NR304 FINAL EXAM BEST REVIEWS
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
S What is percussion - tapping the person's skin with short, sharp strokes to assess underlying structures
indirect percussion - strike finger or hand placed over body surface
What is tympany - high-pitched and musical heard in air-filled abd organs like stomach and intestines
What is Resonance - low-pitched sound heard over normal lungs
What is Hyperresonance - Loud, lower-pitched sound than normal resonance heard over hyperinflated
lungs, such as in COPD and acute asthma.
What is dullness - High-pitched, soft, short. Heard over solid organs
What is flattness - high-pitched, very soft, very short. Heard over solid tissue (muscle and bone)
Direct percussion - involves striking a finger or hand directly against the patient's body
Blunt Percussion - used to detect tenderness over organs by placing one hand flat on the body surface
and using the fist of the other hand to strike the back of the hand flat on the body surface
Normal tempterature Range: Oral - 96.4 to 99.1
Difference between apical and radial pulse rate - Pulse Deficit
Ausculatory gap - sounds disappear between systolic and diastolic BP
Arterial blood pressure - force of clood pushing against side of vessel wall
Systolic blood pressure - maximum pressure during left ventricular contraction (Systole)
Diastolic BP - Pressure in the arteries when the heart is resting
Pre-hypertensive - 120-139/80-89
Stage 1 HTN - 140-159/90-99
Stage 2 HTN - >160/>100
Values less than _____indicated O2 to the tissues is inadequate - 85%
Functions of the middle ear - 1) conducts sound vibrations from the outer ear to the central hearing
apparatus in the inner ear;
2) it protects the inner ear by reducing the amplitude of loud sounds; and 3) its eustachian tube allows
equalization of air pressure on each side of the tympanic membrane so that the membrane does not
rupture
What is presbycusis - age-related hearing loss, high frequencies lost first
, Vertigo - Condition of dizziness, "room spinning"
What is the age of hearing loss - onset occurs in the 50's and slowly progresses
What is Otitis Media - middle ear infection
What is Otorrhea - discharge from the ear
Where is the cone of light in the left ear - 7 o'clock
Where is the cone of light in the right ear - 5 o'clock
What is Tophi - yellow non tender nodules on helix secondary to gout (contain uric acid crystals)
What are the three tests for hearing - Whisper Test
Weber/Rinne
Romberg
What is presbyopia - farsightedness
What is Xanthelasma - Triglyceride buildup (under eye)
What is Macular degeneration - most common cause of blindness
Central vision Loss
What are cataracts - lens opacity that impairs vision. cloudy over pupil. with younger people due to
exposure to UV light.
What is Arcus Senilis - lipid material around the limbus
What is glaucoma - increased ocular pressure, restricted fluid flow
What is strabismus - cross-eyed
What at the EOM's - Corneal light reflex
Cover Test
Diagnostic positions test
What are the ten groups of lymph nodes - Preauricular
Posterior Auricular
Occipital
Submental
Submandibular
Jugulodiagastric
Superficial cervical chain
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