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NDAEB 5.0 Patient Care Procedures: Questions And Answers
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NDAEB 5.0 Patient Care Procedures: Questions AndAnswers
Antecubital Space Right Ans - Small groove or fold in the inner arm, at or
"in front of" (ante) the elbow (cubitus).
Arrhythmia Right Ans - Abnormality and irregularity in the force or rhythm
of the heartbeat.
Blood Pressure Right Ans - Pressure exerted against the walls of the blood
vessels.
Brachial Right Ans - Relating to the arm.
Carotid Right Ans - Relating to either of the two major arteries on each side
of the neck that carry blood to the head.
Depth Right Ans - In respiration, the amount of air in a breath.
Diastolic Right Ans - The normal rhythmic realization and dilation of the
heart chambers.
Electrocardiogram Right Ans - Instrument used in the detecting and
diagnosis of heart abnormalities. It generates a record of the electrical
currents associated with heart muscle activity.
Korotkoff Sounds Right Ans - Specific sounds heard when one is taking a
blood pressure.
Metabolism Right Ans - Physical and chemical processes that occur within
a living cell or organism and are necessary for the maintenance of life.
Oximetry Right Ans - Measurement of oxygen concentration in the blood.
Palpate Right Ans - To examine or explore by touching.
Pulse Right Ans - Rhythmic throbbing of the arteries produced by regular
contractions of the heart.
,Radial Right Ans - Related to the radius (bone) or foramen (ante
brachium).
Rate Right Ans - A quantity measured, as in breaths and heartbeats.
Respiration Right Ans - Act or process of inhaling and exhaling (breathing).
Rhythm Right Ans - A sequence or pattern, such as the heartbeat of
breathing.
Sphygmomanometer Right Ans - Instrument for measuring blood pressure
in the arteries.
Stethoscope Right Ans - Instrument used for listening to sounds produced
within the body.
Systolic Right Ans - Rhythmic contraction of the heart, especially of the
ventricles.
Temperature Right Ans - Degree of hotness or coldness of a body or an
environment.
Thermometer Right Ans - Instrument for measuring temperature.
Tympanic Right Ans - Related to or resembling a drum (eardrum).
Volume Right Ans - Quantity or amount, as in force of a heartbeat.
Detection Right Ans - Act or process of discovering tooth imperfections or
decay.
Extraoral Right Ans - Outside the oral cavity.
Furcation Right Ans - Area between two or more root branches.
Intraoral Right Ans - Within the oral cavity.
Mobility Right Ans - To have movement.
,Morphology Right Ans - Branch of biology that deals with form and
structure.
Palpation Right Ans - Touching or feeling for abnormalities within soft
tissue.
Probing Right Ans - Use of a slender, flexible instrument to explore and
measure the periodontal pocket.
Restoration Right Ans - The use of a dental material to restore a tooth or
teeth to a functional permanent unit.
Symmetric Right Ans - Balanced or even on both sides.
Agar Right Ans - Gelatin-type material derived from seaweed.
Alginate Right Ans - Irreversible hydrocolloid material used for taking
preliminary impressions.
Base Right Ans - Foundation or the basic ingredient of a material.
Border Molding Right Ans - Process of using fingers to contour a closer
adaptation of the margins of an impression while still in the mouth.
Catalyst Right Ans - Substance that modifies or increases the rate of a
chemical reaction.
Centric Right Ans - Having an object centred, such as maxillary teeth
entered over mandibular teeth in correct relation.
Colloid Right Ans - A suspension of particles in a dispersion medium such
as water. It's two phases are sol and gel.
Elastomeric Right Ans - Material having elastic properties from rubber.
Hydro Right Ans - Prefix meaning "water".
, Hysteresis Right Ans - A change in temperature that causes the reversible
hydrocolloid material to transform from one physical state to another.
Imbibition Right Ans - Absorption of water, causing an object to swell.
Occlusal Registration Right Ans - Reproduction of a patient's its with the
use of wax or elastomeric material.
Syneresis Right Ans - Loss of water, causing something to shrink.
Tempering Right Ans - Bringing a material to desired consistency.
Viscosity Right Ans - Physical property of a fluid related to resistance to
flow.
ALARA Concept Right Ans - Concept of radiation protection that states that
all exposures should be kept "as low as reasonably achievable".
Anode Right Ans - The positive electrode in the x-ray tube.
Atom Right Ans - The basic unit of matter.
Bremsstrahlung Radiation Right Ans - "Braking radiation". The sudden
deceleration of electrons as they interact with highly positively charged
nuclei.
Cathode Right Ans - The negative electrode in the x-ray tube.
Central Ray Right Ans - X-rays at the centre of the beam.
Contrast Right Ans - Differences in degrees of blackness on an image.
Control Panel Right Ans - The portion of the x-ray unit that contains the
master switch, the indicator light, the selector buttons, and the exposure
button.
Density Right Ans - The overall darkness of blackness of an image.
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