DIRECTING EXAM REVIEW
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, Anasarca - ANS dropsicle edema, generalized massive edema
Ascites - ANS edema of the abdominal cavity
Hydrothorax - ANS edema of the chest cavity
Hydropericardium - ANS edema around the heart
Hydrocele - ANS edema of the testicles
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Amelia - ANS congenital absence of one or more limbs
Infarction - ANS necrosis in a tissue caused by obstruction in the artery supplying it
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Infection - ANS the state or condition in which the body or a part of the body is invaded by a
pathogenic agent, that under favorable conditions, multiplies and produces injurious effects.
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Infiltration - ANS the process of seepage or diffusion into tissue of substances that are not
ordinarily present.
Inflammation - ANS a tissue reaction to irritation, infection or injury marked by localized heat,
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swelling, redness, pain,and sometimes loss of function.
Cardinal signs and symptoms of inflammation - ANS Heat calor, redness rubor, swelling tumor,
pain dolor, altered function
Swelling - ANS increased number of white blood cells, increased permeability of capillaries,
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allowing blood to move into tissue.
Pain - ANS pressure from increased blood supply to area
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Amyloid disease - ANS accumulation of starch in the cells.
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Carcinoma of the stomach - ANS coffee ground purge
Carcinoma of the pancreas - ANS more common in male, black smokers. only 4% survive 5
years.
Cirrhosis - ANS Liver becomes fibrous, hobnailed or bumpy.
Chrons disease - ANS chronic inflammation of the ileum and colon.
Acromegaly - ANS hyper function of the pituitary gland after ossification has completed