Eyes and Ears
A piece of skin in the ear that vibrates when sound enters the ear.
What is an eardrum?
lymph nodes in the back of the mouth and top of the throat
What are tonsils?
a serious form of cancer that can appear on the skin (hint: dermatologists use ABCDE system to determine this)
What is melanoma?
A normal heart makes a ______ sound
lub-dub
RBC, WBC, Hematocrit, Hemoglobin, and Platelets are included in a ____
CBC (complete blood count)
A tool used for looking into the ears.
What is an otoscope?
Small lumps of tissue that help fight against infection using white blood cells.
What are lymph nodes?
an uncontrolled division of cells that can spread to other tissues.
a high pitched whistling sound from the lungs caused by narrowed airways
What is wheezing?
The 'bad' type of cholesterol found in many foods with saturated fats
What are LDL's (low density lipoprotein)?
Clarity of sharpness of vision.
What is visual acuity?
A bacterial infection that causes a sore throat, swollen tonsils, and swollen uvula.
What is strep throat?
a layer of skin in between the stratum and the dermis that is the first barrier of protection from infection
What is the epidermis?
What is a stethescope?
the vein used when drawing blood
What is the median cubital vien?
The light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the eyeball
What is the retina?
Usually caused by a bacterial infection that causes the tonsils to be inflamed.
What is tonsilitis?
tissue under the skin that includes blood vessels and some secretion glands
a sound the lungs make when air is forced through an airway narrowed by fluid
What are crackles?
when RBC's are irregularly shaped and rigid
What is sickle cell anemia?
A tool used for looking at the eye.
What is an ophthalmoscope?
the mucous membrane lining inside of the mouth, including cheeks and lips
What is the oral mucosa?
Outermost layer of skin
What is the sratum?
when the mitral valve doesn't close properly so some of the blood flows back, causing a murmur sound in the heart
What is mitral valve regurgitation?
glucose, electrolytes, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine are in a _______
BMP (basic metabolic panel)