13 & 24 Flashcards
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When inspecting and palpating the skin we are looking for what 5 things
Temperature, texture, thickness, moisture, edema (fluid buildup/inflammation)
What is the phalen test?
Hands are hand back to back for 60 seconds (wrist joint at 90*)
No symptoms expected
What is Tinel’s sign?
Direct percussion at median nerve
No symptoms expected
Define the two types of human hair
Vallus and terminal
Vallus- fine faint hair found all over human body
Terminal- darker thicker hair that grows on eyebrows, scalp and after puberty face,armpits, pubes, chest
Differentiate between sebaceous, eccrine, and apocrine glands
Sebaceous-> produce sebum, lubricates skin+ hair
Eccrine—> coiled tubercles that open at skin surface and produce sweat
Apocrine glands—> thick milky secretion, found in armpits, genital area, ear wax, nasal cavity, nipples
Select the best description of the secretion of the eccrine glands.
A) thick, milky
B) dilute saline solution
C) protective lipid substance
D) keratin
B) dilute saline solution
Nevus is the medical term for:
A) a freckle
B) a birthmark
C) an infected hair follicle
D) a mole
D) a mole
Checking for skin temperature is best accomplished by using which part of your hand?
Dorsum back of hand
Skin turgor is assessed by picking up a large fold of skin on the anterior chest under the clavicle, this is done to determine determine the presence of:
A)edema
B)dehydration
C)vitiligo
D)scleroderma
B) dehydration
You examine nail beds for clubbing. The normal angle between nail base and nails is:
A) 60 degrees
B) 100 degrees
C) 160 degrees
D) 180 degreee
C) 160 degrees
The capillary beds should refill after being depressed in:
A) <1 second
B) >2 seconds
C) 1-2 seconds
D) time is not significant as long as colour returns
C) 1-2 seconds
What is the ABCDE rule when it comes to checking the skin for melanoma
A- asymmetry
B- borders (are uneven)
C- colour (dark or mutiple colours)
D- diameter (greater then 6mm)
E- evolving (changing in shape,size, colour )
What’s the difference between active and passive range of motion?
Active- done by client , passive- done by nurse on client
During an assessment of the spine the patient would be asked to:
A) adduct and extend
B) supinate, evert, and rotate
C) extend, Adduct, invert and rotate
D) flex, extend, abduct, and rotate
D) flex, extend, abduct, and rotate
Pronation and supination of the hand and forearm are the result of articulation between:
The radius AND ulna
The timing of joint pain may assist the examiner in determining the cause. The joint pain associated with rheumatic fever would:
A) be worse in the morning
B) be worse later in the day
C) be worse in the morning but improve in the day
D) occur 10-14 days after an untreated sore throat
occur 10-14 days after an untreated sore throat
Examination of the shoulder includes:
A) forward flexion, internal rotation, abduction, external rotation
B) abduction, adduction, pronation, supination
C) circumduction , inversion, evereion, and rotation
D) elevation, retraction, protraction, circumduction
A) forward flexion, internal rotation, abduction, external rotation
The bulge sign is a test for:
A)swelling in the suprapatellar patch
B)carpel tunnel syndrome
C)herberdens nodes
D)olecrannon bursa inflammation
A)swelling in the suprapatellar patch
