Physical Assessment WCU Final
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 organ in the body - ✔️✔️skin @ 20 lbs
Largest gland in the body - ✔️✔️liver
why can you see internal organs in a newborn? - ✔️✔️very thin abdominal 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
skinfold caliper - ✔️✔️equipment used to measure subcutaneous tissue
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
What does the dermis contain? - ✔️✔️blood vessels and nerve endings
Eccrine Sweat Glands - ✔️✔️water and salt
Apocrine Sweat Glands - ✔️✔️water, salt, fatty acids and proteins mix with bacteria
which gives off body odor
3 stages of hair growth - ✔️✔️anagen: active growth stage, 1 cm/ month 2-6 years
catagen: transitional phase 2 weeks
, telogen: shedding phase happens 1-4 months
Villa - ✔️✔️peach fuzz, pale short fine hair covering entire body
terminal hair - ✔️✔️long hair found on the scalp as well as on legs, arms, and body of
both males and females
lanugo - ✔️✔️fine hair on baby that is downy hair that will be replaced villa within 3
month
vernix caseosa - ✔️✔️Waxy or "cheesy" white substance found coating the skin of
newborn humans
what to do if yellowing of a baby's skin within 24 hours to 7 days after birth, especially if
dehydrated? - ✔️✔️increase fluids and phototherapy
milia - ✔️✔️Tiny white bumps that commonly appear on a baby's face.
stork bites - ✔️✔️irregular pink patches on back of neck on baby that will disappear
within a year
mongolian spots - ✔️✔️bluish purple spots of pigmentation on dark skinned babies
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 treatment
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 organ in the body - ✔️✔️skin @ 20 lbs
Largest gland in the body - ✔️✔️liver
why can you see internal organs in a newborn? - ✔️✔️very thin abdominal 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
skinfold caliper - ✔️✔️equipment used to measure subcutaneous tissue
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
What does the dermis contain? - ✔️✔️blood vessels and nerve endings
Eccrine Sweat Glands - ✔️✔️water and salt
Apocrine Sweat Glands - ✔️✔️water, salt, fatty acids and proteins mix with bacteria
which gives off body odor
3 stages of hair growth - ✔️✔️anagen: active growth stage, 1 cm/ month 2-6 years
catagen: transitional phase 2 weeks
, telogen: shedding phase happens 1-4 months
Villa - ✔️✔️peach fuzz, pale short fine hair covering entire body
terminal hair - ✔️✔️long hair found on the scalp as well as on legs, arms, and body of
both males and females
lanugo - ✔️✔️fine hair on baby that is downy hair that will be replaced villa within 3
month
vernix caseosa - ✔️✔️Waxy or "cheesy" white substance found coating the skin of
newborn humans
what to do if yellowing of a baby's skin within 24 hours to 7 days after birth, especially if
dehydrated? - ✔️✔️increase fluids and phototherapy
milia - ✔️✔️Tiny white bumps that commonly appear on a baby's face.
stork bites - ✔️✔️irregular pink patches on back of neck on baby that will disappear
within a year
mongolian spots - ✔️✔️bluish purple spots of pigmentation on dark skinned babies
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 treatment
