Luteinizing hormone (LH), 179
Lyme disease, 333–335
Lymphadenopathy, 79
Lymphoblastic lymphoma, 159
Lymphocytes, 126, 303–304
Lymphoid cell, 126
Lymphoma, 158–160
M
Macrophage, 304
Macules, 318, 327
Malignant cells, 149
Malnutrition, in newborn/infant, 17
Malocclusion, 23, 62
Maple syrup urine disease, 191–192
Mastoiditis, 58
Matriarchal cultures, 8
McBurney point, 232
Medulla oblongata, 200
Megacolon, toxic
in Crohn disease, 239
definition of, 239
in ulcerative colitis, 248, 249
Megalokaryocyte, 126
Meningiomas, 215
Meningitis, 205–208
bacterial, 205–208
causes and mechanisms of, 205–206
fungal, 206
nursing interventions for, 207–208
signs and symptoms of, 206
test results in, 206–207
treatment of, 207
viral, 206–208
Meningocele, 213–215
Meningococcal meningitis, 205
Meningococcal meningitis vaccine, 208
Metastasis, 151
Micturition reflex, 260
Midbrain, 200
Mode of transmission, 302
Monocyte, 126
Mononucleosis, infectious, 79–80, 320–321
Motor development stagers, 14f
Motor vehicle accidents
in early childhood, 21
in school-aged child, 23
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Mouth conditions, 62–64
dental caries, 62–63
malocclusion, 23, 62
stomatitis, 62, 63–64
Mouth examination, 40–41
Mucosal ulceration, from chemotherapy, 154
Mumps, 312–314
Muscles
opposing, 281
skeletal, 279f, 281
Muscle weakness, 44
Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne, 220–221
Musculoskeletal conditions, 281–298
Ewing sarcoma, 294
fracture, 283–285
hip dysplasia, 285–287
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, 292–294
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, 295
osteogenesis imperfecta, 287–288
osteomyelitis, 291–292
scoliosis, 288–290, 289f
slipped capital femoral epiphysis, 290–291
soft tissue injury, 281–283
talipes (clubfoot), 295–296
torticollis, 288
Musculoskeletal system, 278–281
bones of, 278–279, 280f
joints of, 280–281
overview of, 278
skeletal muscles of, 279f, 281
Myalgia, 206, 320
Myelomeningocele, 213–215
Myoclonic seizure, 202, 203
Myopia, 54N
Nail examination, 39
Nasopharyngitis, acute viral, 74–75
Natural immunity, 303
Naturally acquired active immunity, 303
Naturally acquired passive immunity, 303
Neck examination, 39–41
Neck vessel examination, 41
Neglect, 21
Neisseria gonorrhoeaeconjunctivitis,
in newborns, 56
Neisseria meningitidesmeningitis, 205