Chapter 18

Front 1

Arthritis

Back 1

An inflammatory disease of the joints, causing pain, edema, and restricted motion.

Front 2

Autoimmune disease

Back 2

A disease in which the body produces antibodies to attack its own normal cells and tissue.

Front 3

Bifurcated

Back 3

Split, fort, having divisions or branches.

Front 4

Crepitus

Back 4

The sound produced by gas in the intestines, pulmonary rales, popping sensation and sound produced by arthritic, degenerated joint when flexed.

Front 5

Debridement

Back 5

removal of dead or non-variable tissue, foreign matter material, or infected to breeze from a cavity, traumatic wound or surgical site infection.

Front 6

Ecthyma

Back 6

an infection of the skin resulting in a crater-like ulcer often seen as a result of impetigo, occurs when the bacterial cells pantry deep into the dermis.

Front 7

Edematous

Back 7

A condition or parents of having edema.

Front 8

Emphysema

Back 8

Distention of tissues by Gasser are, a chronic disease of the pulmonary system with causes shortness of breath with exertion.

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Erysipelas

Back 9

a severe acute form of cellulitis using usually caused by group a streptococci and accompanied by red patches on the skin, usually involved with the face and head, high fever and may progress to septicemia

Front 10

Erythematous

Back 10

Addition of or appearance of having erythema.

Front 11

Folliculitis

Back 11

An infection of hair follicles that causes the development of pustules.

Front 12

Ganglion

Back 12

A massive tissues on the peripheral nervous system, a cystic tumor which develops on a tendon.

Front 13

Interstitial fluid

Back 13

Fluid that surrounds living cells in tissues.

Front 14

Leprosy

Back 14

a disease caused by mycobacterium leprae that infects the skin and peripheral nervous system resulting in a severe and disfiguring skin rash with the loss of cutaneous sensation.

Front 15

Mastectomy

Back 15

Surgical removal of a breast by excision.

Front 16

Papillomas

Back 16

Benign epithelial tumors on the skin or mucous membranes including warts polyps and condylomas.

Front 17

Pseudomonad

Back 17

An individual bacteria of the genus pseudomonas

Front 18

Schwann cells

Back 18

supporting cells of the peripheral nervous system.

Front 19

Sheath

Back 19

a close-fitting covering, typically and elongated structure of connective tissue which provides membrane coverage of tissues such as muscles and tendons.

Front 20

Tenosynovitis

Back 20

Infection of a tendon sheath, usually due to the direct inoculation of bacteria from a traumatic wound in the skin and spreads through the whole sheath.

Front 21

Vesicles

Back 21

small blister like sacs containing fluid, small cellular organelles of protein molecules that break away from the smooth endoplasmic reticulum and travel to the Golgi complex.