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Module 4 Kozier
Health Assessment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| inspection | the visual examination, that is, assessing by using the sense of sight |
| palpation | the examination of the body using the sense of touch |
| percussion | the act of striking the body surface to elicit sounds that can be heart or vibrations that can be felt |
| flatness | an extermely dull sound produced by very dense tissue, such as muscle or bone |
| dullness | a thudline sound produce by dense tissue such as the liver, spleen or heart |
| resonance | a hollow sound such as that produced by lungs filled with air |
| hyperesonnance | booming sound; not normally produced |
| tympany | a musical or drumline sound produced by an air-filled stomach |
| ausculation | the process of listening to sounds produced within the body |
| pitch | the frequency of the vibrations |
| intensity | the loudness or softness of a sound |
| pallor | the result of inadequate circulating blood or hemoglobin and subsequent reduction in tissue oxygenation |
| cyanosis | a bluish tinge; noticable in nail beds, lips and buccal mucosa |
| jaundice | yellowish tinge; noticable in the sclera of the eyes, then the mucous membrance and skin |
| erytema | redness associated with rashes |
| vitiligo | patches of hypopigmented skin, caused by the destruction of melanocytes |
| edema | presence of excess interstitial fluid; swelling |
| alopecia | hair loss |
| clubbing | condition in which the angle between the nail and then ail bed is 180 degrees or greater |
| blanch test | tests the capillary refill, that is peripheral circulation |
| normocephalic | normal size of the head |
| exophthalmos | a protrusion of the eyeballs with elevation of the upper eyelids |
| visual acuity | the degree of detail the eye can discern in an image |
| visual fields | the area an individual can see when looking straight ahead |
| myopia | nearsightedness |
| hyperopia | farsightedness |
| presbyopia | loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of the ability to see close objcts |
| astigmatism | an uneven curvature of the cornea that prevents horizontal and vertical rays from focusing on the retina |
| conjuntivitis | inflammation of the bulbar and palpebral conjunctiva |
| dacryocystitis | inflammation of the lacrimal sac |
| hordeolum(sty) | redness, swelling and tenderness of the hair follicle and the glands that empty at the edge of the eyelids |
| glaucoma | disturbance in the circulation of aqueous fluid, which cuases an increase in intraocular pressure |
| mydriasis | enlarged pupils |
| miosis | constricted pupils |
| otoscope | insrument for examining the interior of the ear, especially the eardrum |
| auricle or pinna | external auditory canal |
| tympanic membrane | eardrum |
| lobule | earlobe |
| helix | posterior cure of the auricle's upper aspect |
| antihelix | anterior curve of the auricles's upper aspect |
| tragus | the cartilaginous protrusion at the entrance to the ear canal |
| trangular fossa | a depression of the antihelix |
| external auditory meatus | entrance to the ear canal |
| mastoid | bony prominence behind the ear |
| cerumen | earwax |
| ossicles | bones of sound transmission |
| malleus | hammer |
| incus | anvil |
| stapes | stirrups |
| eustachian tube | connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx |
| cochlea | seashell-shaped structure essential for sound transmission and hearing |
| vestibule and semicircular canals | contain the organs of equilibrium |
| conduction hearing loss | the result of interrupted transmission of sound waves through the outer and middle ear structures; possible causes are a tear in the tympanic membrane or an obstruction |
| sensorineural hearing loss | the result of damage to the inner ear, the auditory nerve or the hearing center of the brain |
| mixed hearing loss | combination of conduction and sensorineural loss |
| caries | cavities |
| pyorrhea | periodontal disease |
| plaque | invisible soft film that adheres to the enamel surface of the teeth |
| tartar | visible, hard deposit of plaque and dead bacteria that forms at the gum line |
| gingivitis | red, swollen gum, bleeding, receding gum lines, and pockets between the teeth and gums |
| glossitis | inflammation of the tongue |
| parotitis | inflammation of the parotid salivary gland |
| sordes | accumulation of foul matter on the teeth and gums |
| angle of Louis | the junction between the body of the sternum and the manubrium |
| manubrium | the handle-like superior part of the sternum that joins with the clavicles |
| adventitious breath sounds | occur when air passes though narrowed airways or airways filled with fluid or mucus, or when pleural linings are inflamed |
| crepitations | crackles (lung sounds) |
| pericordium | the area of the chest overlying the heart |
| systole | period when the ventricles contract |
| diastole | the period when the ventricles relax |
| bruit | a blowing or swishing sound (vessel sounds) |
| thrill | a vibrating sensation like the purring of a cat or water running through a hose (vessel sounds) |
| perfusion | blood supply to an area |
| tremor | an involuntary trembling of a limb or body part |
| intention tremor | becomes more apparent when an individual attempts a voluntary movement |
| resting tremor | more apparent when the client is at rest and diminished activity |
| reflex | an automatic response of the body to a stimulus |
| proprioceptors | sensory nerve terminals, occurring chiefly in the muscles, tendons, joints and the inter ear that give information about movements and the position of the body |
| one and two point discrimination | the ability to sense whether one or two areas of the skin are being stimulated by pressure |
| stereognosis | the act of recognizing objects by touching and manipulating them |
| extinction | the failure to perceive touch on one side of the body |
| hernia | a protrusion of the intestine through the inguinal wall or canal |
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