Body Systems
This part of the eye allows the provider to see the optic nerve.
What is the pupil?
This condition is characterized by an enlarged thyroid gland
What is goiter?
This virus can lead to cervical cancer, and has a preventative vaccine
What is human papillomavirus (HPV)?
What is an occult blood test?
A mother calls the clinic about her child's rash with brownish-yellow crust and pus. The most likely diagnosis is this.
What is impetigo?
Hormones the pancreas secretes
What are insulin and glucagon?
Acute, severe infection of the kidney
What is pyelonephritis?
When a mother receives a Tdap vaccine during pregnancy, this type of immunity is provided to the infant.
What is passive immunity?
This medication is used to treat severe allergic reactions
What is epinephrine?
This is used to measure distant vision
What is the Snellen Chart?
This is the name for the first menstrual period
What is menarche?
The virus that causes mononucleosis
What is Epstein-Barr virus?
The first bowel movement in a newborn
What is meconium?
This is the opening in the abdomen where waste exits in a patient with an ostomy.
What is a stoma
A sign that a patient with a deep laceration should seek medical care.
What is uncontrolled bleeding?
This gland atrophies with age
What is the thymus gland?
This autoimmune condition attacks joint tissue, causing inflammation, pain and deformity.
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Exercises that strengthen pelvic muscles, supporting the bladder and reducing urinary incontinence.
What are Kegel exercises?
Procedure that removes waste products from the blood
What is dialysis?
A cerebrovascular event that occurs when a blood vessel in the brain bursts, causing bleeding into brain tissue.
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
This mineral is regulated by the thyroid and parathyroid, and can cause muscle spasms and tingling sensations when it is low.
What is calcium?
This is a key dietary recommendation for managing hypertension.
Foods that help protect cells from damage caused by free radicals
What are fruits and vegetables (foods containing antioxidants)?
Three ways to combat significant artifact in an EKG tracing.
- Provide a warm blanket for shivering
- Check electrodes for good contact
- Remove phones from room
- Turn off overhead lighting
This is what the prefix a- or an- means.
Not, lack or absence of