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Health Assessment Exam

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cyanosis   may indicate hypoxia, bluish color of ears and usually longstanding  
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pallor   indicate vasomotor instability; paleness  
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extreme reddness   indicate vasomotor instability; redness  
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squamous cell carcinoma   2nd most common skin cancer, often occurs on top of the helix of the ear  
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cutaneous cyst   benign, closed firm sac that lies in the dermis forming a dome-shaped lump  
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basal cell carcinoma   raised nodule with a lustrous surface and telangectatic vessels; most common form of skin cancer  
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tophi   deposit of uric acid crystals; occurs after years of high blood levels of uric acid- gout  
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keloid   firm, nodular scar tissue (most prevalent in dark skinned people)  
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darwins tubercle   small painless nodule at the helix (insignificant congenital variation)  
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otitis externa   painful movement of the auricle, inflammation of the outer ear; redness and serous drainage  
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otitis media   painful over the mastoid; yellow-amber serum of the tympanic membrane  
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ear canal   outer portion of ear surrounded by cartilage  
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extosis   painless nodular swelling covered by normal skin deep in the ear canal  
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Ossicles of middle ear   malleus, stapes, incus  
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Hearing Loss: Conductive   mechanical dysfunction of the external or middle ear  
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Weber & Rinne Test   advanced hearing assessments if hearing is diminished  
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conductive hearing loss   mechanical dysfunction of external or middle ear  
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sensorineural hearing loss   degeneration of cranial nerve 8  
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Rinne Test   2 part advanced hearing assessment to test air and bone conduction of ear  
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Weber Test   advanced assessment testing lateralization of sound in the ears  
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