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Which condition is more common in African American women than in white women?
Supernumerary nipples
The prostatic sulcus: divides the prostate into right and left lateral lobes.
Which finding, found on inspection, is related to fibrotic tissue changes that occur with breast
carcinoma? Skin dimpling or retraction
Venous patterns on breasts are suggestive of pathology when they are: unilateral.
If a firm, transverse ridge of compressed tissue is felt bilaterally along the lower edge of a 40-
year-old patient's breast, you should: record the finding in the patient's chart.
When palpating breast tissue, the examiner should use the _____ at each site. fingerpads,
gliding.
In males, which surface of the prostate gland is accessible by digital examination? Posterior
A healthy prostate protrudes into the rectal wall a distance of _____ cm. less than 1 cm
Recent unilateral inversion of a previously everted nipple suggests: cancer.
Factors associated with increased risk of prostate cancer include: African American Descent.
Caliber of urinary stream is routine information in the history of: older males.
,Inspection of the breast usually begins with the patient in which position? Sitting
The tail of Spence extends: into the axillae
Lymphatic flow of the breast primarily drains: upward toward the clavicle.
can be assessed by asking the patient to interpret a common proverb or to identify similarities
between two objects Abstract reasoning
Suppose that Tina had been unable to identify the pen you were holding. What is the name of
this symptom? Agnosia
Which of the following is a component of assessing cognition? Memory
Suppose you had found that Tina's pupils were reactive to both direct and consensual light, yet
unequal in size. Which condition would you suspect? Anisocoria
Imagine that, during your physical exam with Tina, you had palpated an enlarged left
supraclavicular lymph node. What would this finding have indicated? A serious pathology
If you had observed Arteriovenous (AV) nicking during the retinal exam on Tina, what would
you have seen? Vein stops on either side of the artery
Suppose that you had detected a click while palpating Tina's temporomandibular joint (TMJ).
What could have been the cause? TMJ syndrome
If Tina had reported new onset ear pain, what would have been the most useful finding to
determine otitis media? lack of mobility of the tympanic membrane during insufflation
, Imagine that you inspected Tina's throat and noted that her tonsils touched each other. How
would you grade her tonsils on the tonsillar hypertrophy grading scale? 4+
If Tina had mentioned that she was just diagnosed with pneumonia, what would you have
expected to find during percussion? Dullness
If the results of Tina's pulse oximetry had been 97%, which of the following would have been
true? Arterial hemoglobin saturation = 97%
Suppose that, during your lung exam on Tina, you had heard bronchial breath sounds in the left
lower lung posteriorly. What would you have suspected based on this finding? Fluid filled
region of the lung
Suppose that while auscultating, you assessed a few scattered expiratory wheezes. Why would
this be an expected finding for a patient with Tina's history? expected because of Tina's
history of asthma
In order to determine which heart sound is S1, which of the following should you assess?
Carotid upstroke
The assessment of Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) correlates with: Central venous pressure
Tina had brisk capillary refill (less than 3 seconds). What does this mean? Arterial blood flow
is sufficient
Describe where on the body and when in the cardiac cycle you are most likely to auscultate a
murmur caused by mitral valve prolapse. mitral valve prolapse usually occur in late systole
just after a mid systolic click They are best heard at the apex of the heart and the left lower
sternal border when the patient is lying supine with legs raised or sitting up