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NSG 500 - Quiz 1 Questions and Correct
Answers
Tympany Ans: high-pitched, musical, drum-like percussion note
heard when percussing over the stomach and intestine
Hyperresonance Ans: lower-pitched, booming sound found when
too much air is present such as in emphysema or pneumothorax
resonance percussion Ans: loud, hollow low-pitched sound heard
over normal lungs
Dullness on percussion Ans: soft, moderate, thud-like sound
heard over structures such as the liver
flatness on percussion Ans: soft, high, and dull sound heard over
muscles
pneumatic otoscopy Ans: otoscopic observation of the tympanic
membrane as air is released into the external auditory meatus;
immobility indicates the presence of middle ear effusion (fluid
buildup), as occurs as a result of otitis media
reflex hammer Ans: a medical instrument used by practitioners to
test deep tendon reflexes.
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ophthalmoscope Ans: instrument used to examine the interior of
the eye
Wood's lamp Ans: Filtered black light that is used to illuminate
skin disorders, fungi, bacterial disorders, and pigmentation.
Cerebrum Ans: responsible for a person's mental status
cerebral cortex Ans: responsible for higher mental functions,
perception, and behavior
frontal lobe Ans: decision making, problem solving, ability to
concentrate, short-term memory, affect, awareness, autonomic
responses r/t emotional states
Broca's area (frontal lobe) Ans: speech production
parietal lobe Ans: receiving and processing sensory data
temporal lobe Ans: perception and recognition of auditory
stimuli. integration of behavior, emotions, long-term memory and
personality
Wernicke's area (temporal lobe) Ans: controls language reception -
a brain area involved in language comprehension and expression;
usually in the left temporal lobe
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NSG 500 - Quiz 1 Questions and Correct
Answers
Tympany Ans: high-pitched, musical, drum-like percussion note
heard when percussing over the stomach and intestine
Hyperresonance Ans: lower-pitched, booming sound found when
too much air is present such as in emphysema or pneumothorax
resonance percussion Ans: loud, hollow low-pitched sound heard
over normal lungs
Dullness on percussion Ans: soft, moderate, thud-like sound
heard over structures such as the liver
flatness on percussion Ans: soft, high, and dull sound heard over
muscles
pneumatic otoscopy Ans: otoscopic observation of the tympanic
membrane as air is released into the external auditory meatus;
immobility indicates the presence of middle ear effusion (fluid
buildup), as occurs as a result of otitis media
reflex hammer Ans: a medical instrument used by practitioners to
test deep tendon reflexes.
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ophthalmoscope Ans: instrument used to examine the interior of
the eye
Wood's lamp Ans: Filtered black light that is used to illuminate
skin disorders, fungi, bacterial disorders, and pigmentation.
Cerebrum Ans: responsible for a person's mental status
cerebral cortex Ans: responsible for higher mental functions,
perception, and behavior
frontal lobe Ans: decision making, problem solving, ability to
concentrate, short-term memory, affect, awareness, autonomic
responses r/t emotional states
Broca's area (frontal lobe) Ans: speech production
parietal lobe Ans: receiving and processing sensory data
temporal lobe Ans: perception and recognition of auditory
stimuli. integration of behavior, emotions, long-term memory and
personality
Wernicke's area (temporal lobe) Ans: controls language reception -
a brain area involved in language comprehension and expression;
usually in the left temporal lobe
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