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Health Assesment
Chapter 13
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Undergraduate 1
03/20/2012

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Bruit
Definition
blowing, swooshing sound heard through the stethoscope over an area of abnormal blood flow
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Dysphagia
Definition
difficulty in swallowing
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goiter
Definition
increase in size of thyroid gland that occurs with hyperthyroidism
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Lymphadenopathy
Definition
enlargement of the lymph nodes due to infection, allergy, or neoplasm
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Macrocephalic
Definition
abnormally large head
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Microcephaliac
Definition
abnormally small head
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Normocephalic
Definition
round symmetric skull that is appropriately related to body size
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Torticollis
Definition
head tilt due to shortening or spasm of one sternomastoid muscle
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Vertigo
Definition
illusory sensation of either the room or one's own body spinning; it is not the same as dizziness
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front, ocipital, parietal, and temporal

 

Definition
cranial bones include
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mood
Definition
facial expresions reflect
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Cranial nerve VII (facial nerve)
Definition
expressions formed by facial muscles are mediated by
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Palpebral fissures
Definition
openings between eyelids
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Parotid glands
Definition

glands in the cheeks ver the mandible, anterior to and below the ear

 

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submandibular glands
Definition
glands beneath the mandible at the angle of the jaw
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sublingual glands
Definition
glands that lie in the floor of the mouth
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neck
Definition
delimited by the base of the skull and inferior border of the mandible above, and by the manubrium sterni, the cxlavicle, the first rib, and the first thoracic vertebra below
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internal carotid arteries and associated veins
Definition
blood vessels in the neck
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sternomastoid and trapezius
Definition
major neck muscles
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cranial nerve XI (spinal accoesory)
Definition
sternomastoid and trapezius
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sternomastoid muscle
Definition
this arises from sternum and the clavicle and extends diagnolly across the neck to the mastoid process behind the ear, this accomplishes head rotation and flexion.
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trapezius muscles
Definition
arises on the upper back from the occippital bone and the vertebrae and extend fanning out to the scapula and clavicle. these moves shoulders and extends and turns the head
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Thyroid gland
Definition
important endorcine gland with a rich blood supply
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Head and Neck
Definition
these areas have a rich supply of lymph nodes
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preauricular
Definition
in the front of the ear
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posterior auricular (mastoid)
Definition
superficial to the mastoid process
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occipital
Definition
at the base of the skull
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submental
Definition
midline, behind the tip of the mandible
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submandibular
Definition
halfway between the angle and the tip of the mandible
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jugulodigastric
Definition
under the angle of the mandible
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superficial cervical
Definition
overlying the sternomastoid muscle
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deep cervicle
Definition
deep under the sternomastoid muscle
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posterior cervical
Definition
in the posterior triangle along the edge of the trapezius muscle
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supraclavicular
Definition
just above and behind the clavicle, at the sternomastoid muscle
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the lymphatic system
Definition
major part of the immune system, whose job it is to detect and eliminate foreign substances from the body.
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lymph nodes
Definition
small, oval clusters of lymphatic tissue that are set at intervals along the lymph vessels
Term
head, beck, arms, axillae and inguinal region
Definition
where are nodes located at?
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pregnant women
Definition
thyroid gland enlarges slightly during pregnancy as a result of hyperplasia of the tissue and increased vascularity
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aging adult
Definition
facial bones and orbits appear more prominent and the facial skin sags as a result of decreased elasticity, decreased subcutaneous fat, and decreased mositure in the skin. Lower face may look smaller if teeth have been lost.
Term
tension headaches
Definition
these headaches tend to be occipital, fron or with bandlike tightness
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migranes
Definition
these tend to be supraorbital, retro-orbital, or fronttemporal
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cluster headches
Definition
headaches tghe produces pain around the eye, temple, forehead, cheek and the pain is always unilateral
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lie down
Definition
what to do with migranes to feel better
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move around, pace to the floor
Definition
what to do with cluster headaches to feel better
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dizziness
Definition

light-headed, swimming sensation, feeling of falling.

 

Term
vertigo
Definition
 and its the true rotational spinning from neurologic disease, the person feels like the room spins
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normocephalic
Definition
round symmetric skull appropriately related to body size
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temporomandibular joint
Definition
is just below the temporal artery and anterior to the tragus
Term
mumps
Definition
parotid is swollen with (aids)
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gentle pressure
Definition
use this on nodes on neck
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Lymphadenopathy
Definition
enlargement of the lymph nodes (>1cm) from infection, allergy, or neoplasm
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acute infection
Definition
14 days, nodes are bilateral, enlarged, warm, tender, and firm but freely movable
Term
Chronic inflammation
Definition
nodes are clumped (TB)
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cancerous nodes
Definition
these nodes are hard , > 3cm, unilateral, nontender, matted, and fixed
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neoplasm in thoax
Definition
single enlarged, nontender, hard, left supraclaviclular node may inficate
Term
nodes in hodgkins lymphphoma
Definition
painless, rubbery, discrete nodes that gradually appear occur
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bruit
Definition
if thyroid gland is enlarged auscultate for a____ and use the bell of sthethoscope to hear soft, pulsatile, whooshing, blowing sound
Term
Caput Succedaneum
Definition
edmatous swweeling and ecchymosis of the presenting part of the head caused by birth trauma. It feels soft, and it may extend across sutute lines and gradually REsolves during first few days of birth
Term
Microcephalic
Definition
head size below norms for age
Term
Microcephalic
Definition
enlarged head or rapidly increasing in size (hydrocephalous)
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front bluges (bossing)
Definition
occurs with prematurity or rickets
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Cephalhematoma
Definition
subperiosteal hemmorrhage, result from birth trauma. Infants with this is at a greater risk for jaundice
Term
Craniosynostosis
Definition
marked symmetry, a severe deformity caused by premature closure of the sutures. Premature closing of the suture results in a long narrow head while flattening occurs with rickets or mental retardation
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Tonic neck reflex
Definition
infant can turn their head side to side by 2 weeks and show thiwhen they are supine and the head is turned to one side, this usually disspears 3 to 4 months. If longer, it may indicate a brain damage
Term

not palpable

 

Definition
during infance, cervical lmyph nodes are normally
Term
more prominent
Definition
Child's lymph nodes are __thab ab adult after puberty
Term
Chloasma
Definition
in pregnant women d uring the second trimester show this blotchy, hyperpigmented over cheeks and forehead that fades after delivery
Term
Senile tremors (aging adult)
Definition
benign and include head nodding and tongue protrusion
Term
Children younger than 4 or 5 years or in children with anemia
Definition
bruits are common in
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