Procedures
Whats an orthopedic exam?
Examines skeletal system, structures, and muscle
What is Arrhythmia?
Irregular heart rhythm
What is a pulse?
The number of times a heart beats per minute
What's a murmur?
Abnormal sound of heart
What is diagnosing a problem?
diagnostics
Whats used to exam the eyes?
What is dehydration?
Loss of water In body
What is ambulating?
To walk
What's a Lesion?
Abnormal change to organ tissue through injury of disease
Where are fermoral pulses found?
behind the thigh of the back leg
What is palpate?
Examine by feeling area
What are lymph nodes?
Small glands that filter lymph fluid, become swollen in response to infection/tumors
What is defecation?
bowel movement
What are abnormalities?
Things that are the opposite of normal.
What is lethargic?
Not alert or active
checking for vital signs is checking for..
Pulse, respiration and temp
Degree of heat of a living body?
Temperature
Range of motion is?
How far a joint can move
What is plaque?
bacteria on teeth
What is tartar?
Plague building on the teeth
Checking for Fermoral Pulse?
Checking for pulse on thigh of back leg
ability to pass material through gut is?
Gut motility
Breaths per minute is?
Respiration
What is inflammation?
redness, swelling on body
What is Capillary Refill Time?
Time it takes for blood to return