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A disability can affect what? - CORRECT ANSWER: How a person sees themselves
Abdomen assessment must be performed in what order? - CORRECT ANSWER: Inspection,
auscultation, percussion, palpation
Abdominal distinction ascites - CORRECT ANSWER: Fluid buildup in peritoneal spacing.
Measure abdominal girth and measure on daily basis to see if it's decreasing or increasing
Abduction - CORRECT ANSWER: Movement away from the midline of the body
Adduction - CORRECT ANSWER: Movement toward the midline of the body
Adipose tissue sound - CORRECT ANSWER: Dullness
Aging adult GI - CORRECT ANSWER: Decrease in salivation, decrease in gastric acid
production, issues with anemia, malabsorption of calcium, gallstones, liver size decreases (issues
with metabolism), constipation
Aging adults signs with musculoskeletal system. - CORRECT ANSWER: Osteoporosis,
shortening of vertebra column due to loss of water, thinning of intervertebral discs, higher risk of
bony prominences, decreased physical activity
aging woman - CORRECT ANSWER: Menopause: ovaries stop producing progesterone and
estrogen, uterus shrinks in size, vagina becomes shorter, narrow and less elastic, decreased
vaginal secretions, should still have desire for intercourse
, ankylosis - CORRECT ANSWER: stiffness of a joint
Are 1 cm yellowish nodules normal for males - CORRECT ANSWER: Yes
Are synovial membranes palpable? - CORRECT ANSWER: No
Arterial bruit - CORRECT ANSWER: Vascular bell. Soft swishing blowing blood turbulence
atrophy - CORRECT ANSWER: Muscles decrease in size from not using them
ballotlement - CORRECT ANSWER: Large amount of fluid in knee. Supine. Stroke upward on
patellar pouch. No fluid is normal.
benign prostatic hyperplasia - CORRECT ANSWER: Enlarged prostate. Not cancerous.
Tamsulosin treats it. Can cause UTI because enlarged prostate blocks urethra
Black stool - CORRECT ANSWER: Melena, high diet in iron (upper GI bleed and tarry),
laxatives, stool softeners
blood in stool - CORRECT ANSWER: Lower Gi bleed, black vommiting
borborygmus - CORRECT ANSWER: Stomach growling
Bulging aorta = - CORRECT ANSWER: Do not palpate
Calf muscle pain - CORRECT ANSWER: Intermittent claudation