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Final Study Guide
Question | Answer |
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What covers entire skeletal muscles and separates them from each other? | Fascia |
What is a durable protein that makes the epidermis water proof and resistant to bacteria and viruses | Keratin |
Tough, cord like structures that connect muscles to bones | Tendons |
Seat glands produce a watery type of sweat and are activated primarily by heat | Eccrine |
What happens when supple of oxygen in blood is low | The skin looks rather pale or bluish in color |
What can help reduce muscle spasms by relaxing the muscles | Thermotherapy |
Long bone in the upper are | Humerus |
A surgeon inserts wires or tongs into the patients bones and then attaches them to pulleys and weights to provide continuous traction | skeletal traction |
What is the large hole at the base of the occipital bone | foramen magnum |
Treatment for myasthenis gravis and fibromyalgia includes | lifestyle changes to avoid stress |
What position does the patient sit s at the edge of the examining table without back support. | Sitting |
Burn that involves only the epidermis is and is characterized by pain,redness,and swelling | Superficial or first degree |
signs and symptoms include abdominal pain,diarrhea, muscle pain,fever,and pneumonia is what? | trichinosis |
What lists signs and symptoms of malignant melanoma | The ABCDE rule |
_____ muscle fibers contract and relax together resulting in peristalsis. | Smooth |
bacteria in improperly canned foods. | Botulism |
The attachment site for the less movable bone when a muscle contracts is the? | Origin |
What position doe the patient lie flat on the back with the hands to the side or on the abdomen | Supine position |
What is caused by a toxin produced by Clostridium tetani. | Tetanus |
Enlarged lyph noes may be a sign of? | Infection or a blood cancer |
A protractor device that is used to measure a patients rang of motion | Goniometer |
A skin condition that has characteristics of distinctive silver,scaly skin lesions | Psoriasis |
Glands that are activated primarily by nervousness,pain, or stress, although they can also be activated by heat. | Apocrine |
Who is responsible for determining the type and length of therapy to be used. | Physician and physical therapist. |
What raises the arms and pulls the shoulders downward? | trapezirus |
Burn that involves all layers or the skin and often the underlying structures such as muscles and bones: the skin frequently looks black of charred. | A full thickness or third-degree burn |
What are especially useful for patients with weaknesses on one side off the body? | canes |
What runs through the temporal bones | External auditory meatus |
What can stimulate bones to increase in density | Walking briskly |
an ideal tool for regaining muscle strength in a badly injured leg. Used by many patients who cannont walk on land but use their legs remarkably well in water. | aquatic therapy |
Use of whirlpools and contrast baths and underwater exercises is an example of what | hydrotherapy |
What is ROM (range of motion) | the degree to which a joint is able to move |
what is ROM measured in | Degrees using a goniometer |
What muscles compress the abdominal wall | external and internal oblique muscles |
What results from shaving or excess rubbing of skin areas | Folliculitis |
The perimysium divides a muscle in sections called? | Fascicles |
What divides a muscle into sections called fascicles | perimusium |
What help diagnose the causes of bone pain, arthritis, bone infection, and bone cancers | Bone scans |
What is found in the blood vessels | Multi-unit smooth muscle |
Exam characteristics such as texture, temperature, shape, and the presence of vibration or movements. | Palpation |
The waters_____ takes pressure off the joints, making under water exercise particularly useful for patients with painful or limited movement. | buoyancy |
what is also called a shoulder blade,thin, triangular-shaped flat bone. | Scapula |
Melanoma at an advanced stage may need? | chemotherapy |
what causes crutch palsy? | Crutch that are too long putting pressure on nerves in the armpit. |
How many marble-sized carpal bones does the wrist consists of? | 8 |
Eczema is thought to be a type of______ or the results of an often unknown underlying ________? | allergy, Inflammatory condition |
What is an example of a moist heat treatment? | Hot compress |
What is make largely of adipose and loose connective tissue | Subcutaneous layer or hypodermis |
be caused or exacerbated by sleep disturbance or emotional distress, among other things. Counseling to help develop better coping skills may improve the woman condition. | Fibromyalgia |
Sweat glands produce sweat that contains a high amount of protein | Apocrine |
Caused by sdtaphylococcal and streptoccal bacteria | Cellulitis |
A spine curvature that most often occurs at the thoracic level and is often referred to as humpback | Kyphosis |
Warming up muscles makes the more? | pliable |
What does stretching do? | Improves muscle performance |
The patient lies on his back with his knees drawn up and his feet flat on the table | dorsal recumbent position |
what abducts the thighs and rotates them medially | gluteus medius |
the bones that form the front of the foot | metatarsals |
What do you use to obtain a patients height and weight? | Mensuration |
Do not remove the shit and use cool water with burn? true ? False? | True |
What position allows the practitioners to access both the front and the back of the patients chest to listen for air sounds | sitting position |
AN alternative to the sims or knee chest position for anal or rectal examinations | The proctologic |
Most aggressive skin cancer | Malignant melanoma |
What forms part of the floor of the cranium | The ethmoid bones |
Uses the bodys storage of glucose to make ATP | Aerobic respiration |
Physical therapy treatments include? | cold,heat,water,exercise,massage,and traction |
Most common treatments for gout | pain medication and elimination of foods that cause the formation of uric acid(meats fish ) |
What produces body movements and facial expressions | skeletal muscle |
contains intercalted discs and is self-exciting | cardiac muscle |
a new mole or an existing mole that itches or bleed may be a warning sign of | malignant melanoma |
Patient lies face down on the examination table with the head turned to one side and that arms at ht sides or bent at the elbows | Prone |
Treatment for pagets disease include? | surgery,hip replacements,medication,and physical therapy |
Where are flat bones primarily located | skull and rib cage |
What forms most of the top and sides of the skull? | Parietal bones |
Like most of the bones of the skull,, the ______ bone is a flat bone. | Occipital |
Practitioners often use what to determine a joints range of motion | manipulation |
What is it called when determine the correct diagnosis when two or more diagnoses are possible | differential diagnosis |
what is often used to treat ewing sarcoma family of tumors and osteosarcoma | chemotherapy |
what forms the palm of the hand | metacarpals |
what nutrients are found in dairy products, broccoli,kale, spinach,salmon..... | bone- building |
an attachment site for the more movable bone during muscle contraction | insertion |
when you turn you head side to side the_______ pivots around the____ | atlas(first cervical vertebra) and axis(second cervical vertebra_) |
a condition in which bones become thin or more porous over time | Osteoporosis |
the process of listening to body sounds to detect the flow of blood through an artery and to assess sounds from the heart lungs and abdominal organs | Auscultation |
a quick way to estimate the extent of body surface area affected by a burn | the rule of 9 |
the use of a stethoscope to perform assessment of the heat, ling, and bowl sounds. | Auscultation |
covers the epiphyses of long bones | Articular cartilage |
the cause of blood vessel dilation in ____ is unknown | rosacea |
the patient works against resistance or counter pressure to increase muscle strength | active resistance exercises |
how many metatarsals in each foot | 5 |
a hot water bottle is a form of what kind of treatment | dry heat treatment |
an abnormal s shaped lateral curvature of the thoracic or lumbar spin | Scoliosis |
What position is the female genitalia examination done in | lithotomy position |
using hands to pull the patients limb or head gently | manual traction |
membrane that surrounds the diaphysis | periosteum |
a special device intermittently pulls and relaxes a prescribed body part such as the neck | mechanical traction |
muscle pulls the head to one side and also pulls the dead to the chest | sternocleidomatoid |