Vital Knowledge
Name that Lesion
Come to your "Senses"
Tools of the Trade
Listen Here
100

This is considered the normal respiratory rate.

What is 12-20 in adults.

100

Name 2 types of lesions. (General Morphology)

What is a vesicle, bulla, macule, patch, papule, or plaque?

100

This cranial nerve innervates and controls the abduction of the eye using the lateral rectus muscle.

What is Abducens Nerve?

100

Used to check visual acuity.

What is the Snelling Chart?

100
The 5 areas for listening to the heart.

What is Aortic, Pulmonic, Erb's Point, Tricuspid, Mitral?

200

This artery is most commonly used to assess heart rate on an adult.

What is the Radial Artery.
200

This is a small, solid, palpable lesion measuring <10mm.

What is a papule?

200

This cranial nerve senses and transmits the sense of hearing and it also senses gravity and maintains balance and equilibrium.

What is the Acoustic Nerve?

200

The two tests used to check hearing that involve a tuning fork.

What are the Weber and Rinne Tests?

200

How many places do you listen to the lungs during your assessment.

What is 8? 

300

An abnormal sound heard with the stethoscope generated by turbulent flow of blood in an artery.

What is a bruit?

300

This is a 4 mm nonblanchable redish-purple discoloration caused by a minor hemorrhage.

What is Purpura?

300

This nerve controls laryngeal and pharyngeal muscles and damage to this cranial nerve can lead to swallowing disorders.

It also controls the parasympathetic nervous system to the thoracic and abdominal organs and it controls the resonance of the voice.

What is the Vagus Nerve?

300

Used to assess balance and gait.

What is the Romberg test?

300

Name the four quadrants in an abdominal assessment.

What is RUQ, LUQ, RLQ, LLQ?

400

When listening to respirations what 3 things are you checking?

What are Rhythm, Depth, and Rate?
400

Consists of dried serum, blood, or pus. Can occur in inflammatory or infectious skin diseases (ex: impetigo)

What is Scabs/Crusts?

400

This cranial nerve transmits the sense of vision from the retina to the brain.

What is the Optic Nerve?
400

Demonstrate 3 range of motion activities.

Demonstration can include:



      • Flexion/Extension

      • Dorsiflexion/Plantarflexion

      • Adduction/Abduction

      • Inversion/Eversion

      • Internal Rotation/External Rotation

      • Pronation/Suppination

      • Circumduction

      • Elevation/Depression

      • Protraction/Retraction

400

When listening for bowel sounds you are not able to hear anything. What is this indicative of?

What is a blockage, obstruction, or ileus?

500

Considered the 6th vital sign.

What is Pain?

500

Red, painful, fluid filled blister that appears near the mouth or lips. Tingling or burning can occur before this appears.

What is Cold Sores (Herpes Simplex)?

500

This nerve helps control the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles.

What is the Spinal Accessory Nerve?

500
The 4 techniques or basic methods used in a physical assessment.

What are Inspection, Auscultation, Percussion, and Palpation?

500

What sound is at fifth intercostal space at the midclavicular line.

What is the Apical pulse/Point of Maximal Impulse.