Physical Therapy
Special Senses
Nervous System
Endocrine
CVS
100

A movement of a limb away from midline or the center of the body

Abduction

100

Loss of the sense of taste.

Aguesia

100

Difficult or imperfect speech

Dysarthria

100

Results from hypersecretion of GH

Giantism or Gigantism

100

An inherited deficiency of clotting in which bleeding may occur spontaneously or after only minor trauma.

Hemophilia

200

A movement of a limb toward midline or the center of the body

Adduction

200

Total lack of the sense of smell.

Anosmia

200

Excessive or profuse sweating due to intense stimulation of sweat glands

Hyperhidrosis

200

Presence of excessive bodily and facial hair

Hirsutism

200

Toxins or disease-causing bacteria in the blood. Also called “blood poisoning".

Septicemia

300

A straightening or backward movement of the spine or limbs

Extension

300

Constriction of the pupil.

Miosis

300

A congenital condition that involves the development of a small brain and skull and frequently results in mental retardation.

Microcephaly

300

Surgery performed on the thyroid gland

Thyrotomy

300

A thin, weakened section of the wall of an artery or a vein that bulges outward, forming a balloonlike sac.

Aneurysm

400

An increased convexity in the curvature of the thoracic spine (hunchback)

Kyphosis

400

Farsighted

Hyperopia

400

Memory loss for events that occurred before the trauma or disease

Retrograde amnesia

400

Raises blood glucose by increasing the rates of glycogen breakdown and glucose synthesis in the liver

Glucagon

400

Inflammation of an artery, probably due to an autoimmune response.

Arteritis

500

A measure of the amount of movement/motion available at any given joint of the body

Range of Motion

500

Total deafness

Anacusis

500

Inflammation of the spinal cord

Myelitis

500

Excessive thirst that is usually indicative of diabetes

Polydipsia

500

Inflammation of a vein involving clot formation.

Thrombophlebitis