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Term
AGRANULOCYTOSIS
Definition
•DECREASE IN THE # OF GRANULOCYTES (PARTICULARLY NEUTROPHILS)
Term
ANEMIA
Definition
•REDUCED # OF RBC, QUANTITY OF HEMOGLOBIN
Term
APERTOGNATHIA
Definition
•ANTERIOR OPEN BITE
Term
APLASIA
Definition
•LACK OF DEVELOPMENT
Term
ARTHRALGIA
Definition
•SEVERE PAIN IN A JOINT
Term
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Definition
•ACCUMULATION OF LIPIDS WITHIN THE WALLS OF ARTERIES
Term
AUTOIMMUNITY
Definition
•IMMUNE-MEDIATED DESTRUCTION OF THE BODY'S OWN CELLS AND TISSUES
•IMMUNITY AGAINST SELF
Term
CATABOLISM
Definition
•COMPONENT OF METABOLISM THAT INVOLVES BREAKDOWN OF TISSUES
Term
COAGULATION
Definition
•FORMATION OF A CLOT
Term
DYSPHAGIA
Definition
•DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING
Term
ECCHYMOSIS
Definition
•SMALL, FLAT, HEMORRHAGIC PATCH LARGER THAN A PETECHIA ON THE SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE
Term
EXOPHTHALMOS
Definition
•BULGING OF ONE OR BOTH EYES
Term
FIBRIN
Definition
•INSOLUBLE PROTEIN THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE CLOTTING OF BLOOD
Term
HEMATOCRIT
Definition
•VOLUME PERCENTAGE OF RBC IN THE WHOLE BODY
Term
HEMOLYSIS
Definition
•RELEASE OF HEMOGLOBIN FROM RBC BY DESTRUCTION OF THE CELLS
Term
HEMOSTASIS
Definition
•STOPPAGE OR CESSATION OF BLEEDING
Term
HEPATOMEGALY
Definition
•LIVER ENLARGEMENT
Term
HORMONE
Definition
•HAVE A SPECIFIC REGULATORY ACTION ON TARGET CELLS
•CARRIED BY THE BLOOD TO IT'S TARGET
Term
HYPERCALCEMIA
Definition
•EXCESS CALCIUM IN THE BLOOD
Term
HYPERGLYCEMIA
Definition
•EXCESS GLUCOSE IN THE BLOOD
Term
HYPOCHROMIC
Definition
•STAINED LESS INTENSELY THAN NORMAL
Term
HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA
Definition
•DEFICIENCY OF PHOSPHATES IN THE BLOOD
Term
INSULIN
Definition
•HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE PANCREAS BY BETA CELLS
•INSULIN REGULATES GLUCOSE METABOLISM
Term
INSULIN SHOCK
Definition
•SEVERE HYPOGLYCEMIA
•TOO MUCH INSULIN WAS GIVEN
•EMERGENCY INTERVENTION IS NECESSARY
Term
KETOACIDOSIS
Definition
•ACCUMULATION OF ACID IN THE BODY RESULTING FROM ACCUMULATION OF KETONE BODIES (LOWERS THE PH OF THE BLOOD)
Term
MACROVASCULAR DISEASE
Definition
•ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF LARGE AND MEDIUM BLOOD VESSELS
Term
MICROCYTE
Definition
•RBC THAT IS SMALLER THAN NORMAL
Term
MICROVASCULAR DISEASE
Definition
•DAMAGE TO SMALL BLOOD VESSELS
Term
MYALGIA
Definition
•MUSCLE PAIN
Term
NEUTROPENIA
Definition
•DECREASED # OF NEUTROPHILS IN THE BLOOD
Term
OSTEOPOROSIS
Definition
•ABNORMAL RAREFACTION OF BONE (MAKING IT LESS DENSE)
Term
PANCYTOPENIA
Definition
•DRAMATIC DECREASE IN ALL TYPES OF BLOOD CELLS
Term
PARATHORMONE
Definition
•PARATHYROID HORMONE
Term
PETECHIA
Definition
•LITTLE RED SPOT ON THE SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE CAUSED BY ESCAPE OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF BLOOD
Term
PLATELET
Definition
•DISK-SHAPED STRUCTURE FOUND IN THE BLOOD
•AKA: THROMBOCYTE
•PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN COAGGULATION
Term
POLYCYTHEMIA
Definition
•INCREASE IN THE TOTAL RBC MASS IN THE BLOOD
Term
POLYDIPSIA
Definition
•CHRONIC EXCESSIVE THIRST AND INTAKE OF FLUID
Term
PURPURA
Definition
•BLOOD DISORDERS CHARACTERIZED BY PRUPLISH OR BROWNISH RED DISCOLORATIONS CAUSED BY BLEEDING INTO THE SKIN OR TISSUES
Term
RECEPTOR
Definition
•CELL SURFACE PROTEIN TO WHICH A SPECIFIC MOLECULE CAN BIND WHICH LEADS TO BIOCHEMICAL EVENTS
Term
SPLENOMEGALY
Definition
•SPLEEN ENLARGEMENT
Term
THROMBOCYTE
Definition
•AKA: PLATELET
Term
THROMBOCYTOPENIA
Definition
•DECREASE IN PLATELETS
Term
________ AND ___________ ARE USUALLY THE 1ST REGIONS OF THE BODY TO SHOW SIGNS OF A VITAMIN DEFICIENCY?
Definition
•TONGUE AND ORAL CAVITY
•TONGUE SIGNS COULD BE GLOSSITIS, ULCERS, FISSURES, BURNING AND TINGLING
Term
MANY ________________ ARE REFLECTED IN THE ORAL CAVITY
Definition
•SYSTEMIC DISEASES SUCH AS HIV, AIDS, HERPES, XEROSTOMIA)
Term
DISEASE FROM ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
Definition
•MAY RESULT FROM TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE HORMONES
Term
HYPERPITUITARISM
Definition
•EXCESS (GROWTH) HORMONE PRODUCTION BY THE PITUITARY GLAND
•MOST OFTEN CAUSED BY A BENIGN TUMOR (PITUITARY ADENOMA)
Term
GIGANTISM
Definition
•EXCESSIVE SECRETION OF GROWTH HORMONE BEFORE NORMAL GROWTH HAS STOPPED
•OCCURS IN KIDS
Term
ACROMEGALY
Definition
•CONDITION CAUSED BY INCREASED SECRETION OF GROWTH HORMONE AFTER NORMAL GROWTH HAS BEEN COMPLETED
•OCCURS IN ADULTS
•OCCURS IN 6/100,000 PEOPLE
Term
WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES OF GIGANTISM?
Definition
•EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF OVERALL SKELETON
•ELONGATED FACE
•HEADACHES, FATIGUE, MUSCLE/JOINT PAIN
Term
WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES OF ACROMEGALY?
Definition
•AFFECTS BOTH MEN AND WOMEN
•MOST COMMONLY OCCURS IN THE 40's
•ONSET IS SLOW
•POOR VISION, SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT, ENLARGEMENT OF HANDS AND FEET, INCREASE IN RIB SIZE
Term
WHAT DOES DIAGNOSIS OF HYPERPITUITARISM CONSIST OF?
Definition
•MEASUREMENT OF GROWTH HORMONE
Term
WHAT DOES TREATMENT OF HYPERPITUITARISM CONSIST OF?
Definition
•PITUITARY SURGERY
Term
DWARFISM
Definition
•4'10" OR SHORTER (HYPOPITUITARISM)
Term
HYPERTHYROIDISM
Definition
•DUE TO AN AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER
•EXCESSIVE PRODUCTION OF THYROID HORMONE
•MORE COMMON IN WOMEN IN THEIR 30s AND 40s
•IN CHILDREN, MAY LEAD TO EARLY EXFOLIATION OF TEETH AND PREMATURE ERUPTION OF PERMANENT TEETH
•IN ADULTS, MAY LEAD TO OSTEOPOROSIS
Term
THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF HYPERTHYROIDISM IS:
Definition
•GRAVES DISEASE
Term
WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES OF HYPERTHYROIDISM?
Definition
•EXOPHTHALMOUS
•WEIGHT LOSS
•ANXIETY
•WEAKNESS
•RESTLESSNESS
Term
TREATMENT OF HYPERTHYROIDISM
Definition
•DEPENDS ON THE CAUSE
•MAY INCLUDE SURGERY OR MEDS
Term
CRETINISM
Definition
•HYPOTHYROIDISM IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN
•SYMPTOMS: THICKENED LIPS, ENLARGED TONGUE, DELAYED ERUPTION OF TEETH
Term
MYXEDEMA
Definition
•HYPOTHYROIDISM IN ADULTS AND OLDER ADULTS
•SYMPTOMS: PUFFY FACE, COARSE HAIR, DRY SKIN, FATIGUE, ENLARGED TONGUE
Term
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
Definition
•EXCESSIVE SECRETION OF PARATHORMONE
•PARATHYROID HORMONE INCREASES UPTAKE OF DIETARY CALCIUM FROM THE G.I. TRACT
•RESULTS IN MORE CALCIUM, LESS PHOSPHORUS
Term
DIABETES MELLITUS
Definition
•LACK OF / DEFECTIVE INSULIN
•DOESN'T WORK TO LOWER BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS
•INCREASED RESISTANCE TO INSULIN DUE TO OBESITY
Term
GLUCOSE NORMALLY:
Definition
•SIGNALS BETA CELLS OF THE PANCREAS TO MAKE INSULIN
Term
SEVERE HYPERGLYCEMIA CAN LEAD TO ________________
Definition
•DIABETIC COMA
Term
___________ IS REDUCED IN PEOPLE WITH DIABETES MELLITUS
Definition
•PHAGOCYTIC ACTIVITY OF MACROPHAGES
Term
DIABETES CAUSES INABILITY OF THE BODY TO:
Definition
•PRODUCE OR PROPERLY RESPOND TO INSULIN
Term
DIABETES IS DEFINED AS:
Definition
•A FASTING PLASMA GLUCOSE OF 126MG/DL OR MORE MEASURED ON 2 OCCASIONS
Term
TYPE 1 DIABETES
Definition
•SEVERE
•GENETIC
•IN CHILDREN (PEAK IS AT AGE 20)
•PATIENTS ARE INSULIN DEPENDENT
•PATIENTS HAVE LOW BLOOD SUGAR
Term
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF DIABETIC PATIENTS HAVE TYPE 1 DIABETES?
Definition
•3-5%
Term
IN TYPE 1 DIABETES, _________ PRODUCING CELLS OF THE PANCREAS ARE __________
Definition
•INSULIN
•DESTROYED
Term
WHAT TYPE DIABETES INVOLVES THE 3 P'S?
Definition
•TYPE 1
Term
WHAT ARE THE 3 P'S IN TYPE 1 DIABETES?
Definition
•POLYDIPSIA (EXCESSIVE THIRST)
•POLYURIA (EXCESSIVE URINATION)
•POLYPHAGIA (EXCESSIVE APPETITE)
Term
TYPE 2 DIABETES
Definition
•NOT AS SEVERE AS TYPE 1, BUT STILL NOT BENIGN
•ADULTS
•PATIENTS ARE NOT INSULIN DEPENDENT
•MANY TYPE 2 PATIENTS ARE OBESE, AND ONLY NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT TO CURE THE DIABETES
Term
TYPE 2 DIABETES IS CHARACTERISED BY:
Definition
•INSULIN RESISTANCE
Term
DIABETES IS A __________
Definition
•SYNDROME
•SYMPTOMS ARE:
-ATHEROSCLEROSIS
-RETINOPATHY IN THE EYE
-NERVOUS SYSTEM MAY BE AFFECTED
-DECREASED RESISTANCE TO INFECTION
-POOR WOUND HEALING
Term
UNCONTROLLED DIABETES IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF:
Definition
•BLINDNESS
•KIDNEY DISEASE
•AMPUTATION OF ARMS AND LEGS
Term
ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS
Definition
•VELVETY PLAQUES AROUND THE NECK AND OR ARMPIT
•ASSOCIATED WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES
Term
TYPE 3 DIABETES
Definition
•OBESITY
Term
ADDISON DISEASE IS ALSO KNOWN AS:
Definition
•PRIMARY ADRENAL CORTICAL INSUFFICIENCY
Term
ADDISON DISEASE
Definition
•INSUFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF ADRENAL STEROIDS
•DESTRUCTION OF THE ADRENAL GLAND (IN MOST CASES IT'S UNKNOWN)
Term
IN ADDISON DISEASE, AS THE PRODUCTION OF ______________ DECREASES, THE _________________ INCREASES THE PRODUCTION OF _________________
Definition
•ADRENAL STEROIDS
•PITUITARY GLAND
•ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ATCH)
Term
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE
Definition
•CAUSES STIMULATION OF MELANOCYTES, RESULTING IN BRONZING OF THE SKIN AND MACULES ON THE ORAL MUCOSA
Term
TREATMENT OF ADDISON'S DISEASE INVOLVES:
Definition
•CORTICOSTEROID REPLACEMENT THERAPY
Term
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GRANULAR AND AGRANULAR?
Definition
Term
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A RED BLOOD CELL?
Definition
•TO DELIVER OXYGEN TO THE BODY
Term
ANEMIA
Definition
•RBC COUNT IS LOW
•REDUCTION IN OXYGEN CARRYING CAPACITY
•SUPPRESSION OF BONE MARROW STEM CELLS
•CAUSED BY BLOOD LOSS
Term
WHAT DOES A COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT MEASURE?
Definition
•RBC
•WBC
•PLATELETS
Term
WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES OF ANEMIA?
Definition
•PALE SKIN AND ORAL MUCOSA
•LOSS OF FILIFORM PAPILLA
•SMOOTH, BALD, BURNING TONGUE
•NO ENERGY ("TIRED BLOOD")
•ANGULAR CHIELITIS
Term
WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON SYMPTOMS OF ANEMIA?
Definition
•FATIGUE
•DIZZINESS
•PALE SKIN
Term
TREATMENT OF ANEMIA CONSISTS OF:
Definition
•DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
Term
PERNICIOUS ANEMIA
Definition
•CAUSED BY A DEFICIENCY IN INTRINSIC FACTOR
•BODY UNABLE TO ABSORB VITAMIN B12
•PATIENTS OFTEN HAVE VITILIGO (DEPIGMENTATION OF PARTS OF THE SKIN)
Term
WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES OF PERNICIOUS ANEMIA?
Definition
•FATIGUE
•PALENESS
•LOSS OF PAPILLA
•BURNING TONGUE
Term
THALASSEMIA
Definition
•AKA: MEDITERRANEAN OR COOLEY ANEMIA
•GROUP OF INHERITED DISORDERS OF HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS
•OCCURS WHEN RBC CAN'T GROW AND MATURE PROPERLY
Term
SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
Definition
•MOST COMMON IN YOUNG BLACK GIRLS (UNDER 30)
•RBC DEVELOP A SICKLE SHAPE WHEN THERE IS A DECREASE IN OXYGEN (CAN GET STUCK BECAUSE OF THEIR SHAPE)
•RBC DIE EARLY, RESULTING IN A CHRONIC SHORTAGE
•PAINFUL
•SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS
Term
______________ IS THE MOST COMMON INHERITED BLOOD DISORDER
Definition
•SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
Term
HOW IS SICKLE CELL ANEMIA DIAGNOSED AND TREATED?
Definition
•BLOOD SMEAR
•ADMINISTRATION OF OXYGEN AND IV FLUIDS
Term
CELIAL SPRUE
Definition
•CHRONIC DISORDER
•SENSITIVITY TO WHEAT GLUTEN (CAUSES INJURY TO INTESTINAL MUCOSA)
•CAUSES MALABSORBTION OF NUTRIENTS-CAUSING ANEMIA
Term
APLASTIC ANEMIA
Definition
•SEVERE DEPRESSION OF BONE MARROW ACTIVITY CAUSES A DECREASE IN ALL CIRCULATING BLOOD CELLS
•VERY SERIOUS CONDITION THAT OCCURS WHEN THERE'S A REDUCTION, OR ABSENCE, OF STEM CELLS
Term
PRIMARY APLASTIC ANEMIA
Definition
•CAUSE UNKNOWN, MOST FREQUENTLY IN YOUNG ADULTS
•USUALLY FATAL
Term
SECONDARY ANEMIA
Definition
•IS THE RESULT OF DRUGS OR CHEMICALS SUCH AS CHEMO AND RADIATION
Term
IN APLASTIC ANEMIA, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH ___, ___, OR ___
Definition
•RBC
•WBC
•PLATELETS
Term
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF LOW RBC, WBC, AND PLATELETS?
Definition
•INFECTION, SPONTANEOUS BLEEDING, PETECHIA, AND PURPURIC SPOTS
•BECAUSE OF THE REDUCED OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD, PATIENTS EXPERIENCE FATIGUE, WEAKNESS, AND TACHYCARDIA
Term
LOW PLATELET COUNTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR:
Definition
•SIGNIFICANT BRUISING AND ECCHYMOSIS
Term
LOW WBC COUNTS PREDISPOSE THE PATIENT TO:
Definition
•INFECTIONS THAT ARE OFTEN THE CAUSE OF DEATH
Term
POLYCYTHEMIA
Definition
•CHARACTERIZED BY AN INCREASE IN THE # OF CIRCULATING RBCs
•PATIENTS BLEED EASILY AND ARE EDEMATOUS
Term
___________________ IS THE WORST TYPE OF POLYCYTHEMIA, AND THE CAUSE IS _________
Definition
•POLYCYTHEMIA VERA
•UNKNOWN
Term
POLYCYTHEMIA VERA
Definition
•BONE MARROW PRODUCES AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RBC AND PLATELETS, IN WHICH THE PRODUCTION IS UNCONTROLLED
Term
SECONDARY POLYCYTHEMIA
Definition
•INCREASE IN RBC CAUSED BY A PHYSIOLOGIC RESPONSE TO DECREASED OXYGEN
Term
RELATIVE POLYCYTHEMIA
Definition
•DECREASED PLASMA CELLS, NO INCREASE IN RBCs
Term
___________ AND _____________ ARE THE ONLY AGRANULOCYTES
Definition
•LYMPHOCYTES AND MONOCYTES
Term
CAUSES OF ACUTE RELATIVE POLYCYTHEMIA ARE:
Definition
•DIURETIC USE
•VOMITING
•DIARRHEA
•EXCESSIVE SWEATING
Term
MOST PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RELATIVE POLYCYTHEMIA ARE:
Definition
•MIDDLE-AGE WHITE MEN UNDER A LOT OF STRESS, MILDLY OVERWEIGHT, HYPERTENSIVE, AND HEAVY SMOKERS
Term
PRIMARY AGRANULOCYTOSIS
Definition
•CAUSE IS UNKNOWN (MAY BE IMMUNOLOGIC)
•DEATH LIKELY
Term
SECONDARY AGRANULOCYTOSIS
Definition
•CAUSED BY DRUGS OR CHEMICALS (COCAINE)
Term
TREATMENT OF AGRANULOCYTOSIS IS USUALLY:
Definition
•TRANSFUSIONS
Term
CYCLIC NEUTROPENIA IS A FORM OF:
Definition
•AGRANULOCYTOSIS
Term
CYCLIC NEUTROPENIA
Definition
•CYCLIC DECREASE IN THE # OF NEUTROPHILS
Term
LEUKOPENIA
Definition
•LOW WBC COUNT
Term
NEUTROPENIA
Definition
•LOW NEUTROPHILS
Term
LEUKEMIA
Definition
•TOO MANY WBCs
•MALIGNANT
•CAUSE IS UNKNOWN
Term
ACUTE LEUKEMIAS ARE:
Definition
•ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC
•ACUTE MYELOGENOUS
Term
ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC
Definition
•IMMATURE LYMPHOCYTES
•FOUND IN CHILDREN
•GOOD PROGNOSIS
Term
ACUTE MYELOGENOUS
Definition
•IMMATURE GRANULOMAS
•FOUND IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS
•POOR PROGNOSIS
Term
SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE MYELOGENOUS ARE:
Definition
•GINGIVAL ENLARGEMENT
•EASY BLEEDING
•EASY BRUISING
Term
TREATMENT OF ACUTE MYELOGENOUS IS:
Definition
•BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT
Term
CHRONIC LUEKEMIA
Definition
•FOUND IN ADULTS
•SLOW ONSET OF SYMPTOMS
•POOR PROGNOSIS
Term
SYMPTONS OF CHRONIC LEUKEMIA INCLUDE:
Definition
•FATIGUE, GINGIVAL BLEEDING, PALE LIPS AND GINGIVA, EASY BRUISING
Term
TREATMENT OF CHRONIC LEUKEMIA INCLUDES:
Definition
•BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT
Term
WHAT IS THE NORMAL PLATELET COUNT?
Definition
•150,000 - 400,000MM^3
Term
WHAT IS THE NORMAL BLEEDING TIME?
Definition
•1-6 MINUTES
Term
WHAT IS THE NORMAL PROTHROMBIN TIME?
Definition
•11-16 SECONDS (PROLONGED FOR POST OP)
Term
WHAT IS THE NORMAL PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME?
Definition
•25-40 SECONDS
Term
HEMOSTATSIS
Definition
•CESSATION OF BLEEDING
•CIRCULATION OF PLATELETS ADHERE TO A DAMAGED SURFACE AND FOR A TEMPORARY CLOT
•FIBRIN BINDS THE PLATELETS
Term
DEFECTS IN HEMOSTASIS ARE DUE TO:
Definition
•ABNORMALITIES OR COAGULATION FACTORS
Term
THROMBOCYTOPENIA
Definition
•PLATELET COUNT IS LESS THAN 100,000
•SPONTANEOUS BLEEDING OCCURS AT LESS THAN 20,000 PLATELETS
Term
PROTHROMBIN TIME
Definition
•THE ABILITY TO FORM A CLOT
Term
PURPURA
Definition
•SPONTANEOUS ESCAPE OF BLOOD INTO TISSUE (BRUISING)
Term
THROMBOCYTOPENIA IS DIAGNOSED BY:
Definition
•LAB TESTING SHOWS LOW PLATELETS
Term
SENILE PURPURA
Definition
•EASY BRUISING
Term
THROMBOCYTOPENIA PURPURA
Definition
•BRUISING CAUSED BY LACK OF PLATELETS
Term
HEMOPHILIA
Definition
•X-LINKED DISORDER OF BLOOD COAGULATION (PROLONGED CLOTTING TIME)
•PLASMA PROTEIN DEFICIENCY
•BLEEDING TIME AND PT/PTT ARE NORMAL
Term
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEMOPHILIA?
Definition
•TYPE A: MOST COMMON
•TYPE B: (AKA: CHRISTMAS DISEASE) LESS COMMON
Term
TREATMENT FOR ORAL CANCER IS:
Definition
•CHEMOTHERAPY, RADIATION, SURGERY, OR A COMBO
Term
IN REGARDS TO THE ORAL CAVITY, RADIATION CAN CAUSE:
Definition
•DESTRUCTION OF SALIVARY GLANDS, WHICH LEADS TO XEROSTOMIA
•TAKING PILOCARPINE HYDROCHLORIDE DURING THE COURSE OF RADIATION DECREASES THE SEVERITY OF RADIATION INDUCED XEROSTOMIA
Term
BEFORE RADIATION, PATIENTS SHOULD _____________ AND TEETH WITH ____________ SHOULD BE ___________
Definition
•HAVE A HEAD AND NECK EXAM
•QUESTIONABLE PROGNOSIS SHOULD BE REMOVED
Term
PHENYTOIN, NIFEBIPINE, AND CYCLOSPORINE CAN CAUSE:
Definition
•GINGIVAL ENLARGEMENT
Term
___________________ IS EXPOSED, NECROTIC BONE IN THE MAXILLOFACIAL REGION THAT HAS PERSISTED FOR MORE THAN 8 WEEKS IN A PATIENT WITH CURRENT OR PREVIOUS TREATMENT WITH A BIPHOSPHONATE AND NO HISTORY OF RADIATION TREATMENT TO THE JAWS
Definition
•BIPHOSPHONATE OSTEONECROSIS
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