Week 3 Review Terms

Question 1

Aphasia (aphasic)

Answer 1

Difficulty in speaking and/
or understanding speech caused by an injury or disease that affects the speech centers in the brain

Question 2

Apneic (apnea)

Answer 2

An absence of breathing

A (without) -pnea (breathing)

Question 3

Cyanosis

Answer 3

Bluish coloration of the skin

due to lack of oxygen and excess carbon dioxide in the blood

Question 4

Agonal

Answer 4

Very painful—associated with the pain of dying

Question 5

Angina pectoris

Answer 5

A condition marked by intense, suffocating pain; one who suffers angina pectoris usually has severe substernal pain that can radiate to the jaw, arms and abdomen

Question 6

Cerebrovascular

Answer 6

Cerebrovascular disease is a term for conditions that affect blood flow to your brain. Conditions include stroke, brain aneurysm, brain bleed and carotid artery disease.

Question 7

PEA

Answer 7

Pulseless electrical activity (PEA) is a condition where your heart stops because the electrical activity in your heart is too weak to make your heart beat. When your heart stops, you go into cardiac arrest, and you don’t have a pulse.

Hypovolemia and hypoxia are the two most common causes of PEA

Question 8

Atherosclerosis

Answer 8

The thickening and hardening of arteries

Like obstacles on a river

Question 9

Emesis

Answer 9

The action or process of vomiting

Question 10

Hepatitis

Answer 10

A disease characterized by inflammation of the liver

Question 11

Scleral icterus

Answer 11

Yellowing of eyeballs due to hepatitis

(Jaundice is yellowing of skin)

Question 12

PID

Answer 12

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

inflammation of the female genital tract, accompanied by fever and lower abdominal pain.

Usually caused by bacterial infection… esp STIs

Question 13

Tonic-clonic

Answer 13

Tonic—state
of continuous muscular contrac- tion; Clonic—series of intermittent muscular contrac- tion and relaxation

Question 14

Generalized Seizure

Answer 14

Generalized seizures affect both sides of the brain at the same time. Some types include:

Tonic-clonic seizures may cause a person to lose consciousness, this may cause them to fall to the ground, have muscle jerks or spasms, and cry out. They are also called grand mal seizures.

Absence seizures cause rapid blinking or staring into space for a few seconds. They are also called petit mal seizures.

Question 15

Syncopal

Answer 15

Syncope (pronounced “sin-ko-pea”) is the medical term for fainting or passing out. It happens when you have a sudden, temporary drop in the amount of blood that flows to your brain.

Question 16

Isolette

Answer 16

a clear plastic enclosed crib that maintains a warm environment for a new baby and isolates him or her from germs

Question 17

Stoma

Answer 17

an artificial opening made into a hollow organ, especially one on the surface of the body leading to the gut or trachea.

Question 18

Hyperresonance

Answer 18

Hyperresonant sounds may also be heard when percussing lungs hyperinflated with air, such as may occur in patients with COPD, or patients having an acute asthmatic attack. An area of hyperresonance on one side of the chest may indicate a pneumothorax.

Question 19

Hemoptysis

Answer 19

the coughing up of blood.

Question 20

Emphysema

Answer 20

Emphysema is a lung condition that causes shortness of breath. In people with emphysema, the air sacs in the lungs (alveoli) are damaged.

Question 21

Dyspnea

Answer 21

Difficulty breathing, shortness of breath

Question 22

Coup/counter coup

Answer 22

A coup injury refers to the brain damage that occurs directly under the point of impact. In contrast, a contrecoup injury occurs on the opposite side of the brain from where the head is struck

Question 23

Renal calculi

Answer 23

Another term for kidney stone

Question 24

Palmar reflex

Answer 24

When an infant grips your fingers when you place them in their hand