After a gap of a few months our blog is updated with a new lesson update. Here onwards, new lessons will be updated frequently on a regular basis of 2 days interval. In this lesson, we will see about some important medical terms are used in Ear, Nose, and Throat are of medicine on a day-to-day basis whenever we handle medical transcription job as a profession.
1. Pulse oximetry - A device used to detect oxygen (O2) in the blood stream of a patient.
2. Hyperventillation: Excessive breathing consumption by a patient in particular period of time.
3. Salivary amylaze: An enzyme is produced in saliva of a human being to digest carbohydrates of food materials consumed.
4. Mastication: It is the process of chewing of a food.
5. Buccal mucosa: Inner layer of the mucous membrane of the mouth.
6. Lingual: Pertaining to tongue.
7. Hypoxemia: A condition of reduced oxygen in a patient's blood.
8. Aptyalism: An abnormal condition of lack of secretion of saliva in the mouth of a patient.
9. Sialorrhea: An abnormal condition of excessive secretion of saliva.
10. Oral cavity: Space inside the mouth.
11. Digestive tract: Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, and anus.
In the next post, we will see about small intestine anatomy and functions. Okay.
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