AHEC Vocabulary: Important Terminology
abdomen - correct answer ✔✔The body cavity between the chest and thighs
Acute - correct answer ✔✔illness characterized by sudden onset, sharp rise, and short course. May also
describe sharp severe pain.
Ambulate - correct answer ✔✔to walk
Ambulatory - correct answer ✔✔able to walk around
Amnesia - correct answer ✔✔Forgetfulness, loss of memory
Antibiotic - correct answer ✔✔a drug used in medical treatment that prevents disease-causing
microorganisms from multiplying
Anus - correct answer ✔✔outlet of the rectum
Aphasia - correct answer ✔✔disorder of language, e.g., unable to speak; able to speak, but unable to
express it properly
Asepsis - correct answer ✔✔The condition of being free of disease producing organisms
Ashen - correct answer ✔✔grayish color of skin
Ataxia - correct answer ✔✔unsteady or uneven gait
Axilla - correct answer ✔✔armpit
, Bacteria - correct answer ✔✔sometimes called "germ"; a kind of microorganism. Many forms of bacteria
cause disease
Bed Cradle - correct answer ✔✔Equipment that is placed over the body to keep the sheets and blankets
from touching the patient
Bedsore - correct answer ✔✔Decubitus ulcer. It is an opening in the skin occurring as part of the body as
a result of pressure, irritation, or both
Bladder - correct answer ✔✔a sac which stores fluid or gas (urinary bladder)
Body Mechanics - correct answer ✔✔The coordinated use of body parts to produce motion and
maintain equilibrium
Buttocks - correct answer ✔✔Body part composed of the glutteal muscles; your rear end
Catheter - correct answer ✔✔tube placed in person to aid in passing fluids (urinary bladder)
Centigrade - correct answer ✔✔a measurement of temp. using a scale that is divided 100 units or
degrees. The freezing temp of water is 0 degrees centigrade, Written 0*C. Water boils at 100*C
Cerebral - correct answer ✔✔A word used to refer to the brain
Chronic - correct answer ✔✔illness or symptoms marked by long duration or frequent recurrence
Circulation - correct answer ✔✔the continuous movement of blood throughout the heart and blood
vessels to all parts of the body
circulatory system - correct answer ✔✔the heart, blood vessels, blood, and all the organs that pump and
carry blood and other fluids throughout the body
abdomen - correct answer ✔✔The body cavity between the chest and thighs
Acute - correct answer ✔✔illness characterized by sudden onset, sharp rise, and short course. May also
describe sharp severe pain.
Ambulate - correct answer ✔✔to walk
Ambulatory - correct answer ✔✔able to walk around
Amnesia - correct answer ✔✔Forgetfulness, loss of memory
Antibiotic - correct answer ✔✔a drug used in medical treatment that prevents disease-causing
microorganisms from multiplying
Anus - correct answer ✔✔outlet of the rectum
Aphasia - correct answer ✔✔disorder of language, e.g., unable to speak; able to speak, but unable to
express it properly
Asepsis - correct answer ✔✔The condition of being free of disease producing organisms
Ashen - correct answer ✔✔grayish color of skin
Ataxia - correct answer ✔✔unsteady or uneven gait
Axilla - correct answer ✔✔armpit
, Bacteria - correct answer ✔✔sometimes called "germ"; a kind of microorganism. Many forms of bacteria
cause disease
Bed Cradle - correct answer ✔✔Equipment that is placed over the body to keep the sheets and blankets
from touching the patient
Bedsore - correct answer ✔✔Decubitus ulcer. It is an opening in the skin occurring as part of the body as
a result of pressure, irritation, or both
Bladder - correct answer ✔✔a sac which stores fluid or gas (urinary bladder)
Body Mechanics - correct answer ✔✔The coordinated use of body parts to produce motion and
maintain equilibrium
Buttocks - correct answer ✔✔Body part composed of the glutteal muscles; your rear end
Catheter - correct answer ✔✔tube placed in person to aid in passing fluids (urinary bladder)
Centigrade - correct answer ✔✔a measurement of temp. using a scale that is divided 100 units or
degrees. The freezing temp of water is 0 degrees centigrade, Written 0*C. Water boils at 100*C
Cerebral - correct answer ✔✔A word used to refer to the brain
Chronic - correct answer ✔✔illness or symptoms marked by long duration or frequent recurrence
Circulation - correct answer ✔✔the continuous movement of blood throughout the heart and blood
vessels to all parts of the body
circulatory system - correct answer ✔✔the heart, blood vessels, blood, and all the organs that pump and
carry blood and other fluids throughout the body
