Exam 1

Question 0

Musculoskeletal complaints are second only to _______ as the reason why patients seek care?

Answer 0

Respiratory complaints

Question 1

What is a clinical diagnosis?

Answer 1

A diagnosis made on the basis of the case history and the physical examination alone, without benefit of laboratory tests or x-ray films.

Question 2

“pins & needles” sensation felt along specific skin demarcations

Answer 2

Paresthesia

Question 3

Neuromusculoskeletal disturbances that disrupt the functionof internal organs

Answer 3

Somatovisceral

Question 4

What is the acronym for past health history?

Answer 4

IMIST

Illnesses, medications, injuries, surgeries, transfusions.

Question 5

What are the 3 stages of a fever?

Answer 5

1. Chills
2. Hot stages
3. Sweating

Question 6

Relapsing fevers are associated with what diseases?

Answer 6

Hodgkin’s disease and malaria (ticks and lice).

Question 7

How much water can a body gain and lose in 20 minutes?

Answer 7

Gain - 6oz.

Lose - 22oz.

Question 8

What are the main signs of

1. Heat cramps
2. Heat exhaustion
3. Heat stroke

Answer 8

1. involuntary musclehypertonicity of the legs & abdomen.
2. cold, clammy, sweaty skin, weakness, dizziness, faintness, headache,or rapid, shallow breathing.
3. hot dry skin, dyspnea, arrhythmia, dilatedpupils, seizures, coma & even death.

Question 9

Every heartbeat pumps how much blood?

Answer 9

5 tablespoons of blood.

Question 10

Average heart rate?

Answer 10

60-90 bpm

Question 11

What are the rates for bradycardia and tachycardia?

Answer 11

Bradycardia - less than 60 Bpm

Tachycardia - more than 100 Bpm

Question 12

heart rate speeds upwith each inspiration & slows again with expiration.

Answer 12

Sinus arrhythmia

Question 13

What are the rates for tachypnea and bradypnea?

Answer 13

Tachypnea - >20 Bpm

Bradypnea - <12 Bpm

Question 14

Normal systolic and diastolic pressure

Answer 14

Systolic: 100 - 140 mmHg
Diastolic: 60 -90 mmHg

Question 15

Essential or idiopathic hypertension accounts for what percentage of people with high blood pressure?

Answer 15

92%

Question 16

What are the 5D’s and 3N’s of stroke?

Answer 16

zziness 
Diplopia 
Dysarthria 
Dysphagia 
Difficult walking 
Nausea/vomiting 
Numbness
Nystagmus

Question 17

What is involved with the stroke quick test?

Answer 17

Smile, talk, tongue in cheeks, raise hands over their head

Question 18

What is involved when the TMJ is tender to palpation?

Answer 18

Rheumatoid arthritis

Question 19

What is involved with crepitus and the TMJ?

Answer 19

Osteoarthritis

Question 20

Hodgkin’s disease produces what kind of lymph nodes?

Metastatic cancer lymph nodes?

Answer 20

Hodgkins- Large rubbery nodes

Metastatic cancer - rock hard nodes

Question 21

Hypothyroidism with an iodine deficiency

Answer 21

Cretinism

Question 22

1 cause in the US for hypothyroidism

Answer 22

Hashimoto’s disease

Question 23

A severe, advanced adult onset form of hypothyroidism?

Answer 23

Myxedema

Question 24

What are the physical signs and symptoms of hyperthyroidism?

Answer 24

Enlarged gland, weight loss in spite of constant hunger, nervousness, tremors, fatigue, heat intolerance, diarrhea & palpitations.

Question 25

What is the MC form of hyperthyroidism?

Answer 25

Grave’s disease