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12 Cards in this Set
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Kernigs |
Sign of bacterial meningitis - severe stiffness of hamstring causes inability to straighten leg when hip is flexed to 90 degrees |
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Brudkinski |
Sign of meningitis - severe neck stiffness causes patients hips and knees to flex when neck is flexed. |
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Babinski |
Normal in INFANTS and up to 2 yrs old - Big toe extends and other four fan out when sole is firmly stroked. |
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Chadwick's Sign |
Positive sign is Blueish tint of color to cervix due to pregnancy. |
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Gooddell's sign |
Sign of pregnancy. Cervix softens when palpated. |
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Montgomery's Tubercles |
Sebaceous area in areola region of breasts. They protrude lubricant. Area darkens during pregnancy. Colostrum is present. |
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Hegar's sign |
Seen in pregnancy. It is softening of isthmus; the connection between cervix and body of uterus. |
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Homan's sign |
Pain in the calf of the leg upon dorsiflexion of the foot with the leg extended that is diagnostic of thrombosis in the deep veins of the area. Pain is positive sign. |
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Galant Reflex |
Newborn when placed on belly (in ventral position) when stroked along one side of spine will laterally reflex toward stimulated side. |
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Moro Reflex |
Infantile reflex normally present up to 4 -6 months of age as a response to a sudden loss of support, when the infant feels as if it is falling. It involves three distinct components: spreading out the arms (abduction) unspreading the arms (adduction) crying (usually) |
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Tonic Neck Reflex |
Primitive reflex found in newborn humans, but normally vanishes around three months of age. It is also known as the "fencing reflex" because of the characteristic position of the infant's arms and head, which resembles that of a classically trained fencer. Laying supine head is turned to one side, one arm extended. |
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Rooting |
Infant turns in response to stimulus to cheek or mouth. Disappears at 4-6 months. |
