Question

Please watch a TV show related to Medical Terminology. Examples can include, Grey's Anatomy, House, Diagnoses, etc. Please write down the name of the show and the episode. Write down all medical terms that you hear in the show and write down their definition. Also, write down the time of the episode of where you heard the term used, example, 3:22 minutes into the episode Character A used this term.

Answer 1

Gre's Anatomy Season 10 Episode 16

00:40Kepner: Ventricular tachycardia is a heart rhythm disorder (arrhythmia) caused by abnormal electrical signals in the lower chambers of the heart (ventricles). This condition may also be called V-tach or VT.

02:02Wilson: Byler's syndrome is a disorder that can cause liver disease and, subsequently, liver failure. The condition, now more commonly referred to as progressive familiar intrahepatic cholestasis, prevents the liver from secreting sufficient amounts of bile, a fluid that is essential to proper food digestion.

02:04Yang:Jaundice is a condition in which the skin, whites of the eyes and mucous membranes turn yellow because of a high level of bilirubin, a yellow-orange bile pigment.

Yang: Edema is the medical term for swelling. Body parts swell from injury or inflammation. It can affect a small area or the entire body.

02:11 Yang: Cirrhosis is a late stage of scarring (fibrosis) of the liver caused by many forms of liver diseases and conditions, such as hepatitis and chronic alcoholism.

Yang: Liver failure means that your liver is losing or has lost all of its function. It is a life-threatening condition that demands urgent medical care.

08:15 Owen: Brain death is a legal definition of death. It is the complete stopping of all brain functions and cannot be reversed.

10:06 Yang: Median sternotomy is a type of surgical procedure in which a vertical inline incision is made along the sternum, after which the sternum itself is divided, or "cracked".

11:33 Alex: Biliary Diversion (PEBD) is a surgical intervention to treat children with Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC) and Alagille syndrome (AGS).

12:19 Callie: Arthrogryposis, describes congenital joint contracture in two or more areas of the body. It derives its name from Greek, literally meaning "curving of joints" (arthron, "joint"; grȳpōsis, late Latin form of late Greek grūpōsis, "hooking").

14:07 Yang:coarctation: A narrowing of the large blood vessel (aorta) that leads from the heart.

14:39 Shane: Supravalvar mitral ring is a rare congenital heart defect of surgical importance. The condition is characterized by an abnormal ridge of the connective tissue on the atrial side of the mitral valve. It often substantially obstructs the mitral valve inflow.

14:43 Shane: Shone's Complex (also known as Shone's Syndrome, Disorder, or Anomaly) is a rare congenital heart disease consisting of multiple left heart obstructive defects: 1. Coarctation of the aorta – a narrowing or constriction of the aorta, the large vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body tissues.

24:03 Shane: Cardioversion is a medical procedure that restores a normal heart rhythm in people with certain types of abnormal heartbeats (arrhythmias).

24:17Yang: Mitral valve rupture: A tear can cause leakage through the mitral valve suddenly and may require repair by heart surgery. Trauma to the chest also can rupture the cords. Rheumatic fever.

24:21 Yang: A sternotomy is a surgical opening in the middle of the chest at the breastbone (sternum) to provide access to the chest cavity for heart procedures or other thoracic surgeries.