37. Preparing for Examinations

Question 1

Position with the human body upright, facing forward, with the palms facing toward the front of the body.

Answer 1

Anatomical

Question 2

Before or in front of.

Answer 2

Anterior

Question 3

Pertaining to the back.

Answer 3

Dorsal

Question 4

Body position in which the patient is on their back, face up, legs separated, knees flexed with flat feet.

Answer 4

Dorsal Recumbent

Question 5

Difficult or labored breathing.

Answer 5

Dyspnea

Question 6

Having a window or opening.

Answer 6

Fenestrated

Question 7

Full or partial sitting examination position.

Answer 7

Fowler’s

Question 8

Flat and even, level.

Answer 8

Horizontal

Question 9

Not capable; not legally qualified; deficient.

Answer 9

Incompetent

Question 10

Body position in which the patient kneels on the exam table with buttocks elevated, back straight, and chest resting on the table.

Answer 10

Knee-Chest

Question 11

Examination position wherein the patient lies on the back with thighs flexed upon the abdomen and legs flexed upon the thighs.

Answer 11

Lithotomy

Question 12

Body position that requires the use of a proctologic examination table; Patient kneels on the kneeboard of the table, bends at the hips, and rests the chest on the table with head supported by a headboard.

Answer 12

Proctological

Question 13

Lying horizontal with the face down.

Answer 13

Prone

Question 14

Lying down.

Answer 14

Recumbent

Question 15

Condition in which the pulse becomes weak and rapid, the blood pressure drops, and the patient is pale and clammy.

Answer 15

Shock

Question 16

Inspection of the sigmoid colon with an instrument.

Answer 16

Sigmoidoscopy

Question 17

Examination position with the patient lying on the left side.

Answer 17

Sims’

Question 18

Lying horizontally on the back.

Answer 18

Supine

Question 19

Position with the head lower than the feet.

Answer 19

Trendelenburg

Question 20

Pertaining to the anterior or the front of the body.

Answer 20

Ventral