Spring '23 Med Term 1

Question 1

Subjective

Answer 1

What a person says about himself/herself during while taking the health history

Question 2

Objective

Answer 2

What you as a health professional observe during the physical examination

Question 3

Inspection

Answer 3

concentrated watching. It is close, careful watching first of the individual as a whole and then of each body system

Question 4

Palpation

Answer 4

Applies your sense of touch to assess the following factors, texture, temperature, moisture, organ location and size, swelling, vibration/pulsation, etc.

Question 5

Percussion

Answer 5

Is tapping the persons skin with short, sharp strokes to assess underlying structures

Question 6

Auscultation

Answer 6

Listening to the sounds produced by the body, such as the heart and blood vessels

Question 7

Amplitude

Answer 7

intensity

Question 8

Pitch

Answer 8

frequency

Question 9

Quality

Answer 9

timbre

Question 10

Duration

Answer 10

the length of time the note lingers

Question 11

Affect

Answer 11

is a temporary expression of feelings or state of mind

Question 12

Mood

Answer 12

is more durable, a prolonged display of feelings or state of mind

Question 13

Orientation

Answer 13

The awareness of the objective world in relation to the self, Including person, place, and time

Question 14

Consciousness

Answer 14

Being aware of one’s own existence, feelings, and thoughts and of the environment. it is the most elementary of mental status functions

Question 15

Delirium

Answer 15

Is an acute confusional change or loss of consciousness and perceptual disturbance; it may accompany an acute illness, and is usually resolved when the underlying illness is treated

Question 16

Dementia

Answer 16

is a gradual, progressive process, causing decreased cognitive function even though the person is fully conscious and awake, it is not reversible

Question 17

Depression

Answer 17

Sad, gloomy, dejected; symptoms may occur with rainy weather, after a holiday, or with an illness; if the situation is temporary, the symptoms fade quickly.

Question 18

Memory

Answer 18

The ability to lay down and store experiences and perceptions for later recall

Question 19

Perception

Answer 19

An awareness of objects through the five senses

Question 20

Flat affect

Answer 20

Lack of emotional response; no expression of feelings

Question 21

Depersonalization

Answer 21

Loss of identity; feels estranged, perplexed about own identity

Question 22

Elation

Answer 22

Joy and optimism, overconfidence, increased motor activity, not necessarily pathological

Question 23

Euphoria

Answer 23

Excessive well-being, unusually cheerful or elated, which is inappropriate considering physical and mental condition+

Question 24

Anxiety

Answer 24

Worried, uneasy, apprehensive from the anticipation of danger whose source is unknown

Question 25

Fear

Answer 25

Worried, uneasy, apprehensive; external danger is known and identified

Question 26

Irritability

Answer 26

Annoyed, easily provoked, impatient

Question 27

Rage

Answer 27

Furious, loss of control

Question 28

Ambivalence

Answer 28

The existence of opposing emotions towards an idea, object, person

Question 29

Lability

Answer 29

Rapid shift in emotions

Question 30

Inappropriate affect

Answer 30

Affect clearly discordant with content of persons speech

Question 31

Epidermis

Answer 31

Thin but tough top layer of the skin

Question 32

Dermis

Answer 32

The inner supportive layer mostly consisting of connective tissue or collagen

Question 33

Subcutaneous

Answer 33

Adipose tissue, fat cells, Lowest level of the layers of the skin

Question 34

Apocrine

Answer 34

Produce thick milky secretions and open into the hair follicles. Puberty

Question 35

Hirsutism

Answer 35

Shaggy or excessive hair

Question 36

Erthema

Answer 36

Intense redness of the skin from excess blood in the dilated superficial capillaries

Question 37

Jaundice

Answer 37

A yellowish skin color that indicates rising amounts of bilirubin in the blood

Question 38

Cyanosis

Answer 38

A blueish mottled color from decreased perfusion; the tissues have high levels of deoxygenated blood

Question 39

Lesions

Answer 39

are traumatic or pathologic changes in previously normal structures

Question 40

Clubbing

Answer 40

Occurs wit congenital cyanotic heart disease, lung cancer, and pulmonary diseases. In early clubbing the angle straitens out to 18- degrees and the nail base feels spongy to palpation

Question 41

gtt

Answer 41

drops

Question 42

wt

Answer 42

weight

Question 43

ROM

Answer 43

range of motion

Question 44

PROM

Answer 44

Passive range of motion

Question 45

S/S

Answer 45

Signs and Symptoms

Question 46

I&O

Answer 46

Intake and output

Question 47

Tx

Answer 47

treatment

Question 48

Dx

Answer 48

diagnosis

Question 49

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Answer 49

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