Vocab Week 7

Question 1

Wt

Answer 1

Weight

Question 2

HC

Answer 2

Head circumference Average 34-36 cm

Question 3

OFC

Answer 3

Occipitofrontal circumference Measurement from front to back of head

Question 4

N/C

Answer 4

No change

Question 5

Plagiocephaly

Answer 5

Flat spot on the back/one side of the head

Question 6

Turricephaly

Answer 6

Tall head relative to width and length

Question 7

Microcephaly

Answer 7

Abnormally small head Associated with incomplete brain development

Question 8

Macrocephaly

Answer 8

Large head circumference

Question 9

Hydrocephaly

Answer 9

Abnormal build-up of CSF in ventricles of brain Can compress and damage the brain

Question 10

Sutures

Answer 10

Fibrous material that holds together the bony plates that the skull is composed of

Question 11

Metopic

Answer 11

A suture uniting the frontal bones in the fetus fails to close completely/partially in childhood

Question 12

Coronal

Answer 12

Vertical plane that divides body into back and belly

Question 13

Lambdiodal

Answer 13

Suture of the posterior part of the skull that connects the parietal with the occipital bone

Question 14

Fontanelle

Answer 14

A space between the bones of the skull in the infant/fetus where ossification is not complete and sutures are not fully formed

Question 15

PERRL

Answer 15

Pupils Equal, Round, Reactive to Light

Question 16

EOMs

Answer 16

Extraoccular muscles 6 muscles that control eye movement

Question 17

Iris

Answer 17

Flat, colored, ring-shaped membrane behind the cornea of the eye, with an adjustable circular opening in the center Gives eye color

Question 18

Sclerae

Answer 18

Tough white fibrous outer layer of the eyeball

Question 19

Helix

Answer 19

The incurved rim of the external ear

Question 20

Anhelix

Answer 20

Prominent curved fold of cartilage just inside the outer rim of the external ear

Question 21

Lobule

Answer 21

A small lobe

Question 22

Tragus

Answer 22

Prominence on the inner side of the external ear

Question 23

Antragus

Answer 23

A projection of the auricle of the ear posterior to the tragus

Question 24

Preauricular

Answer 24

Situated anterior to the auricle of the ear

Question 25

Malar

Answer 25

Of, or relating to the cheek

Question 26

Maxilla

Answer 26

Upper jaw

Question 27

Mandible

Answer 27

Lower jawbone

Question 28

Micrognathia

Answer 28

Small jaw

Question 29

Prognathism

Answer 29

Jaw protrudes

Question 30

Uvula

Answer 30

Fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate that hangs above the throat

Question 31

Philtrum

Answer 31

Vertical groove between the nose and the border of the upper lip

Question 32

Vermillion Border

Answer 32

Normally sharp demarctation between the lip and normal skin

Question 33

Internipple distance

Answer 33

Measurement between the centers of both nipples

Question 34

Cor S1 and S2

Answer 34

Cor is latin word for heart S1: first heart sound (marks start of systole) S2: second heart sound (marks end of systole)

Question 35

Murmur

Answer 35

Abnormal sound heard when listening to the heart Due to blood passing through deformed cardiac valves

Question 36

P&A

Answer 36

Posterior and Anterior

Question 37

N/T or N/D

Answer 37

N/T: nontender N/D: nondistended

Question 38

Visceromegaly

Answer 38

Enlargement of the organs inside the abdomen

Question 39

Presacral

Answer 39

Space inside the pelvis; usually empty or contains a pocket of fat

Question 40

Dermatoglyphics

Answer 40

The study of skin markings or patterns on fingers, hands, or feet

Question 41

Palmar crease: simian

Answer 41

A single line that runs across the palm of the hand

Question 42

Palmar crease: sydney

Answer 42

Extended head line which crosses full palm and presence of normal heart line

Question 43

Brachydactyly

Answer 43

Shortening of fingers and toes due to unusually short bones

Question 44

Clinodactyly

Answer 44

Curvature of a digit in the plane of the palm

Question 45

DTR

Answer 45

Deep Tendon Reflex

Question 46

Cranial Nerves

Answer 46

12 pairs of nerves that arise directly from the brain and pass through separate apatures in the skull

Question 47

Ht

Answer 47

Height

Question 48

Bracycephaly

Answer 48

Disproportionate shortness of the head Cephalic index of cranium is over 80

Question 49

Dolichocephaly

Answer 49

Head is longer (relative to its width) then would be expected Cephalic index is 75 or less

Question 50

Sagital

Answer 50

Divides body into R and L portions