Part 5 Flashcards
Cisterna chyli
Dilated lymph vessel usually located on the right of the first or second lumbar vertebra marking the beginning of the thoracic duct
Thoracic duct
Receives overwhelming majority of lymphatic drainage from the entire left side and bottom right side of body, travels up the left side of the abdomen and thorax to empty where the left internal jugular and left subclavian vein meet
Right lymphatic duct
Responsible for minimal lymphatic drainage from the body, just the right upper extremity and right side of the head, travels to empty into the junction where the right internal jugular and right subclavian vein meet
Horizontal inguinal lymph nodes
Travel along th einguinal canal and drain the lower abdomen and buttocks, external genitalia (minus testes or ovaries) scrotum, anal, and lower vagina
Vertical inguinal lymph nodes
Travel along the line of the great saphenous vein and drain portions of the leg corresponding
Infraclavicular nodes
Any palpation is abnormal and can be indicative of breast cancer or malignant lymphoma
Virchow’s node and what does it represent
Left supraclavicular node if palpated indicative of stomach, intestinal, breast, lung, or lymphoma cancers
Milroy’s disease
Lymphatic system congenital defect where valves do not work resulting in lymphedema (hard, non pitting, thickened skin)
Cullen’s sign
Bruising around the umbilicus indicative of acute pancreatitis or intra-abdominal bleeding
Grey turner’s sign
Bruising around the flanks, a sign of retroperitoneal hemorrhage or pancreatic necrosis in severe pancreatitis
Caput medusa
Distension and engorging of periumbilical veins seen with late stage hepatic cirrhosis
Rovsing’s sign
Press deeply in LLQ, pain in RLQ with pressure in LLQ is positive for appendicitis
Psoas sign
Test for appendicitis involving either having pt lay on left side and passively extending the right hip past normal orientation to see if pain is elicited, or by pressing on knee and having pt against resistance flex the right hip
Murphy’s sign
Ask patient to exhale, place hand below costal margin on right side of midclavicular line, have patient inspire, if sharp pain then positive test for acute cholecystitis
Inspeection of the breast
Make sure you check for 4 views (hands at sides, hands on hips, hands overhead and leaning forward)
Cervical motion test/chandellier test
A test for PID during the bimanual exam involving physical manipulation of the cervix, positive if patient experiences acute pain from manipulation
MSE Judgement exam
“What would you do if you saw a fire while in a grocery store”
MSE Insight exam
What brings you here today
MSE abstract thinking exam
What does the proverb Rome wasn’t built in a day mean to you?
MSE orientation exam
Tell me your name, where you are, what is the date
MSE attention exam
Serial 7’s, spell world backward
MSE recent memory and remote memory exam
Recent news, name last 4 presidents
MSE new learning ability exam
Give 3 words and have them repeat after 5 minutes
MSE info and vocab exam
Name an object
MSE constructional ability exam
Draw a clock
Cranial nerves sensory, motor, or both
Some (I) Say (II) Money (III) Matters (IV) Some (V 1) Say (V 2) Brains (V 3) My (VI Brother (VII) Says (VIII) Big (IX) Boobs (X) Matter (XI) Most (XII)
CN I function and test
Olfaction, do sniff test, inspect nasal cavity, test each side with smell test
CN II function and test
Vision, visual fields by confrontuation, manipulate to view conjunctiva, snellen chart and color vision test, fundoscopic exam
CN III, function and test
Motor movement of eye and extraocular muscles except superior oblique and lateral rectus, , pupil size test, accommodation, direct and indirect response to light, nystagmus, lid lag,
CN IV and VI test function and tests
eye’s ability to move down and inward torsionally and eye’s ability to move to the lateral side
Strabismus vs ambylopia
Cross eyed due to paralysis or weakness of EOMs vs lazy eye which is visual acuity of cranial nerve ii that results in failure of acuity and favoring of the other eye that cannot be fixed wit hglasses
Adie’s (tonic) pupil
Absence of light response in dilated pupil (cannot constrict), can be seen in diabetic neuropathy or alcoholism
Argyll Robertson pupil
Absence of pupillary dilation in dark, pathognomonic of neurosyphilis
CN V function and test
Facial sensation and motor function of the jaw, sharp dull test, corneal reflex,
corneal reflex
involuntary blinking of both eyelids (direct and consensual) in responnse to stimulus, begins with CN V for sensory afferent fibers and then hits the pons of the brain before triggering efferent fibers of CN VII to initiate the blink
CN VII function and test
Muscle of facial expression and taste on anterior 2/3 of tongue, facial motion test, taste test
Branches of facial nerve motor function (remember the pneumonic two zebras bit my clavicles)
Temporal Zygomatic Buccal Mandibular Cervial
CN VIII function and test
Hearing and balance, finger rub test, rinne and weber
CN IX function and test
Muscles of the throat, posterior 1/3 of tongue taste sensation
Swallow test, gag reflex, taste sensation test
CN X function and test
Esophagus contraction, ear sensation, pericardium, bronchi, stomach, uvula, say ahhh,
CN XI function and test
Trapezius and SCM function, test with resistance
CN XII function and test
Motor tongue innervation, look for deviation, cheek test
Hyperactive DTR’s and spacticity are a sign of
Upper motor lesion
Hypoactive DTR’s and flaccidity are a sign of
Lower motor lesion
Recall corticospinal, spinothalamic, and posterior column tracts
Corticospinal - voluntary movement and muscle tone
spinothalamic - pain, temp, crude touch
posterior column - position, vibration, refinded touch
Stereognosis test
Hold hands out and close eyes, give object and have them know it
Graphesthesia test
Draw a number on a patient’s hand and have them tell you what it is