Critical Clinical Observation

Question 1

Dominant Eye

Answer 1

• used to assess symmetry
• make triangle with hand, as locate object at a distance within triangle
• close one eye, when the object stays centered, that is your dominant eye

Question 2

Mesomorphic

Answer 2

• athletic body type
• muscular or sturdy body build
• average persons
• mid ranges of ROM
• characterized by relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm

Question 3

Ectomorphic

Answer 3

• asthenic body type
• thin body build, long and linear frame
• tend to have high ROM
• characterized by relative prominence of structures developed from embryonic ectoderm

Question 4

Endomorphic

Answer 4

• pyknic body type
• heavy (fat) body build
• obese, increased fatty tissue
• tend to have lower ROM
• characterized by relative prominence of structures developed from embryonic endoderm

Question 5

Which body habit us is associated with an excess of mesoderm?

Answer 5

Endomorphic

Question 6

Red skin or erythema

Answer 6

Sign of inflammation

Question 7

Yellow skin of jaundice

Answer 7

Sign of liver disease

Question 8

Blue skin

Answer 8

Sign of cyanosis, or reaction to cold with Reynaud’s disease

Question 9

Blackness of skin

Answer 9

Sign of necrosis

Question 10

Pale skin

Answer 10

POSSIBLE indicator of anemia

Question 11

Skin lesion findings

Answer 11

• Asymmetry- a line through the middle would no create matching halves
• Border- irregular, wavy, jagged border, clearly defined against surrounding skin
• Color- uneven color, light brown to black
• Diameter- > 6mm
• Evolution- rapid evolution of size(width), color or thickness