TERMINOLOGY
ASSESSMENT
HEAD,NECK, EARS & EYES
LUNGS/HEART
MYSTERY CATEGORY
100
Occurs when pupils constrict and converge to focus on objects at close range.
What is accommodation?
100
Used to auscultate bruits
What is the bell of the stethoscope?
100
Occipital, submental, submandibular, preauricular
What are lymph nodes?
100
High pitched, discontinuous sounds similar to the sound produced by rubbing your hair between your fingers
What are crackles?
100
Observe from the foot of table and right side of client
What are ways to assess the contour of the abdomen?
200
One side is the same as the other in regards to size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts.
What is symmetry?
200
Correct patient positioning for palpating the abdomen
What is with knees bent?
200
Translucent, pearly gray
What is a normal tympanic membrane?
200
Cardiac auscultation sites
What are aorta, pulmonic, Erb's, tricuspid and mitral?
200
"I am going to auscultate your abdomen for bruits and palpate for masses."
What is, not the right thing to say when examining your patient's abdomen?
300
Red reflex
What is seen when a direct light source is reflected off the retina?
300
Three questions to ask to assess A&O x 3
What is: "What is your name? Where are you? What day of the week is it?"
300
Note the rise of the soft palate and uvula
What is asking the patient to open mouth and say "ahh?"
300
Where you palpate the PMI
What is the 5th ICS at the midclavicular line?
300
Place cotton ball on various areas of patient's extremities.
What is assessing for light touch?
400
PERRLA
What are pupils, equal, round, reactive to light, accommodation?
400
Can be full, bounding, irregular, weak, absent
What are peripheral pulses?
400
Chin to chest; ear to shoulder; turn head side-to-side
What are assessments of the cervical spine?
400
Rales, Ronchi and Wheezes
What are adventitious breath sounds
400

Known as normal breathing.

What is eupnea?

500
Turning the foot inward
What is inversion?
500
Practice, Practice, Practice!
What is the best way to prepare for the PE?
500
This test evaluates the functioning of the six extraocular muscles of the eyes
What is the cardinal position/field of gaze?
500
Breathe
What is the most important thing to do when perfprming the PE?
500
Rosenbaum and Jaeger
What are the names of tools to test near vision?
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