Nur 462

Front 1

Abstract Reasoning

Back 1

Pondering a deeper meaning beyond the concrete and literal.

Front 2

Modulation

Back 2

Pain message is inhibited during this last phase of nocieption

Front 3

Neuropathic pain

Back 3

Abnormal processing pain message: burning, shooting in nature

Front 4

Nocieption

Back 4

process whereby noxious stimuli are perceived as pain

Front 5

Nociceptors

Back 5

specialized nerve endings that detect painful sensations

Front 6

Somatic pain

Back 6

originating from muscle, bone , joints, tendons, or blood vessels

Front 7

Transduction

Back 7

first phase of nociception whereby the painful stimulus is changed into an action potiential

Front 8

Transmission

Back 8

second phase of nocicepton whereby the pain impulse moves from the spinal cord to the brain

Front 9

Visceral pain

Back 9

originating from interior organs such as the gallbladder or stomach.

Front 10

Kwashiorkor

Back 10

primarily a protein deficiency characterized by edema, grow failure, and muscle wasting.

Front 11

android obesity

Back 11

excess body fat that is placed predominantly within the abdomen and upper body, as opposed to the hips and thighs.

Front 12

Gynoid obesity

Back 12

excess body fat that is place predominantly within the hips and the thighs.2

Front 13

diurnal rhythm

Back 13

Daily cycle of a peak and trough . BP climbs to high in late afternoon or early evening then declines to an early morning low.

Front 14

analgesia

Back 14

Absent pain sensation

Front 15

hyperalgesia

Back 15

increased pain sensation

Front 16

allodynia

Back 16

severe pain sensation is invoked with stimulus that shouldn't cause pain.

Front 17

Global aphasia

Back 17

Aphasis that is both receptive(talk, but no comprehension) and expressive (no talking, but comprehension)

Front 18

Broca's aphasia

Back 18

Expressive (no talking, but comprehension)

Front 19

Wernicke's aphasia

Back 19

Receptive (talk, but no comprehension)

Front 20

somnolent

Back 20

Asleep

Front 21

Obtunded

Back 21

Difficulty waking

Front 22

Agnosia

Back 22

Loss of ability to recongnize importance of sensory impression

Front 23

Agraphia

Back 23

Loss of ability to express thoughts in writing

Front 24

Amnesia

Back 24

loss of memory

Front 25

aphasia

Back 25

loss of power of expression by speech, writing or signs or compresion of spoken or written language

Front 26

apraxia

Back 26

loss of ability to perform purposeful movements in the absence of sensory or motor damage: inability to use objects correctly

Front 27

Ataxia

Back 27

inability to perform coordinated movements

Front 28

Athetosis

Back 28

bizarre, slow twisiting, writhing movements,resembling a snake or worm

Front 29

Chorea

Back 29

sudden, rapid, jerky, purposeless movements involving limbs, trunk or face

Front 30

fasciculation

Back 30

rapid continuous twitching of resting muscle without movement of limb

Front 31

Graphesthesia

Back 31

ability to read a number by having it traced on the skin

Front 32

myoclonus

Back 32

rapid sudden jerk of a muscle

Front 33

Stereognosis

Back 33

Ability to recognize objects by feeling their forms, sizes, and weights while eyes are closed.

Front 34

Opisthotonos

Back 34

Prolonged arching of back, with head and heels bent, and meningeal irritation.

Front 35

spasticity

Back 35

continuous resistance to stretching by a muscle due to abnormally increased tension , with increased deep tendon reflexes.

Front 36

Cojunctivitis

Back 36

infection of the conjunctiva, "pinkeye"

Front 37

Diplopia

Back 37

Double vision

Front 38

Cataract

Back 38

Opacity of the lens of the eye that develops slowly with aging and gradually obstructs vision.

Front 39

Ectropion

Back 39

lower eyelid loose and rolling outward

Front 40

Entropion

Back 40

lower eyelid rolling inward

Front 41

Stye(Hordeolum)

Back 41

Red, painful pustule that is a localized infection of hair follicle at eyelid margin

Front 42

glaucoma

Back 42

a group of eye diseases characterized by increased intraocular pressure.

Front 43

Nystagmus

Back 43

involuntary, rapid, rhythmic movement of the eyeball

Front 44

Diabetic retinopathy (microanseurysm)

Back 44

abnormal finding of round red dots on the ocular fundus that are localized dilations of small vessels.

Front 45

Pinguecula

Back 45

It is seen as a yellow-white deposit on the conjunctiva adjacent to the limbus (the junction between the cornea and sclera).

Front 46

Strabismus

Back 46

Squint,crossed eye disparity of the eye axes

Front 47

Fovea

Back 47

area of keenest vision at the center of the macula on the ocular fundus.