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57 Cards in this Set
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ACHALASIA
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FAILURE OF SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBERS TO RELAX AT THE TOP OF THE STOMACH RESULTING IN FOOD BACKING UP
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ADVANCE DIRECTIVE
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A LEGAL PAPER WHICH ALLOWS A PATIENT TO STATE WISHES ABOUT THE USE OF LIFE-SUPPORT MACHINES AND MEDICAL TREATMENT; ALSO CAN BE SUED TO NAME SOMEONE ELSE TO MAKE MEDICAL CHOISES FOR THE PATIENT
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AEROPHAGIA
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SWALLOWING AIR
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ASPIRATION
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PASSAGE OF FOOD OR NON-FOOD MATERIAL BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE VOCAL FOLDS
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ASPIRATION, AUDIBLE
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IF A PERSON ASPIRATES AND COUGHS WE REFER TO THIS AS AN AUDIBLE ASPIRATION
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ASPIRATION SILENT
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IF A PERSON ASPIRATES INTO THE TRACHEA AND DOES NOT COUGH WE REFER TO THSI AS SILENT ASPIRATION
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ATELECTASIS
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INCOMPLETE EXPANSION OR COLLASPE OF PULMONARY ALVEOLI OR OF A SEGMENT OR LOBE OR LOBES OF THE LUNG
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AUSCULTATION
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PROCESS OF LISTENING FOR SOUNDS PRODUCED IN THE BODY CAVITIES, CHEST, ETC... TO DETECT ABNORMAL CONDITION
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BOLUS
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A MASS OF MASTICATED FOOD PREPARED FOR TRANSFER AND SUBSEQUENT SWALLOW
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BOLUS FEEDING TUBE
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TUBE FEEDING GIVEN IN A CONCENTRATED DOSE RATHER THAN SPREAD OUT ON A SLOWER DRIP OVER TIME
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BUCCAL
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PERTAINING TO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE TEETH AND THE CHEEK
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BRUXISM
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GRINDING OF THE TEETH- SOMETIMES NOTED IN HEAD TRAUMA- BRAIN STEM PATIENTS
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CERVICAL OSTEOPHYTE
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A BONY GROWTH ON THE ANTERIOR PART OF THE CERVICAL SPINE THAT PROTRUDES INTO THE ESOPHAGUS
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CUFFED TRACH TUBE
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A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE WITH A CUFF THAT CAN BE INFLATED; THE CUFF RESTS BELOW THE VOCAL CORDS AND SERVES AS AN ANCHOR IN THE TRACHEA
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CRICOPHARYNGEUS
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CIRCULAR MUSCLE THAT CONSTRICTS AN ORIFICE. PORTION OF THE INFERIOR PHARYNGEAL CONSTRICTORS(UES- UPPER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER)
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DEGLUTITION
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THE ACT OF SWALLOWING
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DEHYDRATION
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A CONDITION IN WHICH A PATIENT IS NOT GETTING ENOUGH FLUIDS TO KEEP CELLS HYDRATED
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DUODENUM
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THE FIRST PART OF THE SMALL INTENSTINE
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DYSPHAGIA
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A DISORDER OF SWALLOWING
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DYSGEUSIA
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DYSFUNCTION OF THE SENSE OF TASTE
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EDEMA
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SWELLING CAUSED BY AN ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN THE INTERCELLAR SPACES
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EDENTULOUS
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WITHOUT TEETH
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EPIGLOTTIS
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THE FAN-SHAPED CARTILAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PHARYNX. IT TILTS DOWN DURING SWALLOWING TO HELP CLOSE THE TRACHEA AND PREVENT ASPIRATION INTO THE LARYNX AND TRACHEA
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ESOPHAGUS
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A MUSCULAR TUBE EXTENDING FROM THE PHARYNX TO THE STOMACH
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FAUCIAL ARCHES
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PERTAINING TO FAUCES; THE OPENING OF THE ORAL PHARYNX BOND BY THE SOFT PALATE , BASE OF THE TONGUE, AND PALANTINE ARCHES
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FIBEROPTIC ENDOSCOPIC EVALUATION OF SWALLOWING (FEES)
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A PROCEDURE IN WHICH AN ENDOSCOPE IS PASSED TRANSNASALLY INO THE PHARYNX FOR ASSESSSMENT OF SWALLOWING
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GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD)
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MOVEMENT OF CONTENTS OF THE STOMACH UP AND OUT OF THE STOMACH INTO THE ESOPHAGUS
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GLOBUS
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FEELING OF FULLNESS OR SENSATION OF A LUMB IN THE THROAT
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GLOSSECTOMY
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SURGICAL REMOVAL OF PART OR ALL OF THE TONGUE
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GUSTATORY
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PERTAINING TO TASTE
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INFILTRATES (PULMONARY INFILTRATES)
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INDICATES THAT SOME SUBSTANCE HAS PASSED INTO THE LUNGS AND IS VIEWED ON X-RAY ; DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT IS ASPIRATED SUBSTANCE
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INTUBATION
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INSERTING A BREATHING TUBE THROUGH THE LARYNX INTO THE TRACHEA TO ATTACH THE PATIENT TO A VENTILATOR
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JEJUNUM
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THE SECOND PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE BETWEEN THE DUODENUM AND ILIUM
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MALNUTRITION
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THE PATIENT IS NOT GETTING ENOUGH FOOD TO MAINTAIN ADQUATE HEALTH OR THE PATIENT'S BODY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ASBORB AND DISTRIBUTE THE NUTRITION THE PATIENT IS RECEIVING
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MANDIBLE
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LOWER JAW
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MASTICATION
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THE ACT OF CHEWING
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MAXILLA
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UPPER JAW
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NASOGASTIC TUBE (NG TUBE)
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FEEDING THROUGH A TUBE PLACED THROUGH THE NASAL PASSAGE LEADING TO THE STOMACH
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NASAL CANNULA
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SMALL TUBING THAT CARRIES OXYGEN DIRECTLY INTO THE NOSE
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NPO
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ABBREVATION TO INDICATE "NOTHING BY MOUTH"
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OLFACTORY
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PERTAING TO SENSE OF SMELL
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ODYNOPHAGIA
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PAIN OR FEELING OF OBSTRUCTION ON SWALLOWING
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PALATE
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ROOF OF THE MOUTH
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PARESIS
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PARTIAL OR INCOMPLETE PARALYSIS
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PARENTERAL NUTRITION
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A PATIENT'S TOTAL CALORIC NEEDS ARE BEING MET BY INTRAVENOUS ROUTE. A DEEP LINE IS SURGICALLY PLACED INTO THE SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY AND NUTRITION IN A CLEAR SOLUTION IS DELIVERED DIRECTLY INTO THE CHAMBER OF THE HEART; SOMETIMES CALLED TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION (TPN) OR PARENTERAL HYPERALIMANTATION
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PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY (PEG)
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SURGICAL PLACEMENT OF A FEEDING TUBE INTO THE STOMACH FOR NUTRITIONAL PURPOSES
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PERISTALIS
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A WAVE-LIKE PROGRESSION OF VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION AND RELAXATION OF MUSCLE FIBERS WHICH ASSISTS IN TRANSPORTING THE BOLUS THROUGH THE ESOPHAGUS
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PHARYNX
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PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING FROM THE NASAL CAVITY TO THE ESOPHAGUS FOR FOOD AND LIQUID TRANSMISSION AND SOUND
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PNEUMONIA
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INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS
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PRESBYESOPHAGUS
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AS WE AGE (PRESBY-) THE CONTRACTIONS OF THE ESOPHAGEAL MUSCLES MAY SLOW DOWN
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REFLUX
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SEE GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX
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RETENTION
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RETAINING OF MATERIAL IN AN AREA
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SULCUS
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A FURROW OR GROOVE
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STASIS
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STOPPAGE OF NORMAL FLOW OF MATERIAL
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TRISMUS
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TONIC CONTRACTION OF THE MUSCLES OF MASTICATION THAT PREVENTS OR MAKES THE MOUTH OPENING DIFFICULT
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UPPER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER (UES)
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THE UES IS A GROUP OF MUSCLES AT THE TOP OF THE ESOPHAGUS THAT REMAINS TIGHTLY CLOSED DURING BREATHING, RELAXES BRIEFLY WHEN WE SWALLOW TO ALLOW FOOD TO ENTER THE ESOPHAGUS AND REMAINS TIGHTLY CLOSED AFTER SWALLOWING TO PREVENT FOOD AND LIQUID FROM REGURGITATING BACK INTO THE PHARYNX
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XEROSTOMIA
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DRYNESS OF MOUTH
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