Category: P

Objective assessment findings that strongly suggest but do not confirm pregnancy.  

Signs and symptoms commonly associated with pregnancy that may be present in other conditions.  

Assessment findings present only during pregnancy: fetal heart tones, fetal movements felt by the examiner, and visualization by sonogram.  

A bulging of the body of the biceps brachii muscle that results from rupture of the muscle’s tendon. It superficially resembles an exaggerated attempt to flex the biceps muscle.  

A conduit connecting the pleural space and the peritoneum, used to drain recurring pleural effusions, such as those that accumulate in patients with certain cancers in the chest.  

The route by which pulmonary blood perfuses unventilated alveoli. This process is caused by an imbalance between ventilation and perfusion.  

Shock due to emotional stress or to seeing an injury or accident.  

Shock reaction resulting from parenteral administration of a protein.  

An extension of the pia that closely invests the surface of the optic nerve.  

The tissue composed of T lymphocytes that surrounds each arteriole in the spleen. The sheaths are attached to lymphoid follicles containing B cells and make up much of the white pulp.