Signs/Tests Named After People
HEENT & Integumentary
Auscultation
A&P
Random/Everything
100
Nurse is deeply palpating the right upper quadrant while patient is instructed to breathe in. Patient has to suddenly stop inhalation due to pain
What is (a positive) Murphy's sign?
100
inflammation of outer membrane of eyeball, "pink eye"
What is conjunctivitis?
100
snore-like, low-pitched wheezing, rattling sounds heard during inspiration and expiration
What is rhonchi?
100
cranial nerve that's important for movement of trapezius and sternomastoid muscles
What is cranial nerve XI (11, accessory/spinal nerve)
100
most commonly used device for delivering oxygen; low-flow, safe and allows patient some freedom of movement
What is a nasal cannula?
200
extension of toes when sole of foot is stimulated; normal in babies until 2 y/o & abnormal in adults
What is the Babinski reflex?
200
epistaxis
What is the term for bleeding from the nose?
200
atrial gallop
What is S4 (extra heart sound)?
200
the name of abdominal region #1
Where/what is the right hypochondriac region of the abdomen?
200
type of procedure to help protect immunocompromised patient from getting a nosocomial infection; requires staff to cover up when entering room
What are reverse isolation precautions?
300
inability to maintain balance when standing with eyes closed
What is the Romberg test?
300
concave shaped, thin, depressed nails, often associated with iron deficient anemia
koilonychia/spoon nails
300
the type of sound heard when lungs are hyper-inflated
What is hyperresonance?
300
excessive outward rounding/curvature of spine; "hunchback"
What is kyphosis?
300
lesion that runs along a nerve route
What is a zosteriform lesion/pattern?
400
vasospasm of fingers and/or feet in response to cold, so fingers and toes might look pale
What is Raynaud’s phenomenon?
400
the more commonly used term for a "nevus"
What is a mole?
400
high-pitched, scratchy, sand papery sound heard when auscultating heart
What is a pericardial friction rub?
400
a bulging, weakened area of an artery
What is an aneurysm?
400
inability to recognize objects from touching/holding them
What is astereognosis?
500
test to check for Carpal Tunnel syndrome; positive if you place backs of hands together with wrists flexed and experience paresthesia
What is Phalen's maneuver?
500
presbycusis
What is the term for progressive and symmetrical age-related hearing loss?
500
crackling, grating, creaking sounds caused by bones rubbing against each other
What is crepitus?
500
amenorrhea
What is the term for the absence of menstrual bleeding (missing periods)?
500
procedure where nurse packs a wound with gauze covered in saline, and removes the gauze after a few hours; it pulls out necrotic tissue with it
What is a wet to dry dressing?