Speech Talk
Medical term for swallowing difficulty.
Dysphagia
CN X
Vagus nerve
An organism capable of producing a disease.
Pathogen
Superior to X-ray or CT for the evaluation of soft tissue. Can detect partial or complete tendon, ligament, or meniscal tears.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Hct
Hematocrit
Medical term for the repetition of another person's spoken words.
Echolalia
CN I
Olfactory nerve
Person who harbors an infectious agent that can cause a specific disease but who demonstrates no evidence of the disease.
Carrier
Radiographic picture of the uptake in bone of a radionuclide tracer.
Bone scan
SpO2
Peripheral oxygen saturation
The ability to tend to a stimulus or activity over a long period of time.
Sustained attention
CN IV
Trochlear nerve
Nosocomial infection
Radiograph or CT of the spinal cord, nerve root, and dura mater with dye contrast.
Myelography
STEMI
ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Also known as social skills.
Pragmatics
CN that deals with facial sensation and mastication.
Trigeminal nerve (CN V)
A highly specific protein that is manufactured in response to antigens and defends against subsequent infection.
Antibody
Endoscopic technique of visualizing the inside of the airways for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
Bronchoscopy
PVC
Premature ventricular contraction
Awareness of one's own cognitive processing
Metacognition
CN that deals with head turning and shoulder shrugging.
Accessory nerve (CN XI)
The process of a group of organisms living together; the host can carry the microorganism without being symptomatic.
Colonization
A specialized probe containing an ultrasound transducer at its tip is passed into the esophagus.This allows image and Doppler evaluation which can be recorded.
Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)
ECMO
Extracorporal membrane oxygenation