Cardiac
Right atrium →right ventricle →pulmonary artery →lungs →pulmonary vein →left atrium →left ventricle
What is blood flow through the heart?
This is the correct method to use when progressing from one auscultatory site on the thorax to another.
What is Side-to-side comparison?
A sharp pain along the costovertebral angles is
often indicative of this.
What is kidney inflammation?
This is located in the left lower quadrant.
What is the sigmoid colon?
Fingers often change color when one with what syndrome goes out in cold weather?
What is Raynaud phenomenon?
This area of the nervous system that responsible for mediating reflexes.
What is the Spinal cord?
This is the tissue that connects the tongue to the floor of the mouth.
What is the frenulum?
The outer layer of the eye is very sensitive to touch.
What is true?
This is a true statement concerning air conduction.
What is air conduction is the normal pathway for hearing?
This is the electrical stimulus of the cardiac cycle.
What is the SA node?
This consists of two lobes.
What is the left lung?
These are the fibrous bands that run directly from one bone to another, strengthen the joint, and help prevent movement in undesirable directions.
What are Ligaments?
What is a contraindication regarding a suspected injured spleen.
What is an enlarged spleen should not be palpated because it can easily rupture?
This is the major artery supplying the arm.
What is the brachial artery?
This controls humans' ability to perform very skilled movements such as writing?
What is the Corticospinal tract?
This term is used to note difficulties in swallowing.
What is dysphagia?
The amount of aqueous produced and resistance to its outflow at the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye.
What are causes of increased intraocular pressure?
This part of the ear should is responsible for the sensation of dizziness.
What is the labyrinth?
This is the sac that surrounds and protects the heart.
What is the pericardium?
These are the primary muscles of respiration.
What are the Diaphragm and intercostals?
a patient’s left arm is swollen from the shoulder down to the fingers, with nonpitting brawny edema. The right arm is normal. The patient had a left-sided mastectomy 1 year ago. What does this indicate?
What is Lymphedema?
This is a possible cause of hypoactive bowel sounds.
What is peritonitis?
This artery is located lateral to the extensor tendon of the great toe.
What is the dorsalis pedis artery?
The area of the brain concerned with balance.
What is the cerebellum?
This is the best way to stop nosebleeds.
What is sit up, head tilted forward and pinch the nose?
This statement is true regarding visual pathways and visual fields.
What is The image formed on the retina is upside down and reversed from its actual appearance in the outside world?
This is a way to test hearing by whispering a set of random numbers and letters, and then ask the patient to repeat them.
What is a voice test?
A thrill and lift at the fifth left intercostal space midclavicular line can be palpated. In the same area, a blowing, swishing sound right after the S1 can be auscultated.
What is mitral regurgitation?
This is the correct method to use when progressing from one auscultatory site on the thorax to another?
What is Side-to-side comparison?
This is the number of lumbar vertebra.
What is five?
This is the reason auscultation precedes percussion and palpation of the abdomen.
What is Auscultation prevents distortion of bowel sounds that might occur after percussion and palpation?
the nurse hears a blowing, swishing sound with the bell of the stethoscope over the left carotid artery. This finding indicates.
What is blood flow turbulence?
Facial drooping and this symptom may be present after a stroke.
What is Dysphagia?
This is the primary purpose of the ciliated mucous membrane in the nose?
What is to filter coarse particles from inhaled air
The accommodation of the eyes is assessed in this way.
What is Pupillary constriction when looking at a near object?
This would be considered a normal finding would be normal from an ear examination of an 80-year-old patient.
What is high-tone frequency loss?
When auscultating heart sounds, the valve closures that can be heard best at the base of the heart are:
What are Aortic and pulmonic?
Complaints of an inability to breathe and a sharp pain in the chest, including assessment findings of cyanosis, tachypnea, tracheal deviation, decreased tactile fremitus, hyperresonance, and decreased breath sounds suggest what finding?
What is a pneumothorax?
A patient is scheduled for open-heart surgery. The surgeon plans to use the great saphenous vein for the coronary bypass grafts. How will this affect circulation?
"This vein can be removed without harming your circulation"
Tenderness upon light palpation in the right lower quadrant is often indicative of this.
What is appendicitis?
when assessing the radial pulse of a patient, the pulse is counted for:
What is 1 minute, if the rhythm is irregular.
Standing with feet together and arms at the side with eyes closed, starting to sway and moving feet farther apart should be documented as this?
What is a Positive Romberg sign?
A patient with a 3-day history of nausea and vomiting, has dry mucosa and deep vertical fissures in the tongue. What do these findings indicate?
What is dehydration?
Loss of central vision but normal peripheral vision is indicative of this.
What is macular degeneration?
This is a ringing or buzzing noise in one or both ears that may be constant or come and go and may be associated with hearing loss.
What is tinnitis?
The nurse should document mild, slight pitting edema the ankles of a pregnant patient in this way.
What is +1 edema?
These are the breath sounds of a patient with severe asthma.
What are wheezes?
This is a true statement regarding the arterial system.
What is; it is a high-pressure system?
the two parts of the nervous system?
What is the central and peripheral?