Glossary

Question 1

ophthalmoscope

Answer 1

a device for examining the interior of the eye.

Question 2

otoscope

Answer 2

an instrument used to examine the external ear, the eardrum, and, through the eardrum, the ossicles of the middle ear

Question 3

tympany (Types of Sounds)

Answer 3

a loud, high-pitched musical sound percussed over the upper gastric area or a pneumothorax.

Question 4

resonance

Answer 4

an echo or other sound produced by percussion of an organ or cavity of the body during a physical exam.

Question 5

Hyperresonance

Answer 5

An extreme degree of resonance.
2. Resonance increased above the normal, and often of lower pitch, on percussion of an area of the body; occurs in the chest as a result of over inflation of the lung as in emphysema or pneumothorax and in the abdomen over distended bowel.

Question 6

Dullness

Answer 6

The character of the sound obtained by percussing over a solid part incapable of resonating; usually applied to an area containing less air than those that can resonate.

Question 7

Flatness

Answer 7

Same as dullness

Question 8

Laminar Flow

Answer 8

Fluid or air moving in streamline; Turbulence heard at narrowing /roughening surface

Question 9

Trapezius squeeze

Answer 9

A painful stimuli by squeezing the trapezius muscle at the top of the shoulder

Question 10

Sundowners

Answer 10

a person with dementia who becomes increasingly irritable or difficult as the day progresses.

Question 11

CN I Olfactory

Answer 11

Smell

Question 12

CN II Optic

Answer 12

Vision

Question 13

CN III Oculomotor

Answer 13

Eye Up and Down motion

Question 14

CN IV Trochlar

Answer 14

Eye Lateral Movements

Question 15

CN V Trigeminal

Answer 15

Bilateral Face

Question 16

CN VI Abducens

Answer 16

Pupilary constriction and dilation direct and indirect

Question 17

CN VII Facial

Answer 17

Frown, Show teeth, Puff cheeks , Raise Eyebrows(Symmetry)

Ability to taste sweet, sour, salt (On front 2/3 of tongue)

Question 18

CN VIII Acoustic

Answer 18

Ears (Ability to hear)

Question 19

CN IX Glossopharangeal

Answer 19

Taste (Back 1/3 of tongue)

Gag Reflex

Question 20

CN X Vagus

Answer 20

Say AH! Soft palate rises. Assess for hoarseness

Question 21

CN XI Spinal Accessory

Answer 21

Shrug Shoulders and turn head against resistance.

Question 22

CN XII Hypoglossal

Answer 22

Stick out tongue mid-line. move side to side against resistance

Question 23

A good mnemonic for Cranial Nerves

Answer 23

"On Occasion, Old Tim Taylor Asks For Very Good Vagina And Head":
· From I to XII: Olfactory
Optic
Oculomotor
Trochlear
Trigeminal
Abducens
Facial
Vestibulocochlear
Glossopharyngeal
Vagus
Accessory
Hypoglossal

Question 24

dilator pupillae

Answer 24

Constricts the Iris and makes it smaller while dilating the Pupil and making it bigger

Question 25

Sphincter Pupillae

Answer 25

a muscle that contracts the iris, narrowing the diameter of the pupil of the eye.

Question 26

Atropine

Answer 26

A mydriatic that dilates Pupils

Question 27

Mydriatic

Answer 27

Dilates Pupils

Question 28

Miotic

Answer 28

1. adj, pertaining to miosis. 2. adj, causing constriction of the pupil of the eye. 3. n, any substance or pharmaceutic, such as pilocarpine, that causes constriction of the pupil of the eye. Such agents are used in the treatment of glaucoma.

Question 29

Belladonna Alcholoids

Answer 29

a group of anticholinergic alkaloids occurring in belladonna

Question 30

Ipsalateral

Answer 30

belonging to or occurring on the same side of the body.

Question 31

Scotoma

Answer 31

a defect of vision in a defined area of the visual field in one or both eyes. A common prodromal symptom is a shimmering film appearing as an island in the visual field.

Question 32

Hemianopsia

Answer 32

blindness in half of the normal visual field.

Question 33

Homonymous Hemianopsia

Answer 33

Homonymous hemianopia is a visual field defect involving either the two right or the two left halves of the visual fields of both eyes.

Question 34

Anisicoria

Answer 34

Anisocoria is unequal pupil size. The pupil is the black part in the center of the eye. It gets larger in dim light and smaller in bright light.

Question 35

Lymphadenopathy

Answer 35

any disorder characterized by a localized or generalized enlargement of the lymph nodes or lymph vessels.

Question 36

Auscultation

Answer 36

Auscultation is the method of listening to the sounds of the body during a physical examination . …

Question 37

Tricuspid Valve

Answer 37

a valve with three main cusps situated between the right atrium and right ventricle of the heart.

Question 38

Mitral Valve

Answer 38

a bicuspid valve situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle; the only valve with two, rather than three, cusps. The mitral valve allows blood to flow from the left atrium into the left ventricle but prevents blood from flowing back into the atrium.

Question 39

Pulmonic Valve

Answer 39

the valve at the entrance to the pulmonary trunk from the right ventricle; it consists of semi-lunar cusps (valvules), which are usually arranged in the adult in right anterior, left anterior, and posterior positions;

Question 40

Aortic Valve

Answer 40

a valve in the heart between the left ventricle and the aorta. It is composed of three semi-lunar cusps that close in diastole to prevent blood from flowing back into the left ventricle from the aorta.