Terms

Question 1

Koilonychias

Answer 1

Spoon nails

1. chronic hypoxia
2. Diabetes
3. Iron overload/insufficuency
4. Liver diesase

Question 2

Haemoptysis

Answer 2

Blood in sputum when coughed up from respiraroty tract

Question 3

Kussmaul breathing

Answer 3

Kussmaul breathing is a deep and labored breathing (air hunger) pattern often associated with

1. severe metabolic acidosis, particularly diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
2. but also kidney failure

Question 4

Cheyne stokes

Answer 4

abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by progressively deeper and sometimes faster breathing, followed by a gradual decrease that results in a temporary stop in breathing called an apnea

1. Stroke
2. Dying

Question 5

Pectus carinatum

Answer 5

also called pigeon chest, is a deformity of the chest characterized by a protrusion of the sternum and ribs

Question 6

Pectus excavatum

Answer 6

AKA Funnel chest - is the most common congenital deformity of the anterior wall of the chest, in which several ribs and the sternum grow abnormally. This produces a caved-in or sunken appearance of the chest. It can either be present at birth or not develop until puberty.

Question 7

Respiratory excursion

Answer 7

Chest expansion

Question 8

Diaphragmatic excursion

Answer 8

Movement of the diapragm (assessed through percussion)

Question 9

Trigeminal nerve

Answer 9

Opthalmic (Eyes)

Maillary (Upper jaw)

Mandibular (lower jaw)

Question 10

Nystagmus

Answer 10

Involunatry eye movement

Question 11

Ptosis

Answer 11

drooping of upper eyelid

Question 12

Xanthelasma

Answer 12

Yellow raise dlesions (near eye) can be due to many things, incl. high cholesterol

Question 13

Xanthomata

Answer 13

Raised yellow lesions on palms fo hands - can be due to may things incl. high cholesterol