched, musical, drumlike percussion note heard when percussing over the stomach and intestine

Answer 28

Tympany

Question 29

Depression on the abdomen marking site of entry of umbilical cord

Answer 29

Umbilicus

Question 30

Internal organs

Answer 30

Viscera

Question 31

Moving a body part away from an axis or the median line

Answer 31

Abduction

Question 32

Moving a body part toward the center or toward the median line

Answer 32

Adduction

Question 33

Immobility, consolidation, and fixation of a joint because of disease, injury, or surgery; most often due to chronic rheumatoid arthritis

Answer 33

Ankylosis

Question 34

Inability to perform coordination movements

Answer 34

Ataxia

Question 35

Enclosed sac filled with viscous fluid located in joint areas of potential friction

Answer 35

Bursa

Question 36

Moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder

Answer 36

Circumduction

Question 37

Dry crackling sound or sensation due to grating of the ends of damaged bone

Answer 37

Crepitation

Question 38

Directed toward or located on the surface

Answer 38

Dorsal

Question 39

Flexion contracture of the fingers due to chronic hyperplasia of the palmar fascia

Answer 39

Dupuytren contracture

Question 40

Moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle

Answer 40

Eversion

Question 41

Straightening a limb at a joint

Answer 41

Extension

Question 42

Bending a limb at a joint

Answer 42

Flexion

Question 43

Round, cystic, no tender nodule overlying a tendon sheath or joint capsule, usually on dorsal of wrist

Answer 43

Ganglion

Question 44

Lateral or outward deviation of the great toe

Answer 44

Hallux valgus

Question 45

Moving the sole of the foot inward at the ankle

Answer 45

Inversion

Question 46

Outward or convex curvature of the thoracic spine; hunchback

Answer 46

Kyphosis

Question 47

Fibrous band running directly from one bone to another bone that strengthens the joint

Answer 47

Ligament

Question 48

Inward or concave curvature of the lumbar spine

Answer 48

Lordosis

Question 49

Center of the intervertebral disk

Answer 49

Nucleus pulposus

Question 50

Bony projection of the ulna at the elbow

Answer 50

Olecranon process

Question 51

Kneecap

Answer 51

Patella

Question 52

Refers to the surface of the sole of the foot

Answer 52

Plantar

Question 53

Turning the forearm so that the palm is down

Answer 53

Pronation

Question 54

Moving a body part backward and parallel to the ground

Answer 54

Retraction

Question 55

Chronic systemic inflammatory disease of joints and surrounding connective tissue

Answer 55

Rheumatoid arthritis

Question 56

Nerve pain along the course of the sciatic nerve that travels down from the back or thigh through the leg and into the foot

Answer 56

Sciatica

Question 57

S-shaped curvature of the thoracic spine

Answer 57

Scoliosis

Question 58

Turning of the forearm so that the palm is up

Answer 58

Supination

Question 59

(Clubfoot) congenital deformity of the foot in which it is plantar flexed and inverted

Answer 59

Talipes equinovarus

Question 60

Strong fibrous cord that attaches a skeletal muscle to a bone

Answer 60

Tendon

Question 61

Wryneck; contraction of the cervical neck muscles, producing torsion of the neck

Answer 61

Torticollis