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NR304 Final Exam Review Questions And CorrectAnswers 2024-2025
What is percussion? -Answer tapping the person's skin with short, sharp strokes to
examine underlying structures
indirect percussion -Answer strike finger or hand placed over body surface
What is tympany -Answer high-pitched and musical heard in air-filled abd organs like
stomach and intestines
What is Resonance -Answer low-pitched sound heard over normal lungs
What is Hyperresonance - Answer Loud, low pitched sound than the normal resonance
heard over hyperinflated lungs, such as in COPD and acute asthma.
What is dullness - Answer High pitched, soft, short. Heard over solid organs
What is flattness - Answer high pitched, very soft, very short. Heard over solid tissue ie,
muscle and bone)
Direct percussion - Answer involves striking a finger or hand directly against the
patient's body
Blunt Percussion-Answer 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-Answer 96.4 to 99.1
Difference between apical and radial pulse rate-Answer Pulse Deficit
Ausculatory gap-Answer sounds disappear between systolic and diastolic BP
Arterial blood pressure - Answer force of clood pushing against side of vessel wall
Systolic blood pressure - Answer maximum pressure during left ventricular contraction
(Systole)
Diastolic BP - Answer Pressure in the arteries when the heart is resting
Pre-hypertensive - Answer 120-139/80-89
Stage 1 HTN - Answer 140-159/90-99
Stage 2 HTN - Answer >160/>100
Values less than _____indicated O2 to the tissues is inadequate - Answer 85%
Functions of the middle ear-Answer 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
Presbycusis-Answer age-related hearing loss, high frequencies lost first
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