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