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117 Cards in this Set
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-cele
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swelling, tumor
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-esis
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action
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-penia
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deficiency
decrease |
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-malacia
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softening
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-cule
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little
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-ectasia
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expansion
dliation |
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-centesis
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surgical puncture
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-cide
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destructive
killing |
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-lith
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stone
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-oid
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resemblance
likeness |
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-phage
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ingesting
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-iasis
-ism |
condition
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-able
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able to
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-algia
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pain
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-cyte
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cell
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-ectomy
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excision
removal |
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-emia
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blood
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-form
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shaped like
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-genesis
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origin, formation
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-graph
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writing
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-itis
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inflammation
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-ize
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to treat
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-lysis
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disintegration
dissolution |
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-meter
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measuring instrument
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-oma
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tumor
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-opathy
-pathy |
any disease of
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-orrhaphy
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surgical repair
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-osis
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disease
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-phobia
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fear
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-otomy
-tomy |
incision into
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-ostomy
-stomy |
to form an opening
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pyro-
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fever
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quadri-
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four
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radio-
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radiation
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reno-
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kidney
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rhino-
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nose
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sacro-
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sacrum
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sclero-
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hard, hardening
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semi-
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half
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spleno-
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spleen
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sterno-
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sternum
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sub-
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under
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syper-
supra- |
above
excess |
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sym-
syn- |
together
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tachy-
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fast
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teno-
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tendon
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thyro-
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thyroid
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trache-
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trachea
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un-
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not, reversal
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uni-
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one
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uretero-
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ureter
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urethro-
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urethra
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uro-
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urine
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vaso-
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blood vessel
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veno-
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vein
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psych-
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mind
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pod-
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foot
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poly-
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many, much
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post-
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after
behind |
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pre-
pro- |
before
in front of |
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proct-
procto- |
rectum
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pseudo-
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false
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pneumo-
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air, lungs
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phlebo-
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vein
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photo-
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light
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pharyngo-
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pharynx
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peri-
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around
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ped-
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child
foot |
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path-
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disease
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ovario-
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ovary
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retro-
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backward
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re-
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back
again |
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pyo-
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pus
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per-
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by, through
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para-
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beside, along with
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pan-
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all
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ultra-
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beyond
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steno-
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narrowing
constriction |
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dysuria
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difficulty urinating
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hematuria
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blood in urine
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thelarche
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breast development
(2nd stage of Tanner) |
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peristalsis
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series of organized muscle contractions that occur throughout the digestive tract
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Tanner staging
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monitors sexual development
1 - preadolescent - small elevated nipple 2 - breast bud - small amount of breast, nipple develops, areola widens 3 - breast and areola enlarge, nipple flush with surface 4 - areola and nipple form secondary mound 5 - mature breast - only nipple protrudes, areola is flush with breast contour |
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menarche
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beginning of menstruation
usually stage 3 or 4 in breast development, approx 2 years after stage 2 |
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BSE
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Breast Self Examination
best done after menstrual period, or the 4th through 7th day of cycle |
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protuberant
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enlargement of abdomen
"resembles mountain" |
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pericardium
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outer sac around
- tough, fibrous, double-walled sac that surrounds and protects the heart |
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myocardium
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muscle layer
- muscular wall of the heart |
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endocardium
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innermost layer lining
- thin layer of endothelial tissue that lines the inner surface of the heart chambers and valves |
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murmur
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abnormal sound occurs with turbulent in/out of heart
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heave or lift
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exaggerated apical pulse
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apical pulse
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may or may not be visible
occupies only one space located in 4th or 5th LICS (left intercostal space), MCL (midclavicular line) |
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thrill
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palpable vibration in relation to murmur
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bruit
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swooshing sound heard over artery or vascular organ thats been narrowed/occluded
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S1
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contraction or systole
- closure of AV valce creates sound - best heard at apex - "Lubb" - primary sound |
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S2
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relaxation or diastole
- closure or SL valve - best heard at base - "Dubb" - secondary sound |
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cardiac risk factors
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elevated cholesterol
diabetes mellitus BS >130 sedetary life alcohol obesity smoking hypertension BP >120/>80 |
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tachycardia
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rapid heart rate
>100 beats/min |
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bradycardia
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slow heart rate
<50 beats/min |
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epicardium
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outermost layer
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palpable arterial pulses
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temporal - anterior to ear
carotid - below angle of jaw brachial - medial to biceps tendon radial - proximal to thumb femoral - groin popliteal - behind knee dorsalis pedis - dorsal aspect of foot posterior tibial - behind medial malleous |
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edema scale
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1+ mild pitting, slight indentation, no swelling
2+ moderate pitting, indentation subsides rapidly 3+ deep pitting, indentation remains for short time 4+ very deep pitting, indentation lasts long time |
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Montgomery Tubercles
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tiny sebaceous glands on areola
- produces fat material for lubrication |
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Lymphatic drainage
groups of axillary nodes |
anterior axillary - pectoral
midaxillary - central posterior axillary - subscapular lateral axillary - brachial |
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supernumerary nipples
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extra nipple formed during embryonic development
usually go away but can remain |
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gynecomastia
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temporary growth of one elarged breast on boys during adolescence - normal finding
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Tail of Spence
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extension of breast tissue into the axilla
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breast composition
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fibrous tissue - support
fat - varies with age, genetic predisposition, and nutritional status glandular tissue - arranged into lobes, lobules, lacticiforous ducts during lactation |
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linea nigra
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dark line down midline of abdomen during pregnancy
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linea alba
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tendinous band dodwn midline of abdomen
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types of bowel sounds
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normal - gurgling, high-piched, 5x-30x/min
hyperactive - rapid, loud, gurgling, churning hypoactive - almost no noise, usually post-op or with use of narcotics absent - no sound, listen for 5 mins. |
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striae
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"stretch marks"
silvery white or pink scar tissue formed by stretching of abdominal skin as with pregnancy or obesity |
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scaphoid
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abnormally sunken abdominal wall as with malnutrition or underweight
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dysphagia
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difficulty swallowing
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auscultation points for heart
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A - aortic valve - 2nd right intercostal space, right sternal border
P - pulmonic valve - 2nd left intercostal space, left sternal border T - tricupside valve - 4th left intercostal space, left lower sternal border M - mitral valve - 5th left intercostal space, left midclavicular line |
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causes of abdominal distention
7 F's |
fat
feces fluid fetus flatus fibroid tumor fatal growth |