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Define Ankylosed:
joint is permanently immobile
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Define Atrophy:
unused muscle decreases in size and loses their normal strength and function.
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Define Osteoporosis:
When bones do not have weight bearing activity and demineralize. Calcium in bones deplete.(753)
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Define Vertigo:
- (752)
- strong spinning sensation which impairs balance
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Define Contractures:
when muscle do not shorten and lengthen for long periods of time. permanent shortening of the muscle
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Define Arrhythmia:
a pulse with an irregular rhythm
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Define Bradycardia:
heart rate in an adult of 60 bpm or less
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Define Tachycardia:
an excessively fast heart rate, more than 100 bpm
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Define Tachypnea:
unusually fast breathing, generally considered to be over 20 breaths per minute in a resting adult
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Define Bradypnea:
an abnormally slow respiratory rate, which may be seen in clients who have taken narcotics
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Define Dysrhythmia:
abnormalities in heart rate and rhythm
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Define Diaphoresis:
sweating
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Define Diaphoretic:
describes agents that induce sweating, or their effect
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Define Dyspneic:
Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
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Define Apnea:
periods of no breathing
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Define Dyspnea:
difficult of labored breathing
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Define O2 Saturation:
relative measure of the amount of oxygen that is dissolved or carried in a given medium, such as blood
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Pulse oximeter:
A pulse oximeter is a medical that indirectly measures the oxygen saturation of a patient's blood on the finger.
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FUO:
fever of unknown origin.
- Define Orthopnea:
- shortness of breath when laying flat
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Serous:
consists chiefly of serum (the clear potion of the blood) derived from blood. (470)
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Serasanguineous:
blood-tinged drainage. (470)
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Tenacious:
adhesive or sticky; viscous or glutinous.
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Purulent:
thicker than serous exudates because it contains pus. Pus consists of leukocytes, liquefied dead tissue debris, dead and living bacteria.
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Epigastric:
middle upper region of the abdomen.
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Hypochondriac:
area pertaining to under the ribs.
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Umbilical:
center region of the abdomen, navel
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Hypogastric:
region of the abdomen, below the navel.
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Malleolus:
bony sides of the ankle joints.
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Calcaneous:
the heel bone
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Ischial tuberocity:
the lowest and rearmost of the three bones that make up each half of the pelvis
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Iliac crest:
The the iliac crest is the curved ridge at the top of the pelvic bone
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Sacrum:
a triangular bone at the base of the spine that joins to a hip bone on each side and forms part of the pelvis
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Coccyx:
a small triangular bone at the base of the spinal column
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