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SCRIBE.OLOGY FINAL EXAM Ptosis - Answer-Drooping of the eyelid Peritonsillar Abscess - Answer-bacterial infection of pharynx around the tonsils secondary to a streptococcus infection Atelectasis - Answer-Partial or total collapse of the lung Pleurisy - Answer-Inflammation of the pleural (lung) cavity Pneumothorax - Answer-Air in the pleural (lung) cavity STEMI - Answer-(ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction) Heart Attack characterized by elevation of the ST wave on an EKG Ascit...

S Subjective What does the medical term Raccoon Eyes mean - Answer-Ecchymosis in the preorbital area What is the definition of a hemorrhoid - Answer-Inflamed veins in the rectum and anus What does the medical term priapism mean - Answer-Prolonged erection of the penis without sexual arousal The medical term for having a fever is emaciated - Answer-False What does the term adnexal tenderness mean - Answer-Tenderness over the ovaries or fallopian tubes Pitting edema is the type o...

SCRIBE.OLOGY SOAP NOTE OVERVIEW SOAP - Answer-Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan Subjective-Chief Complaint (CC) - Answer-2-3 word summary of primary reason the patient has come to the ER Subjective-History of Present Illness (HPI) - Answer-documentation of story of why the patient came to the ER; 8 elements (COLD CARS= context, onset, location/radiation, duration, character, alleviating/aggravating factors, and severity) Subjective-Histories - Answer--PMHx (through charts, summ...

SCRIBE.OLOGY TEST Atraumatic - Answer-No evidence of trauma to the body Diaphoresis - Answer-excessive sweating Febrile - Answer-having a fever Malaise - Answer-Generalized discomfort or weakness Normocephalic - Answer-normal shaped head Polydipsia - Answer-excessive thirst Polyuria - Answer-excessive urination Conjunctiva - Answer-membrane lining the eyelids and covering the eyeball conjuctival injection - Answer-Redness of the conjuctiva Diplopia - Answer-double v...

SCRIBE.OLOGY MEDICATIONS LIST Acetaminophen - Answer-(Tylenol) - pain control, fever reducer Adenosine - Answer-treat arrhythmias Albuterol - Answer-(Proventil) - respiratory updraft and treatment Amiodarone - Answer-treats arrhythmias Amoxicillin - Answer-antibiotic Ancef - Answer-antibiotic Anectine - Answer-(Succinycholine) - muscle relaxant/paralytic Aspirin - Answer-ASA (Acetylsalicylic Acid) - NSAID blood thinner Atarax - Answer-anti allergy Atenolol - Answer-...

S: Medical Terminology alert and oriented (Constitutional) - Answer-measuring of mental function, measured in orientation to person, place, time, and situation. If a person is oriented to all 4, it is recorded as A&Ox4 Atraumatic (Constitutional) - Answer-No evidence of injury to the body Diaphoresis (Constitutional) - Answer-excessive sweating Febrile (Constitutional) - Answer-Having a fever malaise (Constitutional) - Answer-Generalized discomfort or weakness Normocephalic (Co...

S final orientation exam Superior and Inferior - Answer-describe structures that are above and below each other, superior being above and inferior being below Anterior and Posterior - Answer-describes structures that are in front of and behind each other, anterior being front, posterior being back Proximal and Distal - Answer-describes structures that are closer or farther from the core of the body. Proximal structures are closer to the core, distal are farther away. (For example, the k...

S Medical Terminology alert and oriented - Answer-constitutional; measuring of mental function, measured in orientation to person, place, time, and situation (A&Ox4) atraumatic - Answer-constitutional; no evidence of trauma to the body cachectic - Answer-constitutional; state of ill appearance and malnutrition diaphoresis - Answer-constitutional; excessive sweating emaciated - Answer-constitutional; appearing abnormally thin or weak febrile - Answer-constitutional; having a fev...

OCCTH 585 FINAL EXAM spinal shock acute phase - Answer- - occurs in the first several weeks after SCI - state of transient physiological reflex depression - suspension of function and reflexes below the level of injury - loss of all sensorimotor functions - an initial increase in BP - flaccid paralysis, including bowel and bladder neurogenic shock - Answer- - disruption of the autonomic pathways within the spinal cord - shock tends to occur more commonly in injuries around T6 - due ...

OCCTH 585 Midterm 1 evidence for a plastic brain - Answer- - learning and memory - skill acquisition - development - aging - injury and disease - recovery neuron - Answer- cell that allows transmission of information dendrites - Answer- collects/receives information from other sources cell body - Answer- integrates incoming signals and generates outgoing signal to the axon; powerhouse of the cell axon - Answer- passes electrical signals (action potential) to dendrites of anot...