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Exam 3 Content Material Flashcards

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What organs would you expect to find in the Right upper quadrant?

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  • —Gall Bladder
  • Liver
  • R kidney
  • Duodenum
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What organs would you expect to find in the Right lower quadrant?

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  • —appendix
  • Ascending colon
  • R ureter
  • spermatic cord
  • ovary
  • ectopic pregnancy
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What organs would you expect to find in the Left upper quadrant?

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  • Stomach
  • —spleen
  • pancreas
  • L kidney
  • splenic flexure
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What organs would you expect to find in the Left lower quadrant?

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  • —segment of transverse colon
  • descending colon
  • L ureter
  • spermatic cord
  • ovary
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What are some common characteristics of the abdomen with older persons?

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  • —Fat migrates to the abdomen & hips – both genders—
  • More fat; less water content = Older persons “drier” than younger persons—
  • Delayed esophageal emptying—
  • Decreased gastric secretion—Increased incidence of gall stones
  • —Decreased liver size
  • —Common complaint – constipation
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What are some areas of abdominal visceral pain?

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  1. —Epigastric
  2. Periumbilical
  3. Suprapubic
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What are some characteristics of abdominal visceral pain?

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  • It occurs in —Solid or hollow organs
  • —Ranges from steady ache or vague to colicky pain - dilation or spasm
  • —Midline – bilateral innervation
  • —Poorly localized
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Epigastric pain will involve what structures?

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—Stomach, duodenum, biliary tract

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Preumbilical (umbilical) pain will involve what structures?

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—small bowel, appendix, cecum

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Suprapubic (hypogastric) pain will involve what structures?

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—colon, sigmoid, GU tract

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What are some characteristics of parietal pain?

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  • —Involves parietal peritoneum
  • —Sharp; localized —pain
  • Causes tenderness & guarding which progresses to rigidity
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What is refered pain?

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—An aching pain that is localized in same cutaneous (close to the surface) dermatone sharing same spinal cord levels as visceral inputs

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What are some examples of refered pain?

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  • —Myocardial infarction – Can cause pain in the epigastric, neck, jaw or upper extremity regoins
  • gall bladder disorders - Can cause pain the right shoulder early on in the disease
  • Ureteral obstruction – can cause testicular pain
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If a pt. states they have Loose, gray-tan, clay-colored stools, this can be an indication of what?

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  • blocked bile duct - due to absence of bile pigment
  • Can also be related to hepatitis
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It a pt. states they have black tarry stools this could indicate what?

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upper GI bleeding is occuring

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What is Hematemesis?

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  • Vommiting up blood (a significant amount of blood)
  • This can be attributed to an upper GI bleed
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What is Steatorrhea?

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  • —Yellow, pale stool with high fat content
  • Indicates malabsorption
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When conducting a health history with Women of child bearing age, what should you ask?

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  • —Last menses
  • —Sexual activity
  • If using —Contraception —
  • STDs
  • # of —Pregnancies
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When conducting a health history you would want to know if the pt is taking what medications?

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  • —NSAIDs - can cause ulcers
  • H2 blockers - blocks stomach acid
  • PPI - decreases stomach acid production
  • Coumadin - causes vitamin K deficiency
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What are some symptoms of Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)?

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—Burning, mid-epigastric pain usually 30-60 minutes after eating

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What is Cholecystitis?

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Inflammation of the gallbladder

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What are some symptoms of Cholecystitis?

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  • —Nausea & diarrhea 2-4 hrs. after eating fatty food, alcohol, caffeine
  • —Pain may radiate to R or L scapula (referred pain)
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What is a Pancreatitis?

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Inflammation of the pancreas

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What are some symptoms of a Pancreatitis?

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  • —Acute, boring, mid-epigastric pain that may radiate to L or R or into back —
  • N/V
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What do you look out for when inspecting the abdomen?

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  • Generalized skin color changes
  • Ecchymosis
  • Striae
  • Lesions & nodules
  • Scars
  • Abnormal movements
  • Contour, symmetry, and surface motion
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In what order are you going to conduct your physical assessment of the abdomen?

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—Inspect → auscultate → percuss → palpate

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What areas are you going to auscultate in the abdomen?

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  • —Diaphragm 4 quadrants —
  • Start at RLQ (ileocecal valve)
  • —Bowel sounds – 5-30/m normal
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When auscultating the abdomen what are some abnormal spunds you could hear?

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  • —Bruits in the aorta, renal, iliac & femorals —arteries
  • Venous hum —
  • Peritoneal rub
  • —Document & report abnormal findings
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What is the purpose of
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Light & deep palpation?

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You are feeling for —Tenderness which may be caused by:

local inflammation, peritoneal or underlying organ inflammation, stretching of organ capsule

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How would you Percuss the abdomen?

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—Percuss all four quadrants in supine position; Detects fluid, air, fluid-filled or solid masses

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What is Borborygmus?

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a rumbling or gurgling noise made by the movement of fluid and gas in the intestines; these sounds signal increased bowel motility

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A patient complaining of sharp pain w/ percussion @ the 12th rib at costovertebral angel is often associated with what?

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—pyelonephritis (inflammation of the kidney) or a renal stone

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What is Obturator’s sign used to check for?

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An inflammed appendix

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What is shifting dullness?

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—Percussing one side of abdomen causes shifting of fluid (if more than 500 ml fluid)

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What is Ascites?

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Ascites is the build up of fluid in the space between the lining of the abdomen and abdominal organs

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What is a hernia?

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Protrusion of abdominal viscera through abnormal opening in muscle wall

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What is Pyloric stenosis?

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A congenital defect causing a narrowing of the pyloric sphincter

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What is Pyrosis?

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A burning sensation in the esophagus and stomach from reflux of gastric acid

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What is a cholecystitis?

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Inflammation of the gallbladder?

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What does a positive Blumberg sign indicate?

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Peritoneal inflammation

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What is Murphy’s sign used for?

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To indicate cholecystitis

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How would you describe murphy’s sign?

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Pain felt when taking a deep breathe when the examiner’s fingers are on the appropriate location of the inflammed gallbladder

43
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What are straie?

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A silvery white or pink scar tissue formed by stretching of andominal skin as with pregnancy or obesity?

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What is kyphosis?

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An excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing hunching of the back.

This has a great occurance with people who are over 70 yrs old.

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What is the most common musculoskeletal concern that prompts a person to seek care?

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Joint pain

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What is Rheumatoid arthritis and what are some nursing considerations of this disease?

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  • Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term disease that leads to inflammation of the joints and surrounding tissues.
  • It involves symmetric joints (if one joint is inflammed, the other one will be too). Other musculoskeletal illnesses invovle isolated or unilateral joints.
  • RA pain is worse in the morning when arising.
  • RA stiffness occurs in the morning and after rest periods
  • Movement decreases pain
  • S/S: fatiuge, weakness, anorexia, Weight loss, low grade fever, lymphadenopathy.
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What is Osteoarthritis and what are some nursing implications for this disease?

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  • Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disorder, which is due to aging and wear and tear on a joint.
  • asymetric pain is localized and is worse usually later in the day
  • Movement increases pain
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What is Tendinitis and what are some nursing implications for this condition?

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  • Tendinitis is inflammation, irritation, and swelling of a tendon
  • Pain is worse in the morning but improves during the day
  • Movement increases pain
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What is myalgia?

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Pain in a muscle or group of muscles that is usually felt as cramping or aching

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Fractures have what kind of pain?

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Sharp pain that increases w/ movement

Other bone pain usually feels dull and deep and is unreleated to movement

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What is Osteoporosis?

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A decrease in skeletal bone mass occuring when rate of bone resorption is > than that of bone formation

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What are some risk factors w/ osteoarthritis?

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  • age > 50
  • Family history ( eg Rheumatoid Arthritis)
  • Obesity
  • Joint abnormality
  • History of trauma
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What are some factors that can cause Osteoporosis?

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  • age
  • Gender - Female
  • family history
  • estrogen deficiency
  • small stature
  • race – Northern European descent
  • Heavy cigarette and/or ETOH use
  • Poor diet with low Ca intake
  • Periods of immobilization
  • Use of steroids
  • Sedentary lifestyle
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What are some risks associated w/ osteoporosis?

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The weakened bone state increases the risk for stress fractures: especially at the hip, wrist, and verebrae.

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What is Costrochondritis and what are some nursing implications of this disease?

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  • inflammation of the ribs’ junctions to the sternum
  • **With movement, the pt. experiences chest pain **
  • Swelling, Heat/warmth, Redness
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How would temporalmandibular Joint pain manifest?

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Pain into the face and clicking noise with jaw movement

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In what order would you assess the musculoskeletal system?

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  1. Inspection
  2. Palpation
  3. Range of Motion
  4. Muscle Testing
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What is a Ganglion Cyst?

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swelling or benign tumor on a joint or tendon sheath

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When inspecting the musculoskeletal system, what are you assessing?

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  • Size
  • Contour
  • Skeletal changes –> Kyphosis/Scoliosis
  • Color
  • Swelling
  • Atrophy
  • Nodules
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When palpating the musculoskeletal system, what are you assessing for?

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  • Sensation: for any Tenderness/Pain
  • Temperature: warmth and tenderness signal inflammation
  • Swelling / Mass: edema, Infection, inflammation
  • **Crepitus = audible and palpable crunching or grating that accompanies movement ( eg RA) **
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What is subuxation?

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2 bones in a joint stay in contact but their alignment is off

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What is contracture?

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Shortening of a muscle leading to limited ROM in a joint

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What is ankylosis?

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stiffness or fixation of a joint

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Describe articular disease

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Any disease that produces swelling and tenderness around the whole joint, and limts the ROM in both active and passive motion

Ex: arthritis

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Describe extra-articular disease

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  • Injury that occurs to a tendon, ligamnet, or nerve.
  • It produces swelling and tenderness to that one spot in the joint and affects only certain panes of ROM, especially during active motion
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What is crepitation?

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An audiable and palpable crunching or grating that accompanies movement.

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What is the phalen test?

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A test that reproduces numbness and burning in a person w/ carpal tunnel syndrome

The test: Ask the person to hold both hands back to back while flexing the wrists 90 degress.

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What is Tinel’s sign?

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Another test used to test carpal tunnel syndrome. Involves direct percussion of the location of the median nerve at the wrise and if positive, produced a burning and tingling along its distribution

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What is the most sensitive sign of joint disease?

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Limited ROM

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What are some characteristics of muscle strength?

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Muscle strength should be equal bilaterally and should fully resist opposing force.

  • Grade 0 – 5 ( 0 = no contraction, 5 = Full ROM against gravity, full resistance )
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What would you educate a person w/ osteoporosis on?

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  • Diet…milk, soy, limit caffeine
  • Exercise…..weight-bearing
  • Lifestyle….avoid smoking and alcohol
  • Bone density tests, measure height
  • Supplements….calcium and Vitamin D

**Assess for diseases eg thyroid. Assess medication SE’s ( eg corticosteroids, anticonvulsants, etc) **

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What is a bulge sign?

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The bulge sign confrims the presence of small amounts of fluid as you try to move the fluid from one side of the joint to the other.

To conduct this sign, firmly stroke up on the medial aspect of the knee 2-3 times to displace any fluid. Tap the lateral aspect, and watch the medial side in the ahollow for a distinct bulge from a fluid wave. Normaly none is present

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What is hallux valgus?

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Occurs when the distal part of the great toe is directed away from the body midline

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What is scoliosis?

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  • Lateral curvature of the thoracic and lumbar segments of the spine.
  • A difference in shoulder elevation and in level of scapulae and iliac crests occurs w/ scoliosis
  • At greatest risk are females 10 years of age through adolescence
  • Functional: Scoliosis that iis flexible, aparent when standing, and disapears when bending forward
  • Structural: it is fixed
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What is the straight leg raising or lasegue test?

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If lifting the affected leg reproduces sciatic pain, it confrims the presence of a herniated nucleus pulposus.

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What are nucleus pulposus?

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the jelly-like substance in the middle of the spinal disc

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What is joint effusion?

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  • Swelling from excess fluid in the joint capsule.
  • It is best observed anteriorly
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What is frozen shoulder?

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Occurs when the shoulder is painful and loses motion because of inflammation.

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What is tennis elbow?

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Chronic disabling pain at lateral epicondyle of humerus that radiates down extensor surface of forearm. Pain can be located in one finger. Resisting extension of the hand will increase pain.

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What is a colles fracture?

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  • A nonarticular fracture of the distal radius with or without fracture of the unla at the styloid process.
  • It usually occurs from a fall on an outstreached hand, and occurs more often in older women
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What is lordosis?

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Inward or concave curvature of the spine

Common throughout childhood

82
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What are the different movements for each part of the body?

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83
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What does wernicke’s area regulate?

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Language comprehension

Damage to this area results in receptive aphasia, in which the person can hear language but cannot understand it

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What does broca’s area regulate?

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Mediates motor speech

When injured in the dominant hemisphere, expressive aphasia occurs in which the person can’t talk but understands language

85
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What does the hypothylamus regulate?

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  • Major respiratory center
  • HR
  • BP
  • Temp
  • Sex drive
  • Sleep
86
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What is Anosmia?

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A decrease or loss of smell that occurs bilaterally w/ tabacco smoking, allergic rhinitis, and cocaine use.

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What is analgesia?

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Absent pain sensation

88
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What is Anesthesia?

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Absent touch sensation

89
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What is a clonus?

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A set of rapid rhythmic contractions of the same muscle

Occurs w/ upper motor neuron disease

90
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What is —Parasthesia?

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—Numbness, tingling —Prickly feeling —Burning sensation “pins & needles” —

Pattern: —stocking-glove Ascending from feet upward; hand upward – distal to proximal

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What is chorea?

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An abnormal involuntary movement disorder

92
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What does the cerebellum control?

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The cerebellum controls motor coordination of voluntary movements, equilibrium, and muscle tone. Cerebellar function is tested by balance tests (e.g., gait, Romberg test) and coordination and skilled movements

Impairment: —Hypotonia —Ataxia —Tremor – intention

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What is athetosis?

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Athetosis is slow, writhing, continuous, and involuntary movements of the extremities

94
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What is End-point nystagmus?

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a few beats of horizontal nystagmus at extreme lateral gaze, occurs normally.

95
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where is the extrapyramidal system located?

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The basal ganglia are large bands of gray matter buried deep within the two cerebral hemispheres that form the subcortical associated motor system (the extrapyramidal system).

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