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Chapter 30 Flashcards

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Abnormal drooping of the eyelid caused by edema or impairment of the third cranial nerve.

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Pytosis

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An involuntary, rhythmical oscillation of the eyes, occurs as a result of local injury to eye muscles and supporting structures or disorder of the cranial nerves innervating the muscles

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Nystagmus

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A thin white ring along the margin of the iris and is common with aging but is abnormal in anyone under age 40

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Arcus senilis

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The ability to see small details is?

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Visual acuity

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Testing for ____ is only important if the patient has a defect in the pupillary response to light

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Accommodation

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If assessment of pupillary reaction is normal in all tests, record the abbreviation ____

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PERRLA ( pupils, equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation)

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What are the 3 types of hearing loss?

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Conduction
Sensineural
Mixed loss

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

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Conduction

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Farsightedness. Persons are able to see clearly see distant objects but not close objects

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Hyperopia

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Nearsightedness. Able to see near

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Myopia

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Impaired near vision

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Presbyopia

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Congenital condition in which both eyes do not focus on an object simultaneously. Eyes appear crossed

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Strabismus

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Local skin breakdown

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Excoriation

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For the patient with nasogastric tube, routinely check for local skin breakdown _____of the naris, characterized by redness and skin breakdown

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Excoriation

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Tumor like growths

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Polyps

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true or false

Anemia causes pallor of the lips

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True

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16
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Cyanosis is caused by?

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Respiratory and cardiovascular problems

17
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Cherry colored lips indicated by?

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Carbon monoxide poisoning

18
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Symmetrical smile reveals?

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Normal facial nerve function

19
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Thick white patches _____ are often precancerous lesion in heavy smokers and alcoholic

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Leukoplakia

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Random, sudden rein flatiron of groups of alveoli, disruptive passage of air through small airways. They are high pitch fine, short usually not cleared with coughing

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Crackles

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Loud, low pitched, rumbling coarse sounds are heard either during inspiration or expiration and sometimes cleared by coughing. They primarily heard over trachea and bronchi

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Rhonchi

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Hugh pitched continuous musical sounds are like squeak heard continuously during inspiration or expiration, usually louder on expiration. Heard all over lung fields.

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Wheezes

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Dry rubbing or grating quality is heard during inspiration

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Pleural friction rub

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Positioning to assessed rectum and vagina

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Sims

25
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Position aids in detecting murmurs/heart

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Lateral recumbent

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This is most normally relaxed position. It provides easy access to pulse sites. But if patient becomes sob raise the head of bed.

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Supine

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Sitting upright provides full expansion of lungs

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Sitting

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Position is for abdominal assessment because it promotes relaxation of abdominal muscles

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Dorsal recumbent

29
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Position is only for assessing extension of hip joint, skin, buttocks

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Prone

30
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Position provides maximal exposure of rectal area

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Knee chest

31
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Non blanching, pinpoint size, red or purple of the skin caused by small hemorrhages in the skin layers

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Petechiae

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Thickening of skin

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Senile keratosis

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Change in angle between nail and nail base ( 180 deg) causes chronic lack of oxygen: heart or pulmonary disease

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Clubbing

34
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Spoon nails or concave nails causes iron deficiency, syphillis pr use of strong detergent

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Koilonychia

35
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Red or brown linear streaks in nail bed causes by minor trauma, subacute bacterial endocarditis

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Splinter hemorrhages

36
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Inflammation of skin base of nail

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Parang chia

37
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Transverse depression causes by severe infection

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Beau’s lines

38
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Are sustained swishing or blowing sounds heard at the beginning, middle, or end of the systolic or diastolic phase

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Murmurs

39
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An increased lumbar curvature or swayback

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Lordosis

40
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Lateral spinal curve

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Scoliosis

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Exaggeration of the posterior curvature of the thoracic spine. This is postural abnormality is common in older adults

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Kyphosis

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