Question | Answer |
Addison's Disease | chronic syndrome resulting from a deficiency in the hormonal secretion of the adrenal cortex |
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) | disease characterized by early senility, confusion, loss of recognition of persons or familiar surroundings, and restlessness |
cataract | clouding of the lens of the eye |
cerebrovascular accident (CVA) | interruption of blood supply to the brain usually resulting in mild to severe hemiplegia (also called stroke, brain attack) |
concussion | jarring or shaking that results in injury; brain concussions may be caused by slight or severe head injury |
coronal | vertical field passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior parts |
detached retina | seperation of the retina from the choroid, or middle coat of the eye, in the back of the eye |
diabetes millitus (DM) | chronic disease involving a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism caused by underactivity of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas, resulting in insufficient production of insulin |
fasting blood sugar (FBS) | a blood test to determine the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood after fasting for 8-10 hours |
fracture (Fx) | broken bone |
frontal | vertical field passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior parts |
glaucoma | abnormally increased intraocular pressure within the eye |
goiter | enlargement of teh thyroid gland |
Graves' disease | a disorder of the thyroid gland characterized by the presence of hyperthyroidism, goiter, and exophthalmos |
herniated disk | rupture of the intervertebral disk cartilage allowing the contents to protrude through it and put pressure on the spinal nerve roots |
macular degeneration | a progressive deterioration of the central portion of the retina resulting in a loss of central vision |
multiple sclerosis (MS) | degenerative disease characterized by sclerotic patches along the nerves of the CNS where the myelin sheath has been destroyed |
muscular dystrophy (MD) | group of heredity |
optomitrist | a health care professional who prescribes corrective lenses and/or eye exercises |
orthopedics | the study and treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system |
orthopedist | specialists who studies and treats diseases of the musculoskeletal system |
otitis media | inflammation of the middle ear |
paraplegia | paralysis from the waist down caused by damage to the lower level of the spinal cord |
Parkinson's disease (PD) | chronic disease characterized by the degeneration of nerves in the motor system of the brainstem |
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | a chronic systemic disease characterized by inflammatory changes in the connective tissue throughout the body |
sagittal | vertical field running through the body from front to back, dividing the body into right and left sides |
seizure | sudden attack with an involuntary series of contractions (also called convulsion) |
tinnitis | ringing in the ears |
transverse | horizontal field dividing the body into upper and lower parts |