Ch 30 potter health assessment and physical exam

Question 1

3 types of hearing loss are

Answer 1

conduction, sensorineural, and mixed

Question 2

interrupts sound waves as they travel from the outer ear to the cochlea of the inner ear because the sound waves are not transmitted through the outer and middle ear structures

Answer 2

conduction loss

Question 3

include swelling of the auditory canal and tears in the tympanic membrane

Answer 3

Causes of a conduction loss

Question 4

involves the inner ear, auditory nerve, or hearing center of the brain. Sound is conducted through the outer and middle ear structures, but the continued transmission of sound becomes interrupted at some point beyond the bony ossicles
-becomes interrupted beyond bony ossicle

Answer 4

sensorineural loss

Question 5

involves a combination of conduction and sensorineural loss

Answer 5

mixed loss

Question 6

experience an inability to hear high-frequency sounds and consonants (e.g., S, Z, T, and G)

Answer 6

Older adults

Question 7

risk for hearing loss caused by ototoxicity (injury to auditory nerve) resulting from high maintenance doses of antibiotics (e.g., aminoglycosides).

Answer 7

ototoxicity

Question 8

allows for comparison of hearing by bone conduction with that of air conduction
-256 to 512 hertz (Hz) commonly used

Answer 8

tuning fork

Question 9

are irregularly shaped, elevated areas of superficial localized edema that vary in size

Answer 9

Wheals

Question 10

are palpable, circumscribed, solid elevations in the skin that are smaller than 1 cm

Answer 10

Papules

Question 11

are elevations of skin similar to

vesicles, but they are filled with pus and vary in size like acne.

Answer 11

Pustules

Question 12

are circumscribed, elevated skin lesions filled with serous fluid that measure less than 1 cm

Answer 12

Vesicles

Question 13

abnormal drooping of the lid over the pupil is

called

Answer 13

ptosis

Question 14

can lead to lashes of the lids irritating the conjunctiva and cornea

Answer 14

entropion

Question 15

is a bulging of the eyes and usually indicates hyperthyroidism

Answer 15

Exophthalmos

Question 16

Hyperactive sounds are loud,

“growling” sounds called ?, which indicate increased GI motility

Answer 16

borborygmi

Question 17

sounds have an

expiration phase longer than the inspiration phase at a 3:2 ratio

Answer 17

Bronchial breath

Question 18

sounds have an inspiratory phase equal to the expiratory phase

Answer 18

Bronchovesicular breath

Question 19

sounds are normal breath sounds; the inspiratory phase is 3 times longer than the expiratory phase

Answer 19

Vesicular breath