Terms and Definitions for complete health assessment - Jarvis
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| amplitude / intensity | show 🗑
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| duration | show 🗑
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| pitch / frequency | show 🗑
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| quality / timbre | show 🗑
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| cutaneous pain | show 🗑
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| modulation | show 🗑
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| show | abnormal processing of pain message; burning, shooting in nature
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| nociception | show 🗑
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| show | pain felt at a particular site, but originating from another location
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| show | originating from muscle, bone, joints, tendons or blood vessels
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| show | first phase of nociception whereby the painful stimulus is changed into action potential
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| show | second phase of nociception whereby the pain impulse moves from the spinal cord to the brain
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| visceral pain | show 🗑
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| show | circular shape to skin lesion
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| show | elevated cavity containing free fluid larger than 1cm diameter
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| confluent | show 🗑
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| show | intense redness of skin due to excess blood in dilated superficial capillaries, as in fever or inflammation
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| show | self-inflicted abrasion on skin due to scratching
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| show | boil, suppurative inflammatory skin lesion due to infected hair follicle
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| show | skin lesion due to benign proliferation of blood vessels in the dermis
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| show | target shape of skin lesion
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| show | hypertrophic scar, elevated beyond site of original injury
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| lichenifcaiton | show 🗑
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| show | benign fatty tumor
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| macule | show 🗑
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| nevus | show 🗑
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| nodule | show 🗑
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| papule | show 🗑
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| plaque | show 🗑
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| pruritus | show 🗑
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| purpura | show 🗑
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| show | elevated cavity containing thick turbid fluid
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| telangiectasia | show 🗑
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| show | elevated cavity containing free fluid up to 1cm diameter
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| show | enlargement of lymph nodes due to infection, allergy, or neoplasm
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| torticollis | show 🗑
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| show | unequal pupil size
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| show | gray-white arc or circle around limbus of iris that is common with aging
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| Argyll Robertson pupil | show 🗑
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| diplopia | show 🗑
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| show | loss of both temporal visual fields
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| blepharitis | show 🗑
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| show | infection or retention cyst of meibomian gland, showing as a beady nodule on the eyelid
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| show | lower eyelid loose and rolling outward
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| show | lower eyelid rolling inward
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| exopthalmos | show 🗑
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| show | group of eye diseases characterized by increased intraocular pressure
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| show | stye; red, painful pustule that is localized infection of hair follicle at eyelid margin
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| show | abnormal white rim of sclera visible between upper eyelid and iris when a person moves eyes downward
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| miosis | show 🗑
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| mydriasis | show 🗑
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| show | involuntary, rapid, rhythmic movement of the eyeball
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| presbyopia | show 🗑
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| pterygium | show 🗑
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| ptosis | show 🗑
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| show | squint, crossed eye; disparity of the eye axes
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| show | soft, raised yellow plaques occurring on the skin at the inner corners of the eyes
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| atresia | show 🗑
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| otalgia | show 🗑
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| otitis externa | show 🗑
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| otitis media | show 🗑
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| show | discharge from the ear
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| show | ringing in the ear
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| show | a spinning, twirling sensation - "the room is spinning"
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| aphthous ulcers | show 🗑
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| show | white, cheesy, curdlike patch on buccal mucosa due to superficial fungal infection
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| show | indentations on surface of tonsils
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| show | red,scaling, shallow painful fissures at corners of mouth
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| show | closure of nasal cavity due to congenital septum between nasal cavity and pharynx
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| show | nosebleed, usually from anterior septum
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| show | nontender, fibrous nodule of the gum
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| show | small, isolated, white or yellow papules on oral mucosa
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| Koplik's spots | show 🗑
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| show | chalky white, thick raised patch on sides of tongue; precancerous
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| show | upper or lower dental arches out of alignment
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| papillae | show 🗑
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| show | benign breast mass
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| intraductal papilloma | show 🗑
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| show | sebaceous glands in the areola, secrete protective lipid during lactation
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| Paget's disease | show 🗑
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| show | abnormal respiratory condition characterized by collapsed, shrunken, deflated section of alveoli
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| show | spoken voice sound heard through the stethoscope, which sounds soft, muffled, and indistinct over normal lung tissue
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| show | a type of hyperventilation that occurs with diabetic ketoacidosis
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| orthopnea | show 🗑
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| paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea | show 🗑
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| show | abnormal fluid between the layers of the pleura
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| rhonchi | show 🗑
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| clubbing | show 🗑
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| physiologic splitting | show 🗑
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| show | opposite of a normal S2 split so that the split is heard in expiration, and in inspiration the sounds fuse to one sound
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| show | temporary loss of consciousness due to decreased cerebral blood flow, caused by ventricular asystole, pronounced bradycardia, or ventricular fibrillation
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| show | palpable vibration on the chest wall accompanying severe heart murmur
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| show | swelling of extremity due to obstructed lymph channel, nonpitting
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| pulsus alternans | show 🗑
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| pulsus bigeminus | show 🗑
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| show | beats have weaker amplitude with respiratory inspiration, stronger with expiration
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| ascites | show 🗑
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| cholecystitis | show 🗑
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| paralytic ileus | show 🗑
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| show | brning sensation in upper abdomen, due to reflux of gastric acid; heartburn
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| show | immobility consolidation and fixation of a joint because of disease, injury, or surgery; most often due to chronic rheumtoid arthritis
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| ataxia | show 🗑
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| bursa | show 🗑
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| show | moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder
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| kphosis | show 🗑
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| show | loss of ability to recognize importance of sensory impressions
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| agraphia | show 🗑
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| show | loss of pain sensation
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| show | loss of power of expression by speech, writing, or signs, or of comprehension of spoken or written language
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| apraxia | show 🗑
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| show | sudden, rapid, jerky, purposeless movement involving limbs, trunk or face
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| show | rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of a muscle in response to a sudden stretch
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| show | imperfect articulation of speech due to problems of muscular control resulting from central or peripheral nervous system damage
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| show | impairment in speech consisting of lack of coordination and inability to arrange words in their proper order
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| graphesthesia | show 🗑
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| show | loss of motor power on one side of the body, usually cuased by a cerebral vascular accident; paralysis occurs on opposite side of lesion
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| show | rapid sudden jerk of a muscle
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| nuchal rigidity | show 🗑
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| show | abnormal sensation, ie burning, numbness, tingling, prickling, crawling skin sensation
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| show | continuous resistance to stretching by a muscle due to abnormally increased tension, with increased deep tendon reflexes
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| show | ability to recognize objects by feeling their forms, sizes, and weights while the eyes are closed
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| show | involuntary contractoin of opposing muscle groups resulting in rhythmic movement of one or more joints
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