Cardiovascular & Peripheral Vascular
Thorax & Lungs
Abdominal
Head,Face,Neck; Ears, Eyes, Nose, Mouth, & Throat
Hair, Skin, & Nails
100
The auscultation area represented by "P" in the acronym APETM
What is the Pulmonic area?
100
The type of breath sounds heard over peripheral lung fields with a low, soft pitch and greater inspiration duration than expiration.
What is vesicular?
100
Sound heard on abdominal auscultation that may indicate underlying vascular problems.
What is a bruit?
100
Term used to describe a disease of lymph node enlargement to greater than 1cm from infection, allergy, or neoplasm.
What is lymphadenopathy?
100
Two abnormal findings with inspection and palpation of the hair.
What are: dull, coarse, brittle, dandruff, infestations, and lesions?
200
Similar to a bruit, this palpable vibration signifies turbulant blood flow and typically accompanies loud murmurs.
What is a thrill?
200
Term used to describe a chest with an anteroposterior diameter equal to transverse diameter, often caused by chronic emphysema.
What is "barrel chest"?
200
Abdominal quadrant where bowel sounds are normally always present.
What is the right lower quadrant?
200
Performing this assessment requires standing behind the patient with fingers placed around and onto the front of the neck.
What is palpation of the thyroid?
200
Skin lesion that is solely a color change, flat, circumscribed and less than 1cm in diameter.
What is a macule?
300
Once described as the Point of Maximal Impulse, or PMI, this impulse is located at either the fourth or fifth intercostal space, at or inside the midclavicular line.
What is the apical impulse?
300
High-pitched adventitious breath sound caused by an upper airway obstruction.
What is stridor?
300
Documentation to describe bowel sounds that are loud, high-pitched, rushing, and tinkling.
What is hyperactive?
300
Description of method used to test for accomodation in the PERRLA mnemonic.
What is asking patient to focus on a distant object, then moving object closer to the eyes, watching for pupils to change from dilated to constricted and for covergence of eyes?
300
Finding represented by "A" in the mnemonic ABCDE used to characterize lesions in skin assessment.
What is Asymetry of a pigmented lesion?
400
The number used to denote the force of a normal pulse on a three-point scale.
What is 2+?
400
A palpable vibration caused by vocal resonation, which may increase with consolidation of lung tissue.
What is tactile fremitus?
400
Kidney seated 1cm higher than the other which is not normally palpable upon physical assessment.
What is the left kidney?
400
Directions the pinna should be pulled for examination of the inner ear of an adult.
What are up and back?
400
Type of nail change associated with systemic conditions that cause chronic hypoxemia.
What is clubbing?
500
The number used to denote deep pitting edema with an indentation that remains for a short time on a limb that appears swollen using a four-point scale.
What is 3+?
500
Two changes found in aging adults that may alter function of the respiratory system
What are:Increased AP diameter, kyphosis, marked bony prominences d/t less subq fat, decreased but symmetric chest expansion, less mobile thorax d/t costal cartilage calicfication, easy fatigue?
500
Two common causes for abdominal distention.
What are air/gas, ascites/fluid, ovarian cyst, feces, pregnancy, tumor, full bladder?
500
Two physical assessment findings consistent with a deviated septum.
What are 1). Visualization of a hump or shelf in one nasal cavity during inspection and 2). Reduced or obstructed airflow/patency from one nostril during palpation?
500
Vascular insufficiency associated with thin, shiny skin.
What is arterial?
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