Ch.37 Key Terms
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dentalassistant21 on August 6, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Analgesia | stage of anesthesia in which the patient is relaxed and conscious |
| Anesthesia | temporary loss of feeling or sensation |
| Anesthetic | medication that produces the temporary loss of feeling or sensation |
| Aspirate | to draw back or to draw within |
| Diffuse | to spread from an area of high concentration to one of low concentration |
| Duration | time from induction to complete reversal of anesthesia |
| Gauge | standard dimension or measurement of the thickness of an injection needle |
| Induction | time from injection to effective anesthesia |
| Innervation | supply or distribution of nerves to a specific body part |
| Lumen | the hollow center of the injection needle |
| Oximetry | measurement of oxygen concentration in the blood |
| Permeate | to spread or flow throughout |
| Porous | an object with minute openings that allow the passage of gas or fluid |
| Systemic toxicity | relating to a system, or typically the entire body |
| Tidal volume | amount of air inhaled and exhaled with each breath |
| Titrate | to determine the concentration of a substance |
| Titration | process of determining the exact amount of a drug or substance that would be used to achieve a desired level of sedation |
| Vasoconstrictor | type of drug that constricts(narrows) blood vessels; used to prolong anesthetic action |
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