Lab Practicum Flashcards
Define rods
dim light and peripheral vision
define cones
color and high acuity in bright light
What was the purpose of the 2 point discrimination test?
Test sensory nerve endings
Universal recipient
AB
Universal donor
O
Define systolic
first pulsating when reading blood pressure
Define diastolic
smooth after first pulsation when reading blood pressure
What effect does ANS have on blood pressure?
Fight and Flight
Axillary vein is located?
in the arm pit
Negative pressure
intrapulmonary pressure must be lower than the atmospheric pressure for inspiration to occur
How does air move?
increase to decrease pressure
define atmospheric pressure?
air rushes in
Define intrapulmonary pressure
decrease when lungs increase
Logls
=starch
positve= starch present looks dark
negative= digestion occured
Benedicts
=simple sugars
positive= digestion occured looks red/orange
Conductive hearing loss
interference of sound conduction through the outer/middle ear
Sensorineural hearing loss
damage to the inner ear or the vestibulochlear nerve
Weber test
turning fork placed on top of head
Rhine test
turning fork placed behinf the ear and on the mastoid process
Error of localization
tests the ability to determine the location of the skin touched and demonstrates how well represented each region of the skin in the cerebral cortex
Auscuation
listening; sethascope
palpation
process of feeling with fingers
where does palpation occur?
radial, ulnar, brachial, carotid, temporal, femoral, popliteal, posterior tibial, dorsalis, pedis arteries.
