Physical Assessment

Question 1

Abnormal lung sounds heard with a stethoscope

Answer 1

Adventitious breath sounds

Question 2

Abnormal neurological condition in which language function is defective or absent; related to injury to speech center in cerebral cortex

Answer 2

Aphasia

Question 3

Heartbeat as listened to with the bell or diaphragm of a stethoscope placed on the apex of the heart

Answer 3

Apical pulse

Question 4

Wasted or reduced size of physiological activity of a part of the body caused by disease or other influences

Answer 4

Atrophy

Question 5

Method of physical exam listening to the sounds produced by the body, usually with a stethoscope

Answer 5

Auscultation

Question 6

Abnormal sound or murmur heard while auscultating an organ, gland, or artery

Answer 6

Bruit

Question 7

Yellowish or brownish waxy secretion produced by sweat glands in the external ear

Answer 7

Cerumen

Question 8

Bulging of the tissues at the nail base caused by insufficient oxygenation at the periphery, resulting from conditions such as chronic emphysema and congenital heart disease

Answer 8

Clubbing

Question 9

Highly contagious eye infection. The crusty drainage that collects on eyelid margins can easily from spread one eye to the other

Answer 9

Conjunctivitis

Question 10

Abdominal swelling caused by fluid or tumor

Answer 10

Distention

Question 11

Deviation from the normal pattern of the heartbeat

Answer 11

Dysrythmia

Question 12

Abnormal accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces of tissue

Answer 12

Edema

Question 13

Redness or inflammation of the skin or mucous membranes that is a result of dilation and congestion of superficial capillaries; sunburn is an example

Answer 13

Erythema

Question 14

Excessive tension of the arterial walls or muscles

Answer 14

Hypertonicity

Question 15

Reduced tension of the arterial walls or muscles

Answer 15

Hypotonicity

Question 16

Hardening of tissue, particularly the skin, because of edema or inflammation

Answer 16

Indurated

Question 17

Method of physical examination by which the patient is visually and systematically examined for appearance, structure, function and behavior

Answer 17

Inspected

Question 18

Yellow discoloration of the skin, mucous membranes, and sclera caused by greater-than normal amounts of bilirubin in the blood

Answer 18

Jaundice

Question 19

Presence of cancer cells that have the ability to spread to other sites of the body

Answer 19

Malignancy

Question 20

Whooshing sounds of the heart caused by changes of blood flow or abnormal valve closure

Answer 20

Murmurs

Question 21

Involuntary movement of the eyes resulting from injury to the muscles of the eye and supporting muscles or a disorder of the cranial nerves innervating the muscle

Answer 21

Nystagmus

Question 22

Condition of having to sit or stand to breathe comfortably

Answer 22

Orthophea

Question 23

Method of physical examination where the hands or fingers of the examiner are applied to the pts body to feel body parts underlying the skin

Answer 23

Palpation

Question 24

Method of physical examination whereby the size, location, and density of body parts is determined by the tone obtained from the striking of short, sharp taps of the fingers

Answer 24

Percussion

Question 25

Rhythmical contractions that propel gastric contents through the gastrointestinal tract

Answer 25

Peristalsis

Question 26

Acronym for pupils equal,round, reactive to light

Answer 26

PERRL

Question 27

Tiny or purple red spots that appear on skin as minute hemorrhages within the dermal layer

Answer 27

Petechiae

Question 28

Brief lapse of consciousness caused by transient cerebral hypoxia

Answer 28

Syncope

Question 29

Normal resiliency of the skin caused by the outward pressure of the cells and interstitial fluid

Answer 29

Turgor