MIDTERM Flashcards
Describe ringworm and the treatment
AKA tinea corporis. Red bumps, usually in a circle w lighter skin in center. Caused by fungal infection from dermatophytes
-antifungal medications
What is the cerebral em area that controls speech
Frontal lobe, more specifically Broca’s area
Cranial nerves that affect facial movement
Trigeminal
Facial
CT scan showing cerebral atrophy means
Alzheimer’s
Gap in between heel and leg
Ruptured Achilles
What is rickets and what causes it?
Caused by vitamin d deficiency. Results in imperfect calcification and soft bones that will bend into bow legs
3 muscles used for inter muscular injections
Deltoid
Quadriceps
Gluteus Maximus
What is most common injection site for babies
Quadriceps- baby’s leg muscle is the biggest muscle bc they don’t used their butt yet
Betsy had sever cold w nasal congestion. What bony structure becomes infected.
Sinuses
Types of fractures
Simple- bone breaks clearly no skin penetration
Compound- broken ends of bone protrude through skin
Comminuted- many fragments
Compression-bone is crushed
Impacted-broken bone ends forced into each other
Depressed- pressed inward
Spiral- ragged break occurs when excessive twisting force is applied
Greenstick- bone breaks incompletely
Types of burns
1st- pain and redness (only epidermis)
2nd- pain, redness, swelling, blisters (dermis and epidermis)
3rd- through dermis to other tissue. Whitening or blackened tissue
Having little subcutaneous tissue
Less insulation, helps regulate temp
Cyanosis
Blush gray discoloration if skin, mucus membranes and nail beds
Result of respiratory disease, disorder along with tight clothes/jewelry or cold exposure
Liver is able to
Regenerate itself
Why does torn cartilage have long recovery
Lacerations- long recovery .
Cartilage is a vascular which means fibrosis is harder to accomplish. They instead get nourishment from neighboring tissue
