terminology 2.txt

Weakening

Spinal cord or bone marrow inflammation

Double vision

Vestibulocochlear: also called Auditory Nerve - impulses of equalibrium and hearing

Glossopharangeal: sensory impulses from pharynx (swallowing), taste, posterior 1/3 of tongue

Vagus: supplies most organs in abdominal and thoracic cavities

Accessory: controls neck and shoulder muscles

Hypoglossal: controls tongue muscles

Cross-eyed

Nearsightedness

Farsightedness

Between the vetebral bone and the dura matter (epidural = above dura)

Olfactory: transports impulses for sense of smell

Optic: carries impulses for sense of smell

Occulomotor: motor impulses for eye

Trigeminal: sensory impulses for face and motor for chewing

Trochlear: controls oblique muscles of eye on each side

Facial

Abducens: controls eyeball muscle to turn eye to side

Vision

vas deferens

relating to a meal

Nerve irritability and painful muscle cramps resulting from hypocalcemia

testes

surgical fixation of testes

glans penis

Discharge from Glans penis

Stone

Puncture of the amniotic sac for teh purpose of withdrawaling fluid - can assist in determining maturity, development and genetic disorders

Located on either side of the vaginal orifice and secrete mucus for lubrication during intercourse

menarche

• para- = through
• -para = birth

Multiple births

birth

Fallopian Tube

Pus in a fallopian tube

utuerus

Ruptured Uterus

newborn

The outer two membran sacs surrounding the fetus, it helps form the placenta

Stone formed from within an organ

Breathing

Congenital opening of the male urethra on the underside of the penis

Congenital opening of the urethra on the dorsal surface of the penis

Accumulation of fluid around the testes or along the spermatic cord, common in infants

oxygen

sperm

Urinary meatus

Eruption of painful blisters (vesicles) on the body along a nerve path. Caused by Herpes Zoster virus infection of the nerve root.

Disease with sever muscular weakness and fatigue due to insufficient neurotransmitter at a synapse.

Inflammatory disease of the CNS in which there is weakness and numbness due to loss of myelin insulation from nerves

Visual loss due to old age, resulting in difficulty in focusing for near vision (such as reading).

• Rods = black/white & dim vision
• Cones = color vision

Pus within the pleural cavity space usually associated with a bacterial infection, also called Pyothorax

To cough up blood or blood-stained sputum

Alveoli in a portion of the lung collapse preventing gas exchange, also used to describe the failure of an infants lungs to expand

Two pronged plastic device for delivering oxygen into the nose

Nosebleed

Hereditary condition causing the exocrine glands to malfunction. The patient produces very thick mucus that causes severe congestion within the lungs and digestive tract.

Carbon dioxide

Straight, upright

In blood

Abnormal crackling sound made during inspriation, usually indicates the presence of fluid or mucus in the airway

Pneumonia with a nonproductive cough, very little fever and dyspenia caused by a fungus common in AIDS patients

Acute Viral respiratory infection that begins like the flu but progresses rapidly, highly fatal

Pulmonary infection caused by the fugus histoplasmosis capsulatum found in the droppings of pigeons and chickens

Sever, often fatal bacterial infection

Walking pneumonia, caused by bacteria

lung/air

breathing

Instrument used to measure air capacity in lungs

Harsh, high pitched noisy breathing sound made when there is an obstruction of the bronchus or larynx

Sleep Apnea test

Cystic Fibrosis test, looks for excess salt in sweat

Acute respiratory condition found in infants and children that is characterized by a barking type of cough or stridor

Whooping cough

Acute respiratory failure in adults characterized by tachypnea, dyspnea, cyanosis, tachycardia and hypoxemia. May follow septic shock, trauma or pneumonia

Abnormally low concentration of oxygen in the blood

black-lung or miner's lung

Dyspnea that is worsend by lying down; the patient is able to breath better sitting up - common in CHF

• Abdomen
• Laparotomy - Incision into the abdomen

Inflammation of the ear; otitis externa, otitis media, otitis interna

One-sided facial paralysis due to inflammation of the facial nerve, probably viral in nature - most patients recover - Facial nerve - Cranial Nerve VII

Congenital defect in the walls of the spinal canal in which the laminae of the vertebrae do not meet or close

Called Grand-mal seizure - severe epileptic seizure characterized by a loss of consciousness and convulsions. The seizure alternates between strong continuous muscle spasme (tonic) and rhythmic muscles contractions (clonic)

A Stoke, the development of an infarct due ot loss in the blood supply to the brain

Non-progressive brain damage usually during birth, could be lack of oxygen, defect or trauma during childbirth

Type of epileptic seizure that last only a few seconds to half of a minute

Fainting

Paralysis of the lower portion of the body and both legs

Temporary or permanent loss of the ability to control movement

Paralysis on only on side of the body

Weakness or loss of motion on one side of the body

• Speech
• Aphasia = lack of speech

• Cranial = 12 pairs
• Spinal = 31 pairs

Wheezing during exhalation

Right

A hormone produced by the adrenal cortex tha thas strong anti-inflammatory properties

Herniation or protrusion of an intervertebral disk, also called a ruptured or herniated disk

Measurement of bone density using low dose xray - used to determine osteoporosis