Vocabulary

blowing, swooshing sound heard through a stethoscope when an artery is partially occluded.

dusky blue mottling of the skin and mucous membranes due to excessive amount of reduced hemoglobin in the blood.

deficiency of arterial blood to a body part due to constriction of obstruction of a blood vessel.

• small oval clumps of lymphatic tissue located at grouped intervals along lymphatic vessels.

• indentatoin left after examiner depresses the skin over swollen edematous tissue.

• viewing the finger from the side to detect early clubbing.

pressure wave created by each heartbeat, palpable at body sites where the artery lies close to the skin and over a bone.

• inflammation of the vein associated with thrombus formation.

• dilated tortuous veins with incompetent valves.

open skin lesion extending into dermis with sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue.

calf pain that occurs when the foot is sharply dorsiflexed (pushed up, toward the knee); may occur with deep vein thrombosis, phlebitis, Achilles tendinitis, or muscle injury.

loss of appetite for food.

loud, gurgling bowel sounds sign signaling increased motility or hyperperistalsis, occurs with early bowel obstruction, gastroenteritis, diarrhea.

blowing, swooshing sound heard through a stethoscope when an artery is partially occluded.

• first or proximal part of large intestine.

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

• angle formed by the 12th rib and the vertebral column on the posterior thorax, overlying the kidney.

difficulty swallowing.

• name of abdominal region between the costal margins.

midline abdominal muscles extending from rib cage to pubic bone.

• abnormally sunken abdominal wall as with malnutrition or underweight.

• (lineae albicantes) silvery white or pink scar tissue formed by stretching of abdominal skin as with pregnancy or obesity.

• name of abdominal region just superior to pubic bone.

high-pitched, musical, drumlike percussion note heard when percussing over the stomach and intestine.

depression on the abdomen marking site of entry of umbilical cord.

• internal organs.

foreskin is advanced and tightly fixed over the glans penis.

(foreskin) the hood or flap of skin over the glans penis that often is surgically removed after birth by circumcision.

• collection of vas deferens, blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerves that ascends along the testis and through the inguinal canal into the abdomen.

• duct carrying sperm from the epididymis through the abdomen and then into the urethra.

weak spot in abdominal muscle wall (usually in area of inguinal canal or femoral canal) through which a loop of bowel may protrude.

• flabby papules of skin or mucous membrane in the anal region caused by a varicose vein of the hemorrhoidal plexus.

blood in the stool.

itching or burning sensation in the skin.

excessive fat in the stool as in GI malabsorption of fat.

absence of menstruation; termed secondary amenorrhea when menstruation has begun and then ceases; most common cause is pregnancy.

• vestibular glands, located on either side of the vaginal orifice, that secrete a clear lubricating mucus during intercourse.

small, elongated erectile tissue in the female, located at anterior juncture of labia minora.

abdominal cramping and pain associated with menstruation.

painful urination.

red-tinged or bloody urine.

• external genitalia of female.

whitish or yellowish discharge from vaginal orifice.

onset of first menstruation, usually between 11 and 13 years of age.

cessation of the menses, usually occurring around 48 to 51 years of age.

excessively heavy menstrual flow.

painless test used to detect cervical cancer.

• cervical polyp is bright red, soft, pedunculated growth emerging from os.