Word of the Day

Question 1

Endocarditis

Answer 1

Inflammation of the endocardium, or the lining membrane of the heart

Can result from a dental health issue - bacteria can travel to the heart from the teeth

May involved only the membrane covering the valves or may involve the chambers of the heart

Question 2

Enteroparesis

Answer 2

A state of diminished or arrested peristalsis with flaccidity of the intestinal walls

Question 3

Hemocytopenia

Answer 3

Clinical term used to describe abnormally low number of red blood cells

Question 4

Hemangioma

Answer 4

Benign tumor consisting of blood vessels

Mole like thing that is red

Often occurs and apears spontaneous and then can disappear

Question 5

Cardioversion

Answer 5

The reestablishment of heart rhythm by means of electrical shock

Defibrillator

Question 6

Ecchymosis

Answer 6

A bruise

Disocoloured spot resulting from an accumulation of blood under the skin caused by an injury or thinning blood vessel wall

Occurs in the dermal layer

Question 7

Petechia

Answer 7

A tiny reddish or purplish flat spot appearing on the skin due to a tiny hemorrhage within the skin

Question 8

Purpura

Answer 8

Petechia that have joined together

Question 9

Hemoptysis

Answer 9

Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract

Usually frothy, bright red and mixed with sputum

Can result from heart disease

Indicate infection or disease

Question 10

Osteosclerosis

Answer 10

The abnormal increase in bone density due to a variety of different diseases

Type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, tumor formation, chronic infection

Question 11

Osteomelacia

Answer 11

The abnormal softening of bone, often due to a loss of calcification results from a deficiency

Most common is vitamin D deficiency - required fro the absorption of calcium from the gut into the blood