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DAANCE Addison's disease - ANSWER A disease due to the hyposecretion of glucocorticoids, characterized by low blood pressure, anemia, diarrhea, digestive disturbance, and a bronze like pigmentation of the skin Adjunctive agents - ANSWER Agents that supplement the primary anesthetic agent to augment or enhance the effects of the primary agent Allergenicity - ANSWER Having the property of an allergen, a substance that will elicit an allergic response in sensitive individuals Alveolus (pl. alveoli) - ANSWER A small air sac within the body of the lung Amide - ANSWER A chemical structure derived from ammonia; there is a group of amide local anesthetics that are widely used in dentistry. (Ex. Lido, mepivicaine, prolocaine, bupivicaine Amnesia - ANSWER Failure to remember events related to surgery Analgesia - ANSWER Insensitivity to pain Anaphylaxis - ANSWER A severe allergic reaction marked by any of several severe responses, including skin reactions, smooth muscle cramping, urinary incontinence, constriction of bronchioles, respiratory difficulty, and cardiovascular collapse Anemia - ANSWER A reduction in the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream Angina pectoris - ANSWER Pain in the chest, with a feeling of suffocation, usually due to a deficiency of blood supply to the myocardium Antecubital - ANSWER Situated in front of the elbow Antecubital fossa - ANSWER The depression between the forearm and the upper arm that is literally "in front of the elbow" Anticholinergic - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER A drug that counteracts nausea and vomitting Antisialogogue - ANSWER A drug that counteracts the production of saliva Anxiolytics - ANSWER Drugs that reduce anxiety, agitation, or tension (ex. Diazepam - Valium, Midazolam - Versed Aorta - ANSWER The main trunk (a very large artery) from which the arterial system proceeds Apnea - ANSWER Absence of cessation of breathing Arrest rhythms - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER Any variation from the normal rhythm of the heartbeat Arteriole - ANSWER Any of the very small arterial branches located at the end of an artery (furthest from the heart) Artery - ANSWER A vessel that carries blood away from the heart to other parts of the body Ascites - ANSWER Accumulation of serous fluid in the abdominal cavity Asyatole - ANSWER Cardiac arrest in which there is no rhythm display and no contraction Ataractics - ANSWER Pharmacologic agents that produce a tranquilizing effect Atherosclerosis - ANSWER A disease of the arteries characterized by the deposition of plaques of fatty material on their inner walls Atrial fibrillation - ANSWER Atrial arrhythmia characterized by rapid randomized contractions of the atrial myocardium, causing a totally irregular and often rapid ventricular rate Atrial flutter - ANSWER A condition of cardiac arrhythmia in which the atrial contractions are rapid (200 to 320 per minute) but regular Atrial (supraventricular) rhythms - ANSWER Dysrhythmias in which the pacemaker in the atria above the level of the ventricles (supraventricular) area Atrial tachycardia - ANSWER Rapid heartbeat originating from the atria Atrioventricular block AV block - ANSWER A cardiac conduction defect defect in which the impulse generated by the SA node is partially or completely blocked in the area of the AV node Atrioventricular node - ANSWER A microscope collection of heart muscle fibers involved in the electrical activity of the heart Atrium (pl. atria) - ANSWER An upper chamber of the heart; atria also exist in other parts of the body Automaticity - ANSWER The condition of being automatic Autonomic nervous system - ANSWER A portion of the nervous system concerned with regulation of the activity of cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and glands Balanced anesthesia - ANSWER Anesthesia that relies on the use of several agents together, capitalizing on the best aspects of each agent, but using each at a smaller dose than one would be required if it were used alone Barbiturates - ANSWER A group of pharmacologic agents that have sedative properties and produce amnesia and a hypnotic effect (ex. Thiopental sodium, methohexital - brevital)