Vocabulary review for Head and Neck lab Flashcards
1
Q
Alopecia
A
hair loss
2
Q
Angular cheilosis
A
reddish inflammation of the lip or lips and production of fissures that radiate from angles of the mouth
3
Q
Anosmia
A
absense of the sense of smell.
4
Q
Caries
A
microbial destruction or necrosis of teeth
5
Q
Cerumen
A
soft, brownish, yellow, waxy secretion of the ceruminous glands of the external auditory meatus
6
Q
Cheilitis
A
inflammation and cracking of lips
7
Q
Cholesteatoma
A
mass of keratinizing squamous epithelium and cholesterol in the middle ear, usually caused by chronic otitis media
8
Q
Epitaxis
A
bleeding from the nose
9
Q
Epstein pearls
A
multiple small, white, epithelial inclusion cysts found in the midline of the palate in newborn infants
