Physical Assessment WCU Midterm
transilluminator - ✔️✔️used to detect blood, fluid, or mass in a cavity
red glow will show presence of air in the fluid
tuning fork - ✔️✔️used for Weber-Rinne tests
Largest gland in the body - ✔️✔️liver
why can you see internal organs in a newborn? - ✔️✔️very thin abdominal muscles
when does sweat and oil glands activate? - ✔️✔️adolescence
Staging of decubitus ulcers - ✔️✔️Stage 1: Epidermis
Stage 2: Epidermis and Dermis
Stage 3: Epidermis, Dermis, and Subcutaneous
Stage 4: Epidermis, Dermis, Subcutaneous and Muscles
wood lamp - ✔️✔️an ultraviolet light used to diagnose fungal infections
doppler - ✔️✔️equipment used when pulses are not palpable
opthalmoscope - ✔️✔️equipment used to see red reflex on the inner part of the eye
otoscope - ✔️✔️equipment used to visualize inside of the ear
goniometer - ✔️✔️instrument used to measure joint angles
Eccrine Sweat Glands - ✔️✔️water and salt
Apocrine Sweat Glands - ✔️✔️water, salt, fatty acids and proteins mix with bacteria
which gives off body odor
grading of edema - ✔️✔️0=0mm
2= 4mm
3=6mm
4=8mm
when assessing skin for skin cancer what is the criteria? - ✔️✔️A: asymmetrical
B: border irregularity
C: color Change
, D: diameter greater than 6mm
E: evolving
assessing hair - ✔️✔️seperate inch by inch across skull looking for masses or
infestations
pediculosis capitis - ✔️✔️head lice, white patches that cling to hair shaft
how to look for clubbing of the fingers - ✔️✔️mirroring diamond shape
160* is normal
erosion - ✔️✔️wearing away of the epidermis
heals without scaring
secondary lesion
keloid - ✔️✔️secondary lesion
elevated irregular dark area of excess scar tissue
Lichenification - ✔️✔️rough, thick, hardened area of epidermis from scratching and
rubbing
(secondary lesion)
venous lake - ✔️✔️common in elderly
soft, compressible, slightly elevated lesions that are light blue or purple
to palpate carotid artery and compare to apical - ✔️✔️use stethoscope or finger pads
to assess for synchrony
normal blood pressure - ✔️✔️less than 120/80
prehypertension - ✔️✔️120-139/80-89
hypertension - ✔️✔️above 140/90
unilateral disorder - ✔️✔️temporary disorder affecting cranial nerve 7 due to viral
infection in Balls Palsy
Craniosynostosis - ✔️✔️Early closure of sagittal sutures causes the head to elongate
and alter orbits
hydrocephalus - ✔️✔️large headed baby where you can see the scalp vein
external respiration - ✔️✔️exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide at alveoli level
transilluminator - ✔️✔️used to detect blood, fluid, or mass in a cavity
red glow will show presence of air in the fluid
tuning fork - ✔️✔️used for Weber-Rinne tests
Largest gland in the body - ✔️✔️liver
why can you see internal organs in a newborn? - ✔️✔️very thin abdominal muscles
when does sweat and oil glands activate? - ✔️✔️adolescence
Staging of decubitus ulcers - ✔️✔️Stage 1: Epidermis
Stage 2: Epidermis and Dermis
Stage 3: Epidermis, Dermis, and Subcutaneous
Stage 4: Epidermis, Dermis, Subcutaneous and Muscles
wood lamp - ✔️✔️an ultraviolet light used to diagnose fungal infections
doppler - ✔️✔️equipment used when pulses are not palpable
opthalmoscope - ✔️✔️equipment used to see red reflex on the inner part of the eye
otoscope - ✔️✔️equipment used to visualize inside of the ear
goniometer - ✔️✔️instrument used to measure joint angles
Eccrine Sweat Glands - ✔️✔️water and salt
Apocrine Sweat Glands - ✔️✔️water, salt, fatty acids and proteins mix with bacteria
which gives off body odor
grading of edema - ✔️✔️0=0mm
2= 4mm
3=6mm
4=8mm
when assessing skin for skin cancer what is the criteria? - ✔️✔️A: asymmetrical
B: border irregularity
C: color Change
, D: diameter greater than 6mm
E: evolving
assessing hair - ✔️✔️seperate inch by inch across skull looking for masses or
infestations
pediculosis capitis - ✔️✔️head lice, white patches that cling to hair shaft
how to look for clubbing of the fingers - ✔️✔️mirroring diamond shape
160* is normal
erosion - ✔️✔️wearing away of the epidermis
heals without scaring
secondary lesion
keloid - ✔️✔️secondary lesion
elevated irregular dark area of excess scar tissue
Lichenification - ✔️✔️rough, thick, hardened area of epidermis from scratching and
rubbing
(secondary lesion)
venous lake - ✔️✔️common in elderly
soft, compressible, slightly elevated lesions that are light blue or purple
to palpate carotid artery and compare to apical - ✔️✔️use stethoscope or finger pads
to assess for synchrony
normal blood pressure - ✔️✔️less than 120/80
prehypertension - ✔️✔️120-139/80-89
hypertension - ✔️✔️above 140/90
unilateral disorder - ✔️✔️temporary disorder affecting cranial nerve 7 due to viral
infection in Balls Palsy
Craniosynostosis - ✔️✔️Early closure of sagittal sutures causes the head to elongate
and alter orbits
hydrocephalus - ✔️✔️large headed baby where you can see the scalp vein
external respiration - ✔️✔️exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide at alveoli level
