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What is a virus that affects the cranial nerves leaving no voluntary control?
Bells Palsy
What are the 2 saliva ducts?
Wharton's and Stenson's ducts
Where are the Wharton's ducts?
under the tongue
What does saliva do?
help digest food and maintains oral hygiene
What are some common complaints of oral cancer?
nonhealing lips or mouth sore, unusual sensation in mouth, swelling/mass in the mouth/throat, bleeding in the mouth, chronic sore throat, dysphagia, voice change, ear pain
What is a precancerous lesion?
leukoplakia
What can cause a hairy tongue?
smoking or antibiotics
What can cause glossitis?
chemotherapy for cancer
What is inflammation of the tongue?
glossitis
What nerve innervates the superior rectus?
CN III
What nerve innervates the inferior rectus?
CN III
What nerve innervates the medial rectus and interior oblique muscle?
CN III
What nerve innervates lateral rectus?
CN VI
What nerve innervates superior oblique?
CN IV
What is eyelashes folding inward?
entropia
What is eyelashes folding outward?
ectropia
What are some ototoxic medicatiosn?
salicylates, furosemides (aspirin), aminolycosides
What may CVA (costovetebral angle) tenderness be a sign of?
kidney trouble
Where do the lung apices extend?
about 4 cm above the first rib into the base of the neck in adults
What is paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea?
difficulty breathing at night due to intermittent spasms
KNOW pneumonia, TB, pleural effusion, emphysema, bronchiectasis
know what they are!
KNOW COPD, asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, Cor pulmonale
know what they are!
What is air rushing into the lungs?
pneumothorax
What is blood rushing into the lungs?
hemothorax
How do you find pack years?
packs smoked per day times the years they've smoked
What is the leading cause of death?
lung cancer
Is lung cancer death risk higher in men or women?
men
What vitamin is good to help reduce lung cancer risk?
E
What is hunchback?
kyphosis
What race have the largest thorax size?
adult caucasians
What is normal lung tone?
resonance
What is the sound of a lung with emphysema?
hyperresonance
What sound is heard over the liver and visceral?
dullness
What sound is heard over the scapula?
flat
What is normal breathing?
eupnea
What is breathing over 20 per minute?
tachypnea
What is breathing below 12 per minute?
bradypnea
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NORMAL AND ADVENTITIOUS BREATH SOUNDS
When are crackles heard?
inspiration
When are rhonchi heard?
expiration
When are mild wheezes heard?
expiration
What sounds like a fine sound like fingers in the hair that occurs in the periphery of the lung?
crackles
What is a low loud noise that sounds like snoring located over the larger airways?
rhonchi
What is a high pitched musical squeak that occurs in the smaller airways?
mild wheeze
What respiratory problem may cause mild wheezes?
asthma
What are fine high pitched crackling noises heard at the end of inspiration?
fine crackles
What are medium pitched moist sounds heard about halfway through inspiration?
medium crackles
Are fine crackles cleared by cough?
no
Are medium crackles cleared by cough?
no
What are low pitched bubbling or gurgling sounds that start early in inspiration and extend into the first part of expiration?
course crackles
What are high pitched musical sounds similar to a squeak heard more commonly during expiration but MAY be heard on inspiration?
wheezes
What is a low pitched coarse loud low snoring or moaning tone that is heard primarily during expiration but MAY be heard during inspiration?
rhonchi
When do you hear fine crackles?
the end of inspiration
When do you hear medium crackles?
halfway through inspiration
When do you hear coarse crackles?
early in inspiration and into expiration
When do you hear wheezes?
more commonly in expiration but sometimes during inspiration
When do you hear a rhonchi?
usually during expiration but sometimes during inspiration
When do you hear a pleural friction rub?
inspiration and expiration
What is a superficial low pitched coarse rubbing or grating sound that sounds like two surfaces rubbing together?
pleural friction rub
Where is a pleural friction rub the loudest?
the anterolateral surface
Is a pleural friction rub cleared by cough?
no
What is heard in patients with pleurisy?
pleural friction rub
What is heard in problems such as bronchitis, which is obstructing the bronchus or trachea
rhonchi
What is heard in narrow airway disease such as asthma?
wheezes
What is heard in individuals with things like pulmonary edema or pulmonary fibrosis?
coarse crackles
Which normal breath sound is highest in pitch?
bronchial
Which normal breath sound is moderate in pitch?
bronchovesicular
What normal breath sound is low in pitch?
vesicular
What is the loudest normal breath sound?
bronchial
What is the softest normal breath sound?
vesicular
Which is longer with bronchial sounds: inspiration or expiration?
expiration
Which is longer with bronchovesicular sounds: inspiration or expiration?
both are equal
Which is longer with with vesicular sounds: inspiration or expiration?
inspiration
Where do you hear bronchial sounds?
over trachea
Where do you hear bronchovesicular sounds?
first and second intercostal spaces at sternal border anteriorly; posteriorly at T4 medial to scapula
Where do you hear vesicular breath sounds?
peripheral lung fields
Where should you not hear bronchial sounds?
peripheral lung fields
Where should you not hear bronchovesicular sounds?
peripheral lung fields
Why do so many older individuals have many lung problems?
less ciliary activity
What is the period of time within the cardiac cycle in which the ventricles are contracted and ejecting blood into the aorta and pulmonary arteries?
systole
What is the period of time within the cardiac cycle in which ventricles are relaxed and filling with blood?
diastole
What is chest pain that is pressure, burning, dull or sharp?
stable angina
What is chest pain that is pressure, squeezing, crushing, burning, dull, or sharp?
unstable angina
What is chest pain that is boring, oppressive, pleuritic, or positional?
acute pericarditis
What does angina indicate?
myocardial ischemia
What is a likely sign of angina?
Levine's sign (a clenched fist placed on the sternum to describe the pain)
What is breathing characterized by several short breaths followed by long, irregular periods of apnea?
Biot breathing
What is a burning, squeezing, aching, heaviness, smothering pain?
ischemia
What is a positional ache with dyspnea?
pericarditis
What is a sudden onset that is sharp, stabbing, and varies with respirations?
pulmonary embolis
What is a sudden onset of pain that feels like tearing or pleuritis worsened by breathing?
pneumothorax
What is a stabbing pain increased by coughing and deep breathing?
pneumonia
What is quickly squeezing a calf which causes calf pain?
deep phlebitis
What is dorsiflexing the foot and the calf has soreness or pain?
homan's sign
What can be a sign of arterial insuffiency but is also a sign of aging?
hair loss
What are common in the veins of older adults?
rigid, tortuous veins and arteries- variscosities
What are some cardiovascular assistive devices/procedures?
cardiac cath/angioplasty, artifical pacemakers, hemodynamic monitoring, antiembolic stockings, chest tubes, EKG monitor, IV cathetes
What can chest tubes do?
reinflate the chest
What may fatigue be a symptom of?
perfusion problem
What can cause pulmonary edema?
blood backing up in the pulmonary circulation