DAANCE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREDY GRADED A

DAANCE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREDY GRADED A Addison's disease A disease due to hyposecretion of glucocorticoids, characterized by low blood pressure, diarrhea, digestive disturbance, and a bronzelike pigmentation of the skin Adjunctive agents Agents that supplement the primary anesthetic agents to augment or enhance the effects of the primary agent Allergenicity Having the property of an allergen, a substance that will elicit an allergic response in sensitive individuals Alveolus (plural: alveoli) A small air sac within the body of the lung Amide A chemical structure derived from ammonia; there is a group of amide local anesthetics that are widely used in dentistry (eg, lidocaine, mepivacaine, prilocaine, bupivacaine). Amnesia Failure to remember events related to surgery Analgesia Insensitivity to pain Anaphylaxis A severe allergic reaction marked by any of several severe responses, including skin reactions, smooth muscle cramping, urinary incontinence, construction of bronchioles, respiratory difficulty, and cardiovascular collapse Anemia A reduction in the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream Angina pectoris Pain in the chest, with a feeling of suffocation, usually due to deficiency of blood supply to the myocardium Antecubital Situated in front of the elbow Antecubital fossa The depression between the forearm and the upper arm that is literally "in front of the elbow" Anticholinergic A drug that counteracts the action of acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter of the parasympathetic nervous system and thereby blocks the action of the parasympathetic nerves Antiemetic A drug that counteracts nausea and vomiting Antisialagogue A drug that counteracts the production of saliva Anxiolytic Drugs that reduce anxiety, agitation, or tension (eg, Valium, midazolam) Aorta The main trunk (a very large artery) from which the arterial system proceeds Apnea Absence or cessation of breathing Arrest rhythms Cardiac rhythms in which there is cardiac arrest. Some arrest rhythms such as pulseless ventricular tachycardia are accompanied by a rhythm display, but there is no contraction Arrhythmia Any variation from the normal rhythm of the heartbeat Arteriole Any of the very small arterial branches located at the end of an artery (furthest from the heart) Artery A vessel that varies blood away from the heart to other parts of the body Ascites Accumulation of the serous fluid in the abdominal cavity Asystole Cardiac arrest in which there is no rhythm display and no contraction Ataractics Pharmacologic agents that produce a tranquilizing effect Atherosclerosis A disease of the arteries characterized by the deposition of plaques of fatty material on their inner walls Atrial fibrillation Atrial arrhythmia characterized by rapid randomized contractions of the atrial myocardium, causing a totally irregular and often rapid ventricular