Heart/Vasc
The volume of blood ejected during systole.
What is stroke volume?
Bloody sputum.
What is hemoptysis?
When a person's pupils constrict when looking at something close, and then dilate when looking at something distant.
What is accommodation?
A ringing, crackling, or buzzing in the ears.
What is Tinnitus?
AV valve closure sound.
What is S1 (Lub)?
The opposing pressure the ventricles must generate to open the semilunar valves.
What is afterload?
Increased respirations.
What is tachypnea?
A loss of central vision caused by yellow deposits and neovascularity in the macula.
What is Macular Degeneration?
The type of vertigo (spinning) that feels as if the room is spinning.
What is objective vertigo?
A blowing, swishing sound indicating blood flow turbulence. Heard over vessels.
What is a bruit?
The heart's pacemaker.
What is the SA Node?
A newborn's first respiratory assessment is part of this. This is done at 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth.
What is the Apgar Scoring System?
Oscillating movement of the eye, best seen around the iris.
What is Nystagmus?
The type of tuning fork test performed in which the fork is struck and placed midline on the top of the cranium. Sound should be heard in both ears and not lateralized.
What is the Weber Test?
High pitched popping sounds heard during inspiration, and indicative of fluid in lungs.
What are crackles?
The most common cause of cardiovascular system disorders in the aging adult.
What are lifestyle habits?
Indrawing of the abdomen just below the ribs. A clinical sign of respiratory distress.
What is sternal retraction?
A condition in which a person cannot align both eyes simultaneously due to a weakness in one of the extra ocular muscles. Usually seen as a crossed eye.
What is Strabismus?
The test to assess the ability of the vestibular apparatus in the inner ear to help to maintain standing balance.
What is the Romberg test?
These heart sounds are due to ventricles that are resistant to filling, and are heard as vibrations.
What is S3 & S4?
This number equals the volume of blood in each systole times the number of heart beats per minute. It should equal 4-6 Liters in a normal adult.
What is cardiac output?
Normal inspiration and prolonged expiration to overcome increased airway resistance.
What is chronic obstructive breathing?
An optic nerve neuropathy caused by increased intraocular pressure, and characterized by a loss of peripheral vision.
What is Glaucoma?
The normal hearing loss that occurs with aging, as evidenced by a loss of high-tone hearing.
What is presbycusis?
This is the sound produced as a result of the changes in intrathoracic pressure during inspiration.
What is a split S2?