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| Chest pain associated with decreased coronary blood flow |
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| The front, as opposed to the posterior. The anterior surface of the heart is toward the breast bone (the sternum). |
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| the tip of a pyramidal or rounded structure like the lung or the heart |
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| conventionally the lowermost, leftmost area of cardiac pulsation that is usually palpable |
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| condition in which small airays become inflamed and narrow causing restriction of airflow |
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| A condition in which there is an obstruction of airflow. |
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| Anteroposterior diameter = lateral diameter and ribs are horizontal. Occurs with aging and COPD. |
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| abnormally slow respiratory rate usually less than 10 breaths for minure in adults |
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| Inflammation of the tracheoronchial tree; leads to increased mucous production and blocked airways; a productive cough is present |
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| Increased intensity and clarity of voice sounds heard over a bronchus surrounded by consolidated lung tissue |
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| An abnormal blowing or swishing sound or murmer heard while auscultating a carotid artery, organ, or gland, resulting from blood flowing through a narrow or partially occluded atery. |
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| describes the events of one complete heartbeat, the contraction and relaxation of atria and ventricles. |
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| the amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle over one minute. |
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| The pattern of breathing with gradual increase in depth and sometimes in rate to a maximum, followed by a decrease resulting in apnea; the cycles ordinarily are 30 seconds to 2 minutes in duration, with 5–30 seconds of apnea; seen with bilateral deep cerebral hemispheric lesions, with metabolic encephalopathy, and, characteristically, in coma from affection of the nervous centers of respiration |
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| Lung sounds produced by air passing over retained airway secretions or the sudden opening of collapsed airways |
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| Blood clot that attaches to the wall of one of the large veins of the leg |
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| The muscle that separates the chest (thoracic) cavity from the abdomen. The diaphragm is the main muscle of respiration |
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| the time period when the heart is in a state of relaxation and dilatation |
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| condition marked by the formation of dimples, natural or artificial |
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| Difficulty breathing; breathing requires a marked effort |
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| Ausculation of voice sounds. "E" sound like "eeeee" |
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| A condition in which chronic inflammation of the lungs leads to destruction of alveoli and decreased elasticity of the lungs. Air is trapped in the lungs. |
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| A rough, grating sound caused by the rubbing together of organs or an organ rubbing on the peritoneum. |
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| begign temporary breat enlargment in one or both breasts of males |
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| A typical sounds of the heart often indicating a functional or structural abnormality |
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| A pulmonary ventilation rate greater than the metabolically necessary for gas exchange, resulting from an increaded respiration rate, an increased tidal volume, or both. |
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| Irregularly shallow respiration rate less than 10 per minute. Precipating factors include extreme exertion, fear, diabetic ketoacidosis, hypoxia, and hypoglycemia. |
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| an exaggerated thoracic dorsal curve that causes asymmetry between the sides of the posterior thorax. |
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| Farther from the median or midsagittal plane |
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| is a condition of localized fluid retention caused by a compromised lymphatic system |
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| Respiratory infection characterized by inflammation and fluid accumulation in the alveoli |
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| is a collection of free air in the chest outside the lung that causes the lung to collapse. |
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| crackles) discontinuous sounds which are intermittent, nonmusical, and brief |
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| A range of whistling or snoring sounds heard during auscultation when there is some type of airway obstruction; types of rhonchi include sibilant wheezes, sonorous rhonchi, and stridor |
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| later curvature of lumbar or thoracic spine |
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| loud, high-pitched crowing heard without a stethoscope. Occurs during inspiration and is caused by an obstructed upper airway. |
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| The amount of blood that is ejected with every heartbeat. |
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| lying on the back having the face upward and having the palm upward |
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| Breif loss of consciousness, usually sudden |
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| Contraction of the heart, especially of the ventricles, by which the blood is driven through the aorta and pulmonary artery to traverse the systemic and pulmonary circulations, respectively; its occurrence is indicated physically by the first sound of the heart heard on auscultation, by the palpable apex beat, and by the arterial pulse. |
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| An abnormally rapid rate of breathing (more than 20 bpm in adults) such as seen with hyerpyrexia. |
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| – The vibration felt by a hand placed on a chest during vocal fremitus. |
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| the axillary tail is breast tissue which extends superiolaterally into the axilla |
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| Incomplete closing of valves |
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| Narrowing or incomplete opening of the valve |
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| A dilated (widened) tortuous (twisting) vein, usually involving a superficial vein in the leg, often associated with incompetency of the valves in the vein. |
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| distended or dilated veins that have diminished blood flow and an increased intravenous pressure |
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| inadequate circulation in the venous system usually due to incompetent valves in deep veins or a blood clot in the veins |
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| an abnormal slowing or stoppage of the flow of blood in a vein |
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| Ventricular septal defect |
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| hole between ventricles of heart, allows for regurgitation of blood resulting in a murmur. Loud high pitched, heard at LSB 3rd to 5th ICS |
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| High-pitched continuous. Expiration and inspiration. Blocked airflow |
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| Auscultation of voice sounds, patient whispers ‘one, two, three’, normal lung sounds would be faint, almost indistinguishable. |
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| an abnormal collection of fluid in the peritoneal cavity |
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| Acute inflammation of veriform appendix |
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| calculus in the plural form; concretion formed in any part of the body, most commonly in the passages of the biliary and urinary tracts; usually composed of salts of inorganic or organic acids, or of other material such as cholesterol. |
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| Acute or chronic inflammation of the gallbladder. |
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| The surgical removal of part or the entire prepuce. |
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| used to prevent pregnancy. Have many forms such as condoms, birth control pills, or intrauterine devices. |
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| the acute angle formed on either side between the twelfth rib and the vertebral column. |
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| is a medical condition that occurs when the tough fibrous wall between a woman's bladder and her vagina is torn by childbirth, allowing the bladder to droop into the vagina |
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| Inflammation of the diverticula, the outpouchings of the intestinal wall |
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| Difficulty in swallowing, |
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| involuntary voiding with underlying pathophysiologic origin after the age that bladder control is usually achieved; nocturnal enuresis is bedwetting |
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| An involuntary reaction to protect an area of pain |
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| pyrosis, regurgitation of stomach acid into esophagus |
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| A mass of dilated veins in swollen tissue caused by continuous overdistention of the bowel and straining to pass stools. |
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| the protrusion of an organ or structure thru an abnormal opening or weakend area in the body wall |
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| an accumulation of serous fluid in a sacculated cavity (as the scrotum) |
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| The first menstruation and the commencement of cyclic menstual function. |
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| The period marked by the natural and permanent cessation of menstruation, occurring usually between the ages of 45 and 55. |
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| – maneuver used during a physical assessment to differentiate pain in the upper right quadrant. |
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| Purposeful urination at night, after waking from sleep; typically caused by nocturnal urine volume in excess of bladder capacity or incomplete emptying of the bladder because of lower urinary tract obstruction or detrusor instability |
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| urine output that is less than 1 mL/kg/h in infants, less than 0.5 mL/kg/h in children, and less than 400 mL/day in adults |
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| Female-space between the vaginal opening and anal area Male-space between the scrotum and anal area |
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| bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface |
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| the medical sign that indicates irritation to the iliopsoas group of hip flexors in the abdomen |
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| a condition caused by continuous overdistention of the bowel and straining to pass stools, whereby the lower rectal tissue may be forced out of the body through the anus |
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| A hernia that is formed when the rectum pushes into the posterior vaginal wall |
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| Wrist bone articulates w/ radius OR condition which anterior abdomen wall is sunken, concave instead of convex |
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| Enlargement of the spleen |
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| Stretch marks occurring in skin from obesity, pregnancy and ascites. |
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| Assess, problem, intervention, evaluate |
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| Subjective, objective, assess, plan |
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| Health insurance probabiltiy accountabily act |
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| Protected health information |
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| Northern American Nursing Diagnosis Association |
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| Vital Signs (temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure) |
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| Head, eyes, ears, nose, thorat |
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| Point of maxiumum impulse |
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| Peripheral vascular disease |
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| Peripheral arterial disease |
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| Gastroesophagel reflux disease |
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| Pelvic inflammatory disease |
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| Human immunodeficeincy virus |
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| Breath sounds / bowel sounds |
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| movement of the limb away from the midline or median plane of the body |
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| A person can initiate and perform exercises in which each joint moves through its complete range of motion |
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| Movement of a body part toward the median plane (of the body, in the case of limbs; of the hand or foot, in the case of digits). |
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| An impaired ability to coordinate movements, often characterized by a staggering gait or postural imbalance. |
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| translucent, dry, paper like sometimes-wrinkled skin surface resulting from thinning or wasting of the skin due to loss of collagen and elastic. |
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| thickening and inflammation of the bursa of the joint of the great toe. There is lateral displacement of the toe with marked enlargement of the joint |
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| compression of the median nerve in the wrist |
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| he circular movement of a limb |
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| Client is completely unresponsive to incoming stimuli |
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| : Nerves that emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from the vertebral column. Cranial nerves come directly from the brain through the skull |
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| grating, feeling and pain that accompany problems with the temporal mandibular joint |
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| for the musculoskeletal system, this is the movement in which the elevated part is moved downward to its original position |
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| An instrument that removes an area of skin innervated by the cutaneous branch of one spinal nerve |
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| A displacement of of the bone from its usual anatomical location |
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| Distant from the point of origin. Example-- The wrist is distal from the elbow. |
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| A nursing intervention. Purposeful focus of attention away from undesirable sensations. |
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| lifting or moving superiorly along the frontal plane |
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| A turning outward or inside out; as of the eyelid or turning the foot outward at the ankle |
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| The act of bringing the distal portion of a joint in continuity (although only parallel) with the long axis of the proximal portion |
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| Weak, soft, and flabby; lacking normal muscle tone, such as flaccid muscles. |
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| bending movement that decreases the angle of the joint and brings the articulating bones closer together. |
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| standardized assessment tool used when serial assessments are done for high-risk clients (e.g., brain tumor, after brain surgery, after a cerebral vascular accident). |
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| Extension of a limb or part beyond the normal limit |
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| is the complex biological response of vascular tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants. |
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| Rhythmic, repetitive movement that worsens during voluntary movements |
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| : the turning inward of a part |
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| an exaggerated thoracic dorsal curve that causes asymmetry between the sides of the posterior thorax |
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| (1) on the side(2) farthest from the midsagittal plane(3) a radiological projection made with the film in the sagittal plane; the second view of the chest series |
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| a tough band of tissue that serves to connect the articular extremities of bones or to support or retain an organ in place and is usually composed of coarse bundles of dense white fibrous tissue parallel or closely interlaced, pliant, and flexible, but not extensible |
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| exaggerated lumbar curve, compensates for pregnancy, obesity |
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| Torward the midline of an organ or median plane of the body. |
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| The movement of touching the thumb to the tips of the other fingers of the same hand. |
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| caused by the breakdown of cartilage aka degenerative arthritis |
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| Porous bones; occurs when bones lose an excessive amount of protein and mineral content, particulary calcium |
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| Loss of power of voluntary movement in a muscle through injury or disease of it or its nerve supply |
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| Motor weakness or partial paralysis related in some cases to local neuritis. |
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| – range of motion exercises that are done for a client with the help of someone else. |
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| damage to the nerves of the peripheral nervous system. |
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| is an anatomical term to describe a rotation movement; palms down |
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| Anterior (forward) movement of an anatomical body part |
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| situated next to or near the point of attachment or origin or a central point the proximal was…better than the peripheral stump for a graft |
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| the neural pathway that mediates a reflex action |
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| a course, rhythmic tremor, 3-5 Hz frequency, usually confined to hands and forearms, which appears when the limbs are relaxed and disappears with the active limb movements; characteristic of Parkinson disease |
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| A nonangular posterior movement in a transverse plane |
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| inflammation of the synovium of the joints. From autoimmunity, causes pain, swelling and loss of function. |
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| Turning or moving a bone around its own axis. |
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| Lateral curvature of a portion of the spine |
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| sudden and rapid physical manifestations resulting fron excessive discharges of electrical energy in the brain |
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| Sudden, involuntary increase in muscle tone or contractions due to central nervous sytem lesions |
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| the nerves emerging from the spinal cord; there are 31 pairs, each arising from the cord by rootlets that converge to form two roots, anterior (ventral or motor) and posterior (dorsal or sensory); the latter type is provided with a circumscribed enlargement, the spinal (dorsal root) ganglion; the two roots unite in the intervertebral foramen, and the mixed spinal nerve almost immediately divides again into anterior and posterior (primary) rami, the former supplying the anterolateral trunk and the limbs, the latter the true muscles and overlying skin of the back. |
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| A traumatic injury to the tendons, muscles or ligaments around a joint, characterized by pain, swelling, and discoloration of the skin over the joint. |
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| partial dislocation of bones in a joint such as the head of radius, which may occur when child is dangled by his or her hands. |
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| movement of the forearm so that the palm faces up, anteriorly or superiorly |
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| To injure by overuse or improper use (usually refers to a muscle tear). |
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| is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone and is built to withstand tension. |
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| Used to detect irritated nerves; involves lightly tapping (percussing) over a nerve to elicit a sensation of tingling over the distribution of the nerve (carpal-tunnel syndrome) |
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| Any abnormal repetitive shaking movement of the body. |
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| Assessment, Problem, Intervention, and Evaluation. When using this method documentation of assessment includes combining subjective data and objective data. The nurse will draw conclusions from the data, identify and record the problems, and plan to address these problems. Interventions are documented as they are carried out. Evaluations refer to documentation of the response to the plan. Pg 7 health and physical assessment book |
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| Flex clients knee 5 degrees. Then sharply dirsiflex clients foot. If pain occurs this is a positive sign and may indicate blood clots in the deep vein of the leg. |
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| Soft vibratory sensations best assessed with either the fingertips or the palm flattened on the chest. |
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