NU673 Midterm Exam Questions with
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Coarctation of the Aorta - ✔✔systolic HTN in the upper extremities and lower BP in the legs and
diminished or delayed femoral pulses.
COPD - ✔✔prolonged expiration is common in _______
Pyrexia - ✔✔Fever
Hyperpyrexia - ✔✔extreme elevation in temp (>106)
auscultory gap - ✔✔A silent interval that may be present between the systolic and diastolic
blood pressures; i.e., the sound disappears for a while, then reappears
somatic pain - ✔✔related to tissue damage
neuropathic pain - ✔✔resulting from direct trauma to the peripheral or central nervous system
psychogenic pain - ✔✔relates to factors that influence the patient's report of pain
idiopathic pain - ✔✔no identifiable cause of pain
primary headaches - ✔✔include migraine, tension, cluster and chronic daily headaches
secondary headaches - ✔✔arise from underlying structural, systemic, or infectious causes such
as meningitis or subarachnoid hemorrhage and maybe life-threatening.
,hyperopia - ✔✔farsightedness
myopia - ✔✔nearsightedness
presbyopia - ✔✔aging vision
acute sinusitis - ✔✔leaning forward may increase pain in_____
scotomas - ✔✔lesions in the retina or visual pathway (fixed defects)
detachment of the vitreous body from the retina - ✔✔flashing lights with new vitreous floaters
Diplopia - ✔✔seen in lesions in the brainstem or cerebellum and with weakness or paralysis of
one or more extraocular muscles
primary open angle glaucoma - ✔✔gradual loss of vision in the peripheral visual fields resulting
from loss of retinal ganglion cells axons.
Sjogren syndrome - ✔✔dryness from impaired secretion
miosis - ✔✔constriction of pupils
mydriasis - ✔✔dilation of pupils
conductive hearing loss - ✔✔Hearing disorders of the external and middle ear cause _______.
, sensorineural hearing loss - ✔✔Hearing disorders of the inner ear cause _____.
Exostoses - ✔✔Nontender nodular swellings covered by normal skin deep in the ear canals;
these are nonmalignant growths which obscure the ear drum.
impaired ear
good ear - ✔✔Weber:
In unilateral conductive hearing loss, sound is heard in the ______.
In unilateral sensorineural hearing loss, sound is heard in the ______.
conduction loss
sensorineural loss - ✔✔RINNE TEST:
If bone conduction > air conduction (BC > AC)
suspect _________
If air conduction is more than twice as long as bone conduction (AC >BC)
suspect __________.
sensorineural hearing loss - ✔✔have trouble understanding speech, often complaining that
others mumble
Conductive hearing loss - ✔✔in this type of hearing loss, noisy environments may help
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Coarctation of the Aorta - ✔✔systolic HTN in the upper extremities and lower BP in the legs and
diminished or delayed femoral pulses.
COPD - ✔✔prolonged expiration is common in _______
Pyrexia - ✔✔Fever
Hyperpyrexia - ✔✔extreme elevation in temp (>106)
auscultory gap - ✔✔A silent interval that may be present between the systolic and diastolic
blood pressures; i.e., the sound disappears for a while, then reappears
somatic pain - ✔✔related to tissue damage
neuropathic pain - ✔✔resulting from direct trauma to the peripheral or central nervous system
psychogenic pain - ✔✔relates to factors that influence the patient's report of pain
idiopathic pain - ✔✔no identifiable cause of pain
primary headaches - ✔✔include migraine, tension, cluster and chronic daily headaches
secondary headaches - ✔✔arise from underlying structural, systemic, or infectious causes such
as meningitis or subarachnoid hemorrhage and maybe life-threatening.
,hyperopia - ✔✔farsightedness
myopia - ✔✔nearsightedness
presbyopia - ✔✔aging vision
acute sinusitis - ✔✔leaning forward may increase pain in_____
scotomas - ✔✔lesions in the retina or visual pathway (fixed defects)
detachment of the vitreous body from the retina - ✔✔flashing lights with new vitreous floaters
Diplopia - ✔✔seen in lesions in the brainstem or cerebellum and with weakness or paralysis of
one or more extraocular muscles
primary open angle glaucoma - ✔✔gradual loss of vision in the peripheral visual fields resulting
from loss of retinal ganglion cells axons.
Sjogren syndrome - ✔✔dryness from impaired secretion
miosis - ✔✔constriction of pupils
mydriasis - ✔✔dilation of pupils
conductive hearing loss - ✔✔Hearing disorders of the external and middle ear cause _______.
, sensorineural hearing loss - ✔✔Hearing disorders of the inner ear cause _____.
Exostoses - ✔✔Nontender nodular swellings covered by normal skin deep in the ear canals;
these are nonmalignant growths which obscure the ear drum.
impaired ear
good ear - ✔✔Weber:
In unilateral conductive hearing loss, sound is heard in the ______.
In unilateral sensorineural hearing loss, sound is heard in the ______.
conduction loss
sensorineural loss - ✔✔RINNE TEST:
If bone conduction > air conduction (BC > AC)
suspect _________
If air conduction is more than twice as long as bone conduction (AC >BC)
suspect __________.
sensorineural hearing loss - ✔✔have trouble understanding speech, often complaining that
others mumble
Conductive hearing loss - ✔✔in this type of hearing loss, noisy environments may help
