NUSA 401 Exam 3 Vocab |Questions with 100%
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splenectomy - ✔️✔️surgical removal of the spleen
suprapubic - ✔️✔️name of abdominal region just superior to pubic bone
tympany - ✔️✔️high-pitched, musical, drumlike percussion note heard when
percussing over the stomach and intestine
umbilicus - ✔️✔️depression on the abdomen marking site of entry of umbilical cord
viscera - ✔️✔️internal organs
ABduction - ✔️✔️moving a body part away from the midline of the body
ADduction - ✔️✔️Movement toward the midline of the body
ankylosis - ✔️✔️immobility, consolidation, and fixation of a joint because of
disease, injury, or surgery; most often due to chronic rheumatoid arthritis
, ataxia - ✔️✔️inability to perform coordinated movements
bursa - ✔️✔️enclosed sac filled with viscous fluid located in joint areas of potential
friction
circumduction - ✔️✔️moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder
crepitation - ✔️✔️dry crackling sound or sensation due to grating of the ends of
damaged bone
dorsal - ✔️✔️directed toward or located on the surface
Dupuytren's contracture - ✔️✔️flexion contracture of the fingers due to chronic
hyperplasia of the palmar fascia
eversion - ✔️✔️moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle
extension - ✔️✔️straightening a limb at a joint
correct answers
splenectomy - ✔️✔️surgical removal of the spleen
suprapubic - ✔️✔️name of abdominal region just superior to pubic bone
tympany - ✔️✔️high-pitched, musical, drumlike percussion note heard when
percussing over the stomach and intestine
umbilicus - ✔️✔️depression on the abdomen marking site of entry of umbilical cord
viscera - ✔️✔️internal organs
ABduction - ✔️✔️moving a body part away from the midline of the body
ADduction - ✔️✔️Movement toward the midline of the body
ankylosis - ✔️✔️immobility, consolidation, and fixation of a joint because of
disease, injury, or surgery; most often due to chronic rheumatoid arthritis
, ataxia - ✔️✔️inability to perform coordinated movements
bursa - ✔️✔️enclosed sac filled with viscous fluid located in joint areas of potential
friction
circumduction - ✔️✔️moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder
crepitation - ✔️✔️dry crackling sound or sensation due to grating of the ends of
damaged bone
dorsal - ✔️✔️directed toward or located on the surface
Dupuytren's contracture - ✔️✔️flexion contracture of the fingers due to chronic
hyperplasia of the palmar fascia
eversion - ✔️✔️moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle
extension - ✔️✔️straightening a limb at a joint
