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QP3-2
Question | Answer |
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APNEA | CESSATION OF BREATHING |
ARRHYTHMIA | VARIATION OF THE NORMAL RHYTHM OF THE HEART |
ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS (ABG) | AN INVASION TECHNIQUE OF DRAWING ARTERIAL BLOOD THAT HELPS EVALUATE GAS EXCHANGE IN THE LIUNGS. THE TEST MEASURES THE BLOOD'S ACIDITY (pH), PARTIAL PRESSURE OF THE ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE (PaCO2), PARTIAL PRESSURE OF ARTERIAL OXYGEN (PaO2) AND BICA HCO3 |
ARTERIES | BLOOD VESSELS CONTAINING BLOOD TRAVELING AWAY FROM THE HEART TO VITAL ORGANS AND TISSUES THROUGHOUT THE BODY |
ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE (ASHD, CORONARY HEART DISEASE) | A NARROWING OF THE SMALL BLOOD VESSELS THAT SUPPLY BLOOD AND OXYGEN TO THE HEART. CONRONARY DISEASE USUALLY RESULTS FROM THE BUILD UP OF FATTY MATERIAL AND PLAQUE |
ASTHMA | A CONDITION MARKED BY RECURRENT ATTACKS OF DIFFICULTY BREATHING DUE TO CONSTRICTION OF THE MUSCLES SURROUNDING THE AIRWAYS OR INFLAMMATION OF THE AIR PASSAGES. IT IS CHARACTERIZED BU HYPERRESPONSIVE AIRWAYS THAT OVERREACT TO ENVIORMENTAL TRIGGERS CASUIN |
ASTHMATIC BRONCHITIS | AN INFECTION OF THE BRONCHIOLES ATTRIBUTED TO HYPERACTIVITY AND BRONCHOSPASMS |
ARTIA-ATRIUM | RECIEVING CHAMBERS OF THE HEART |
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION | CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA MARKED BY RANDOMIZED CONTRACTION OF THE UPPER CHAMBERS OF THE HEART CAUSING IRREGULAR OFTEN RAPID HEART RATE |
BARREL CHEST | CHEST DEFORMITY CHARACTERIZED BY A GREATER THAN NORMAL FRONT TO BACK DIAMETER (CHEST IS ABNORMALLY ROUND AND BULGING) INDICATES THAT THE LUNGS HAVE LOST THEIR ELASTICITY AND THE DIAPHRAGM IS FLATTENED CAUSING AIR TRAPPING WITHIN THE LUNGS |