PcmII Exam 1 Flashcards
Normal liver span and location
6-12 cm at MCL on R
Normal spleen span and location
6-10 cm at mid axillary line on L
Normal bowel sounds
5-35 clicks or gurgles per min
Gallbladder cancer would show up on P/E with nonpainful “fullness” feel during palpation over liver. What is this called
Courvoisier’s Sign
What two. Tests when positive indicate gallbladder etiology
MC Bladder (murphy’s and courvoisier’’s sign)
Ecchymoses around umbilicus
Cullen’s sign: hemoperitoneum
Ecchymoses of the flanks
Grey turner’s sign ((hemoperitoneum))
Spinal injury without fracture
Subluxation
Spinal injury with or without neurologic injury
Dislocation or fracture
Anterior subluxation and wedge fractures are examples of cervical injuries that occur as a result of which motion
Flexion
hangmans fracture, teardrop fracture are all examples of cervical injuies that occur during which motion
Extension
Axial compression can cause what kind of cervical fracture
Jefferson C1 burst
Clay shovelers fracture occurs to which cervical vertebrae
C6 and 7
C1 burst fracture is also called
Jefferson
If dens fractures at junction of process and body of c2 its called
Dens fracture
Bilateral arch fracture of C2 that is often unstable
Hangmans fracture
Hangmans fracture is result from what kind of motion
Hyperextension
Hyperextension or avulsion can cause __ fracture in cervical spine
Spinous process
Clay shovelers is fracture of what part of the C6 or C7 vertebra
Spinous process
What kind of teardrop fracture is unstable
Anterior inferior
A fracture and dislocation resulting from flexion and compression injury
Teardrop fracture
Compression fracture that results from flexion loading force
Wedge
Which kind of fracture can result in severe spinal cord damage
Burst
Dorsiflexion (heel. Walk) evaluates what spinal segment
L5
