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1
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What is the normal range for heart rate?

A

60-100

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2
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CARDIO: what are you looking for in the hands?

A

Nicotine staining
Clubbing
Palmer creases

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3
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CARDIO: What is the normal measurement of the JVP

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<3 cm

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4
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CARDIO: What is the anatomical position of the apex beat?

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5th intercostal space, mid clavicular line

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5
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CARDIO: Where are the different valves ausculated?

A

Aortic: upper right sternal edge (2nd ICS)
Pulmonary: uppler left sternal edge (2nd ICS)
Tricuspid: lower left sternal edge (5th ICS)
Mitral: where the apex is

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6
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CARDIO: what are the borders of the heart?

A

Right sternal edge (2nd)
Left sternal edge (3rd)
Right sternal edge (6th)
Left mid ICS (5th)

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7
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RESP: What are the borders of the lung?

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Along sternal border from apex to 4th costal cartilage.
Right lung arcs down to the 6th rib in the mid-clavicular line, the 8th rib in mid axillary line and 10th rib adjacent to the vertebral column

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8
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RESP: what are is the normal range for RR?

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12-16

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9
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RESP: Where does the trachea bifurcate?

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At the level of the manubriosternal junction (2nd costal cartilage, T4/5

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10
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RESP: Where are the apexes of the lung?

A

2.5 cm above the medial 3rd of the calvicle

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11
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GIT: What are the 6 signs you are looking for on the hand?

A 
Nicotine
Clubbing
Palmer creases
Dupeytrens contracture
Leuconychia
Metabolic flap
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12
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GIT: What are the features you are looking for on the chest and abdomen?

A 
Scars
Gynaecomastia
Striae
Caput medusa
Spider veins
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13
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GIT: what is the normal span of the liver?

A

12-13 cm

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14
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GIT: What are the organs in the RUQ?

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Liver, gallbladder

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15
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GIT: what are the organs in the LUQ?

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Spleen, stomach

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16
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GIT: Where is McBurney’s point?

A

1/3 of the along the line between the umbilicus and the midpoint

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17
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GIT: Where are the kidneys located?

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Left: XI
Right: XII

18
Q

GIT: Where is the spleen located?

A

Left ribs behind IX, X and XI.

19
Q

Lower limb: What are you looking for when observing the gait of the patient?

A

Fluidity

Asymmetry

20
Q

Lower limb: What are you looking for in general inspection?

A

Scars/deformities, muscle bulk, fasiculations

21
Q

Lower limb: What is paraparesis?

A

Incomplete loss of strength to legs

22
Q

Lower limb: What is monoplegia?

A

Complete loss of strength to one limb

23
Q

Lower limb sensory: Where do pain fibres decussate?

A

Spinal Cord

24
Q

Lower limb sensory: Where do proprioceptive fibres decussate?

A

Medulla

25
Q

Lower limb sensory: Where do soft touch decussate?

A

Medulla

26
Q

Lower limb sensory: Where are the dermatomes?

A

Label them

27
Q

Optic: What does 6/12 vision mean?

A

Patient can read something at 6 m that a normal person can read at 12 m

28
Q

Optic: What does the pinhole do?

A

Correct for refractive errors

29
Q

Optic: What effect would a unilateral lesion before the optic chiasm have on a patient’s visual field?

A

Unilateral blindness

30
Q

Optic: What cranial nerves are examined in the pupillary light reflex?

A

CNII (optic)

CNIII (opthalmic)

31
Q

Upper limb: What are the myotomes for biceps, brachialis, triceps and finger?

A

Bicep C5,6
Brachialis C5,6
Triceps C7,8
Finger C8

32
Q

Upper limb: What lesion is being tested in the finger-nose test?

A

Posterior cerebellar lesion

33
Q

Upper limb: What lesion is being tested in the Hand rapid alternating test?

A

Anterior Cerebellar Lesion

34
Q

Upper limb: Where are the dermatomes of the upper limb?

A

Show me

35
Q

Knee: Why do you push down above before performing the patellar tap?

A

The suprapatellar bursa communicates with the knee joint

36
Q

Knee: What are you palpating for at the back of the knee?

A

Baker’s cyst

37
Q

Knee: What is the normal range of the knee?

A

0 degree in extension

135 degree in flexion

38
Q

Shoulder: What features are you looking for in inspection?

A

Swelling, redness, scars, muscle wasting

39
Q

Shoulder: What are the anatomical landmarks you are feeling palpation stage?

A

Sternoclavicular, clavicle, acromioclavicular, coracoid process, anterior gelnonumeral joint line, biceps tendon, spine of scapula, medial border to inferior pole

40
Q

Shoulder: What is normal range of motion of the shoulder extension?

A

70 degrees

41
Q

Shoulder: What is normal range of motion of the shoulder external rotation?

A

90 degrees

42
Q

Shoulder: How far up the back should a normal person able to feel?

A

Lower border of the scapula T7

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