Critical Clinical Thinking

Question 1

Dominant eye can be found by?

Answer 1

making a triangle with your two hands down. Looking at an object through the triangle with one eye closed. if the object stays withing the triangle, the open eye is dominant

Question 2

Mesomorphic Body type

Answer 2

muscular or sturdy body build
mid-range ROM

Prominant structures

developed from the mesoderm

Question 3

Ectomorphic Body Type

Answer 3

thin body build
long and linear frame

higher ROM

structures from ectoderm

Question 4

Endomorphic body type

Answer 4

heavy/fat - obese, increase in fatty tissues

lower ROM

structures from endoderm

Question 5

Redness =

Answer 5

erythema

inflamation

Question 6

Yellow =

Answer 6

jaundice- liver disease

Question 7

Blue =

Answer 7

cyanosis

Question 8

Blackness=

Answer 8

necrosis

Question 9

paleness=

Answer 9

anemia

Question 10

Tetralogy of Fallot

Answer 10

babies get blue limbs when upset

Question 11

collodial silver

Answer 11

can turn skin blu e

Question 12

When looking at the skin, you are looking for what?

Answer 12

Lesions
Scars
Tattoos
Piercings

Question 13

ABCDE

Answer 13

Asymmetry 
Border 
Color 
Diameter (.6mm) 
Evolution 

used to assess skin lesions

Question 14

Comparative Analysis

Answer 14

to compare the left and right as far as:
Symmetry
Heights
Deviation of midline

Question 15

Factors that cause asymmetry

Answer 15

bone deformity
joint deformity 
scoliosis 
sacral base 
lower extremity defects 
somatic dysfunction

Question 16

major areas to look for symmetry

Answer 16

eye level 
eare level 
ears 
acromion height 
clavicles 
arms iliac crests