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Psychiatry
Otology
Cardiovascular
Respiratory
Abbreviations
100
Phobia
What is a fear that is irrational and often disabling?
100
Waxy substance secreted by external ear
What is cerumen (or ear wax)?
100
CABG (pronounced cabbage)
What is Coronary Artery Bypass Graft?
100
Epistaxis
What is a nosebleed?
100
ESRD
What is end stage renal disease?
200
Arachnophobia
What is fear of spiders?
200
Membrane between the outer and the middle ear?
What is tympanic membrane or eardrum?
200
Largest artery in the body
What is aorta?
200
Abnormal crackling sounds heard during inspiration when there is fluid, blood or pus in the alveoli
What are rales (or crackles)?
200
CTS
What is carpal tunnel syndrome?
300
Acrophobia
What is fear of heights?
300
Pinna, External Auditory Canal & Tympanic Membrane?
What makes up the Outer Ear?
300
Largest vein in the body
What is vena cava?
300
Insertion of needle or catheter through the skin and between the ribs into the pleural space in order to obtain fluid from the pleural cavity
What is throacentesis?
300
PERRLA
What is pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation?
400
Hemophobia
What is fear of blood or bleeding?
400
Collection of skin cells and cholesterol in a sac within the middle ear?
What is a cholesteatoma?
400
Chest pain resulting from a temporary difference between the supply and the demand of oxygen to the heart muscle
What is angina pectoris?
400
An area of dead (necrotic) tissue in the lung
What is pulmonary infarction?
400
ERCP
What is endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography?
500
Gamophobia
What is fear of marriage?
500
Outer ear -> Middle ear -> Inner Ear -> Brain
What is pathway of sound vibrations from the outer ear to the brain?
500
Congenital malformation of the heart involving four distinct defects
What is tetralogy of Fallot?
500
Failure of right side of heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood to the lungs
What is cor pulmonale?
500
PRK
What is photorefractive kerartectomy? - laser reshapes cornea to correct errors of refraction