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57 Cards in this Set
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What is the loss of consciousness and inability to sit upright?
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Syncope
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What is the feeling of faint?
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Dizziness
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What is the feeling of things starting to spin?
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Vertigo
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What is the term used to decribe tilting the head to affected side?
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Torticollis
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What is the diease called in which you have a enlarged forehead?
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Paget's Diease
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When age make the facial features thicker, this is called?
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Acromegaly
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What is Normocephalic?
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the head
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What is Fontanels?
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Soft spot on head of infant
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What is alopecia?
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hair loss that can result from illness and/or medicines
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How is texture classified?
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Coarse or Fine
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What is the sclera of the eye?
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Tough, fibrous tunic forming the outer envelope of the eye; white of eye
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What is Cornea?
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Transparent convex that covers the iris and pupil.
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What is the iris?
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round pigmented membrane of eye that perforated in the center by pupil; colored part of eye
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What is Pupil?
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apparently black circular opening in center of eye which passes light to retina.
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What is retina?
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light sensitive membrane lining inner posterior chamber of the eyeball
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What is the optic disc of the eye?
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point where the optic nerve enter the retina; not sensitive to light
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What is OD?
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right eye
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What is OS?
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left eye
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What is OU?
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both eyes
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What is EOM?
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extraocular movement of the eye
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What is Nystagmus?
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involutary movement of eye
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What is Presbyopia?
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inability of the eye to focus on nearby object
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What is myopia?
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visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred; nearsightness
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What is Strabismus?
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disorder of vision which causes the eyes to cross
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What is glaucoma?
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eye diease caused by abnormally high fluid pressure, damaged optic disk, hardening of eyeball, and partial to complete vision loss.
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What is the Ophthalmoscope used for?
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check or assess the inner eye
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What is Ishihara?
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Test used to test children for colorblindness; a circle with yellow ans black dots with a red #2 in center.
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What is Arcus Stenilis?
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White, gray circle on outside of eye
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What is the Auricle of the ear?
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the inner ear
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What is the lobule of the ear?
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small lobe, such as the soft lower pendulous part of external ear
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What is the Tragus of the ear?
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a small tongue-like projection of the cartilage of the ear
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What is Tympanic membrane of the ear?
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thin membrane in the middle ear that transmits sound vibration to the ear
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What is Cerumen?
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ear wax
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What is a Otoscope used for?
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instrument used to examine the inner ear using a light and magnifying lens
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What is a tuning fork used for?
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testing hearing using a metal fork to make vibration sounds
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What is Presbycusis?
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hearing loss due to age
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What is tinnitus?
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ringing in the ear, occurs in one or both ears
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What is Otagis?
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pain in ear
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What are the 3 parts of the external ear?
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1. auricle
2. outer ear canal 3. tympanic membrane |
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What are the 3 bones that makeup the middle ear?
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1. mallelus
2. Incus 3. Stapes |
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What is the Whisper test?
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Identification voice tones; stand behind patient and whisper to assess for gross hearing loss
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What is Weber's test?
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use tuning fork; tap and place at base of patient's head.
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What is the Rinne's test?
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test for air and bone conduction comparison; tap fork in front of ear and move to front of ear canal
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What does sinus infection look like?
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yellowish or greenish discharge
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What does allergy drainage look like?
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pale mucosa with clear discharge
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What is Epistaxis?
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Bleeding from nose caused by irritation
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What is Dysphagia?
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difficulty swallowing
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What is Dysphasia?
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impaired speech
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What is Aphasia?
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no ability to talk
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When will your eyes dilate?
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in the dark or when focus on a distant object
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When will your eyes contract?
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When exposed to light or focus on near object
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What is the snellen Chart?
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stand 20 feet from eye chart; 20/20 in normal; bottom # is the distanct a person with normal vision would stand to read chart.
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What is the Jaegar chart?
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A hand-held eye chart
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What are Allen cards used for?
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Children to assess their vision; flash card with pictures on them
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Which way do you pull an adults ear to inspect?
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pull up and back
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Which way do you pull a childs under the age of 3 ear to inspect?
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pull down only
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To check the Palpate gland, you use 2 methods; explain them?
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1. Posterior- stand behind client and displace gland to assess
2. Anterior- same as posterior except you standin front of client |
