Vocab 7 Flashcards
Defect or sac formed by dilation in artery wall due to atherosclerosis, trauma, or congenital defect
Aneurysm
Loss of appetite for food
Anorexia
Abnormal accumulation of serous fluid within the peritoneal cavity, associated with heart failure, cirrhosis, cancer, or portal hypertension
Ascites
Loud, gurgling bowel sounds signaling increased motility or hyper peristalsis; occurs with early bowel obstruction, gastroenteritis, diarrhea
Borborygmi
Blowing, swooshing sound heard through stethoscope when an artery is partially occuluded
Bruit
First or proximal part of large intestine
Cecum
Inflammation of gallbladder
Cholecystitis
Lower border of rib margin formed by the medial edges of the 8th, 9th, and 10th ribs
Costal margin
Angle formed by the 12th rib and the vertebral column on the posterior thorax, overlying the kidney
Costovertebral angle (CVA)
Midline longitudinal ridge in abdomen, a separation of abdominal rectus muscles
Diastasis recti
Difficulty swallowing
Dysphagia
Name of abdominal region between the costal margins
Epigastrium
Abnormal enlargement of liver
Hepatomegaly
Abnormal protrusion of bowel through weakening in abdominal musculature
Hernia
Ligament extending from pubic bone to anterior superior iliac spine, forming lower border of abdomen
Inguinal ligament
Midline tendinous seam joining the abdominal muscles
Linea alba
Complete absence of peristaltic movement that may follow abdominal surgery or complete bowel obstruction
Paralytic ileus
Rough grating sound heard through the stethoscope over the site of peritoneal inflammation
Peritoneal friction rub
Double envelope of serous membrane that lines the abdominal wall and covers the surface of most abdominal organs
Peritoneum
Inflammation of peritoneum
Peritonitis
Congenital narrowing of pyloric sphincter, forming outflow obstruction of stomach
Pyloric stenosis
Heartburn; burning sensation in upper abdomen due to reflux of gastric acid
Pyrosis
Midline abdominal muscles extending from rib cage to pubic bone
Rectus abdominis muscles
Abnormally sunken abdominal wall, as with malnutrition or under weight
Scaphoid
Abnormal enlargement of spleen
Splenomegaly
(Linear albicantes) silvery white or pink scar tissue formed by stretching of abdominal skin as with pregnancy or obesity
Striae
Name of abdominal region just superior to pubic bone
Suprapubic
High-pitched, musical, drumlike percussion note heard when percussing over the stomach and intestine
Tympany
Depression on the abdomen marking site of entry of umbilical cord
Umbilicus
Internal organs
Viscera
Moving a body part away from an axis or the median line
Abduction
Moving a body part toward the center or toward the median line
Adduction
Immobility, consolidation, and fixation of a joint because of disease, injury, or surgery; most often due to chronic rheumatoid arthritis
Ankylosis
Inability to perform coordination movements
Ataxia
Enclosed sac filled with viscous fluid located in joint areas of potential friction
Bursa
Moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder
Circumduction
Dry crackling sound or sensation due to grating of the ends of damaged bone
Crepitation
Directed toward or located on the surface
Dorsal
Flexion contracture of the fingers due to chronic hyperplasia of the palmar fascia
Dupuytren contracture
Moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle
Eversion
Straightening a limb at a joint
Extension
Bending a limb at a joint
Flexion
Round, cystic, no tender nodule overlying a tendon sheath or joint capsule, usually on dorsal of wrist
Ganglion
Lateral or outward deviation of the great toe
Hallux valgus
Moving the sole of the foot inward at the ankle
Inversion
Outward or convex curvature of the thoracic spine; hunchback
Kyphosis
Fibrous band running directly from one bone to another bone that strengthens the joint
Ligament
Inward or concave curvature of the lumbar spine
Lordosis
Center of the intervertebral disk
Nucleus pulposus
Bony projection of the ulna at the elbow
Olecranon process
Kneecap
Patella
Refers to the surface of the sole of the foot
Plantar
Turning the forearm so that the palm is down
Pronation
Moving a body part backward and parallel to the ground
Retraction
Chronic systemic inflammatory disease of joints and surrounding connective tissue
Rheumatoid arthritis
Nerve pain along the course of the sciatic nerve that travels down from the back or thigh through the leg and into the foot
Sciatica
S-shaped curvature of the thoracic spine
Scoliosis
Turning of the forearm so that the palm is up
Supination
(Clubfoot) congenital deformity of the foot in which it is plantar flexed and inverted
Talipes equinovarus
Strong fibrous cord that attaches a skeletal muscle to a bone
Tendon
Wryneck; contraction of the cervical neck muscles, producing torsion of the neck
Torticollis
