Signs

Question 1

Battle Sign

Answer 1

Bruising behind the ear that indicates a basilar skull fracture; also includes “Raccoon Eyes”

Question 2

Bells Palsy

Answer 2

Lesion on cranial nerve number 7

Question 3

Babinski’s Sign

Answer 3

Fanning of the toes when stroked on the heel

Question 5

Clubbing

Answer 5

COPD

Question 6

Braxton Hicks’s Contractions

Answer 6

Uterine contractions that occur in the second to third trimester; they are sporadic and usually painless (false contraction)

Question 8

Brudinski’s Sign

Answer 8

Passive flexion of the leg on one side causes a similar movement in the opposite leg

Question 9

Cushing’s Disease

Answer 9

Hyperadrenalism

Question 11

Cullen’s Sign

Answer 11

Bruising around the belly button indicating blood in the abdomen

Question 12

Homans Sign

Answer 12

Sign of DVT

Question 15

Grey Turner’s Sign

Answer 15

Bruising along the flanks due to blood in soft tissue

Question 16

Doll’s Sign

Answer 16

No coordination between eyes and head

Question 17

Kehr’s Sign

Answer 17

Violent pain in the left shoulder; pain in LUQ also; sign of ruptured spleen

Question 19

Lloyd’s Sign

Answer 19

Pain in kidney when palpated (kidney infection)

Question 20

McMurray’s Sign

Answer 20

Clicking in knee when ankle internally rotated

Question 22

Romberg Test

Answer 22

Cincinnati Stroke Scale

Question 23

Kussmaul’s Sign

Answer 23

Bilateral or paradoxical increase in JVD with inspired breath

Question 24

Murphy’s Sign

Answer 24

Pain over gall bladder (RUQ); cholecystitis

Question 25

Levine’s Sign

Answer 25

The placement of a fist or hand over the sternum to indicate pain and sometimes type

Question 28

Kernig’s Sign

Answer 28

The inability to straighten leg fully once hip is rotated to 90 degrees

Question 32

Rovsing’s Sign

Answer 32

Pain in the right abdomen at McBurney’s point when pressure is applied on the left