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What is palpitation?

To feel

What is auscultation?

To listen through a stethoscope.

What do you call the crackling sound that the physician hears when the patient is breathing?

Rales

What should you do after taking a patient's vitals?

Give the patient a gown and ask them to get in the high Fowler's position (sitting on the edge of the table.)

In what position should you sit a patient who has pulmonary problems?

Low/semi Fowler's

What is the lithotomy position?

Birthing, pap smear position.

What is the dorsal recumbent position?

Supine with knees bent, feet flat on the table.

What is the prone position?

Laying on one's stomach

What is the sims position?

Sleeping position.

What is the best position for rectal examinations?

Sims

Why is it important for the medical assistant to drape a patient?

To provide the patient with warm, as well as the sense of modesty.

What is the term for the condition of turning blue (usually due to pulmonary distress)?

Cyanosis

What is irrigation?

Application of large amounts of fluid to an area for the purpose of removing debris.

What is the other term for earwax?

Cerumen

What should you do in order to avoid damaging the tympanic membrane during irrigation?

Inject the solution towards the roof of the ear canal.

What is ear instillation?

Putting drops of medication into a patient's ear.

Where do you drop fluid when performing an eye irrigation?

Solution is released at the inner canthus.

How would you tilt the head when performing an eye irrigation?

Tilt the head toward the irritated/affected eye.

What does dacry/o mean?

Tears

What is the medical term for drooping of the eyes?

Blepharptosis

What is the medical term for dry eyes?

Xerophthalmia

What is loss of hearing due to old age?

Presbycusis

What instrument is used to view the eye?

Ophthalmoscope

What is the tympanic membrane?

Eardrum

What is the medical term for ringing in the ears?

Tinnitus

What is body mechanics?

Use of appropriate body movements to perform a physical activity. Practices include:


-Standing straight for good balance


-Keeping your back straight and bend at the hip and knees when lifting objects.


-Squatting to reduce strain on the spine when picking up objects off the floor.


List general sensations.

-Temperature


-Pain


-Proprioception

List taste sensations.

-Sweet


-Salty


-Sour

Which nerve controls the sense of smell?

Olfactory nerve

What is the center of the iris?

Pupil

What is the colored portion of the eye?

Iris

What is the function of the viterous humor?

Maintains the shaped of the eye

What is the medical term for nearsightedness?

Myopia

What is glaucoma?

Increased intraocular pressure.

What is part of a medical history?

-PH, Patient history


-RoS, Review of Systems


-FH, Family history


-SH, Social history

What is chief complaint?

It is the reason for a doctor visit in the words of the patient.

What is objective?

Change in the body that can be observed.

What is subjective?

Change in the body that the patient states.

What are the terms to describe pain?

-Duration


-Intensity

What is release of information?

It is used to obtain records from another physician.

What are open-ended questions?

Questions that do not have a simple yes or no answer. The answers are much detailed which is needed.

What is the sclera?

White of the eye; tough outer layer.

What is the retina?

Innermost layer containing the cones, rods and blood vessels.

What is the cornea?

Lens; anterior portion of the sclera, transparent (allows light through)

What are the rods?

Receptors for black and white and for peripheral vision.

What are the cones?

Receptors of color.

What is the pinna?

External portion of the ear (flap).

What is the TM?

Tympanic membrane (eardrum); structure that transmits sound waves to the ossicles of the middle ear.

What are ossicles?

Small bones of the middle ear, including the malleus, incus and stapes.

What is the labyrinth?

Bones and membrane of the inner ear that contain receptors for sound waves and maintain balance (equilibrium).

What are the semicircular canals?

Inner ear structures that control equilibrium and detect motion.