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Word Definition AGES Neonate Infant Adolescent Early Adult Middle Adult Older Adult AIRWAY Airway Carina Cricoid Cartilage Cricothyroid Membrane Epiglottis Esophageal Tear Esophagus Endotracheal Intubation Larynx Lower Airway Nasopharynx Oropharynx BODY REGIONS Abdomen BURNS Burn Burns - Full-thickness Burns - Partial-thickness Burns - Superficial CIRCULATORY / CARDIOLOGY
Word Definition Afterload Aorta Aortic Valve Arterioles Artery Artery - Brachial Artery - Carotid Artery - Dorsalis Pedis Artery - Femoral Artery - Posterior Tibial Artery - Radial Arteriosclerosis Artifact Asystole Atherosclerosis Atrial Fibrillation Atrium Automaticity Blood Flow in Heart - Left (high pressure side) Blood Flow in Heart - Right (lower pressure side)
Word Definition Cranium Dura Matter Epidural hematoma Foramen Magnum Medulla Oblongata Meninges Meningococcal Meningitis Midbrain Motor Nerves CONDITIONS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Abruptio Placentae Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Anaphylaxis Aneurysm Angina Cardiac Tamponade Cerebrovascular Accident ENDOCRINE Endocrine Glands Endocrine System Gland - Adrenal Gland - Pancreas Gland - Parathyroid Gland - Ovaries ( females )
Word Definition Gland - Pituitary Gland - Thyroid Glucagon Glucose EYES Cataracts Conjunctiva Cornea Lens FRACTURES / BONE INJURIES Basilar Skull Fracture Battle sign Closed Head Injury Crepitus Depressed Skull Fracture Dislocation Linear Skull Fracture Open Head Injury Open Skull Fracture Open-Book Pelvic Fracture INTEGUMENTARY Dermis Epidermis Gland - Testes ( males )
Word Definition Bones - Greater Trochanter Bones - Humerus Bones - Lesser Trochanter Bones - Lumbar Bones - Manubrium Bones - Metacarpals Bones - Metatarsals Bones - Patella Bones - Phalanges Bones - Radius Bones - Sacrum Bones - Scapula Bones - Sternum Bones - Talus Bones - Tarsals Bones - Thoracic Spine Bones - Tibia Bones - Ulna Bones - Xiphoid Process Cartilage Cranial Bones - Ethmoid Cranial Bones - Frontal Cranial Bones - Occipital Cranial Bones - Parietal Cranial Bones - Sphenoid Cranial Bones - Temporal Facial Bones - Mandile Facial Bones - Maxillae Facial Bones - Nasal Facial Bones - 'Orbit' Cervix ( females )
Word Definition Facial Bones - Zygomas Joint Joint Capsule Ligaments Malleolus Mastoid Process Muscle - Biceps Muscle - Biceps femoris Muscle - Gastrocnemius Muscle - Gluteus (3 separate) Muscle - Latissimus Dorsi Muscle - Pectoralis Muscle - Quadriceps (4 separate) Muscle - Rectus Abdominis Muscle - Tibialis Anterior Muscle - Triceps OBSTETRICS Breech Presentation Crowning Embryo Gestational Diabetes Gestational hypertension Lightening Limb Presentation Multigravida Nuchal Cord Nullipara PERITONEAL Appendicitis Appendix Ascites Peritoneal Cavity Bile Ducts Fallopian Tube ( females )
Word Definition Central neurogenic hyperventilation Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Crackles Dead Space Diaphragm Exhalation Grunting Left Lung Lungs SIGNS / SYMPTOMS Agonal Gasps Altered mental status Anorexia Anosmia Anterior Anterograde (posttraumatic amnesia) Anxiety Aphasia Ataxia Bradycardia Bradypnea Coma Concussion Delirium Diaphoretic Dysarthria
Word Definition Dyspnea Dysuria Ecchymosis Edema Epistaxis Febrile Seizures Hemiparesis Hemiplegia Hemoptysis Hemothorax Hyperglycemia Hypertension Hyperthermia Hyperventilation Hypoglycemia Hyponatremia Hypotension Hypothermia Hypovolemia Hypoxia Incontinence Jaundice Jugular Vein Distention (JVD) Labored Breathing Laceration Melena Nasal flaring Orthopnea Paradoxical Motion TERMINOLOGY
Word Definition Behavioral Health Emergency Berry Aneurysm Bifurcates Bilateral Blood Blood Pressure Capillaries Capillary Refill Capillary vessels Capnography Carbon Dioxide Carbon Dioxide Retention Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Chief Complaint (c/c) Coagulation Communicable Disease Compartment Syndrome Conduction Constriction Core Temperature Coup-contrecoup injury Convection Conventional Reasoning Cyanosis
Word Definition DCAP-BTLS Decubitis Ulcers Deep Vein Thrombosis Defibrillate Dehydration Dementia Dependent Lividity Depression Diastole Diastolic BP Diffusion Digestion Dilation Direct Carry Direct Ground Life Distress Documentation Draw Sheet Carry Elder Abuse Embolus Emergency Move Enzymes
Word Definition Heart Rate Hemoglobin Hemorrhagic Stroke Hepatitis Hernia Hinge Joints History Taking Hollow Organs Homeostasis Hormones Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Hydrostatic Pressure Hypercapnia Hypnotic Hypoosmolality Hypoxic Drive Immune Immune System Index of Suspicion Infancy Infarction Infectious Disease Influenza Ingestion Inguinal
Word Definition Inhalation Injection Inspiratory Reserve Volume (3000mL) Insulin Interstitial Space Intervertebral Disks Intracellular Space Intracranial pressure (ICP) Intramuscular (IM) Intranasal (IN) Intraosseous (IO) Intrapulmonary Shunting Intravenous (IV) Involuntary Activities Involuntary Muscle Ipsilateral Ischemia Ischemic Stroke Junctional Tourniquet Kyphosis Lactic Acid Life expectancy Lumen Lymph Lymph Nodes
Word Definition Overdose Oxygenation Palpate Pandemic Parasympathic Nervous System Parietal Pleura Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Paroxysmal Noctural Dyspnea Patent Pathogen Pathophysiology PEARL Pelvic Binder Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Peptic ulcer disease Perfusion Peripheral Nerves Peripheral Nervous System Peristalsis Peritoneum Peritonitis Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Pertinent Negatives Pia Matter Placenta Previa Plasma Platelets Ovaries ( females )
Word Definition Pleura Pleural effusion Pleural space Pneumonia Pneumothorax Poison Polypharmacy Pons Positional Asphyxia Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Postconventional Reasoning Posterior Postictal State Preconvential Reasoning Preload Preschooler Primagravida Primary Assessment PRN Prolapse of Umbilical Cord Psychiatric Disorder Psychosis Pubic Symphysis Pulmonary Artery Prostate Gland ( males )
