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Vocab 7 Flashcards

1
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Defect or sac formed by dilation in artery wall due to atherosclerosis, trauma, or congenital defect

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Aneurysm

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2
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Loss of appetite for food

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Anorexia

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

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Ascites

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4
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Loud, gurgling bowel sounds signaling increased motility or hyper peristalsis; occurs with early bowel obstruction, gastroenteritis, diarrhea

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Borborygmi

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

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Bruit

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6
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First or proximal part of large intestine

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Cecum

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7
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Inflammation of gallbladder

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Cholecystitis

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

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Costal margin

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9
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Angle formed by the 12th rib and the vertebral column on the posterior thorax, overlying the kidney

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Costovertebral angle (CVA)

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10
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Midline longitudinal ridge in abdomen, a separation of abdominal rectus muscles

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Diastasis recti

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11
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Difficulty swallowing

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Dysphagia

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12
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Name of abdominal region between the costal margins

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Epigastrium

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13
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Abnormal enlargement of liver

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Hepatomegaly

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14
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Abnormal protrusion of bowel through weakening in abdominal musculature

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Hernia

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15
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Ligament extending from pubic bone to anterior superior iliac spine, forming lower border of abdomen

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Inguinal ligament

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16
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Midline tendinous seam joining the abdominal muscles

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Linea alba

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17
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Complete absence of peristaltic movement that may follow abdominal surgery or complete bowel obstruction

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Paralytic ileus

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18
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Rough grating sound heard through the stethoscope over the site of peritoneal inflammation

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Peritoneal friction rub

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19
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Double envelope of serous membrane that lines the abdominal wall and covers the surface of most abdominal organs

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Peritoneum

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20
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Inflammation of peritoneum

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Peritonitis

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21
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Congenital narrowing of pyloric sphincter, forming outflow obstruction of stomach

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Pyloric stenosis

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22
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Heartburn; burning sensation in upper abdomen due to reflux of gastric acid

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Pyrosis

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23
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Midline abdominal muscles extending from rib cage to pubic bone

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Rectus abdominis muscles

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24
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Abnormally sunken abdominal wall, as with malnutrition or under weight

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Scaphoid

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25
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Abnormal enlargement of spleen

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Splenomegaly

26
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(Linear albicantes) silvery white or pink scar tissue formed by stretching of abdominal skin as with pregnancy or obesity

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Striae

27
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Name of abdominal region just superior to pubic bone

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Suprapubic

28
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High-pitched, musical, drumlike percussion note heard when percussing over the stomach and intestine

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Tympany

29
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Depression on the abdomen marking site of entry of umbilical cord

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Umbilicus

30
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Internal organs

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Viscera

31
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Moving a body part away from an axis or the median line

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Abduction

32
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Moving a body part toward the center or toward the median line

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Adduction

33
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Immobility, consolidation, and fixation of a joint because of disease, injury, or surgery; most often due to chronic rheumatoid arthritis

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Ankylosis

34
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Inability to perform coordination movements

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Ataxia

35
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Enclosed sac filled with viscous fluid located in joint areas of potential friction

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Bursa

36
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Moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder

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Circumduction

37
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Dry crackling sound or sensation due to grating of the ends of damaged bone

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Crepitation

38
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Directed toward or located on the surface

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Dorsal

39
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Flexion contracture of the fingers due to chronic hyperplasia of the palmar fascia

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Dupuytren contracture

40
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Moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle

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Eversion

41
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Straightening a limb at a joint

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Extension

42
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Bending a limb at a joint

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Flexion

43
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Round, cystic, no tender nodule overlying a tendon sheath or joint capsule, usually on dorsal of wrist

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Ganglion

44
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Lateral or outward deviation of the great toe

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Hallux valgus

45
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Moving the sole of the foot inward at the ankle

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Inversion

46
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Outward or convex curvature of the thoracic spine; hunchback

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Kyphosis

47
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Fibrous band running directly from one bone to another bone that strengthens the joint

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Ligament

48
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Inward or concave curvature of the lumbar spine

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Lordosis

49
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Center of the intervertebral disk

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Nucleus pulposus

50
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Bony projection of the ulna at the elbow

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Olecranon process

51
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Kneecap

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Patella

52
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Refers to the surface of the sole of the foot

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Plantar

53
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Turning the forearm so that the palm is down

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Pronation

54
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Moving a body part backward and parallel to the ground

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Retraction

55
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Chronic systemic inflammatory disease of joints and surrounding connective tissue

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Rheumatoid arthritis

56
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Nerve pain along the course of the sciatic nerve that travels down from the back or thigh through the leg and into the foot

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Sciatica

57
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S-shaped curvature of the thoracic spine

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Scoliosis

58
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Turning of the forearm so that the palm is up

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Supination

59
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(Clubfoot) congenital deformity of the foot in which it is plantar flexed and inverted

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Talipes equinovarus

60
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Strong fibrous cord that attaches a skeletal muscle to a bone

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Tendon

61
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Wryneck; contraction of the cervical neck muscles, producing torsion of the neck

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Torticollis

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