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| Bones of hard palate and skull are what type of joint ? |
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| Knee and shoulder are what type of joint ? |
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| Ligaments can stretch to what percentage before snapping ? |
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| The innermost tissue connecting the bones of a synovial joint |
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| Joint should be immobilized how ? |
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| In the position that allows its ligaments to be at its longest |
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| Temporomandibular joint is what type of joint ? |
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| Elbow, knee, and interphalangeal joints of the fingers are what type of joint ? |
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| Patello-femoral is what type of joint ? |
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| Spinal stiffness and pain, in the 20 to 30 age group, worse in morning and better with activity is suggestive of ? |
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| What is the most common cause of torticolis ? |
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| What is an exaggerated anterior-posterior curvature of the vertebral column ? |
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| What is lateral deviation of the vertebral column ? |
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| What is exaggerated concavity of lumbar spine ? |
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| Antalgic (Trendelenberg gait) is seen in what conditions ? |
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| Pelvic girdle pain and osteoarthritis |
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| Waddling gait is seen in what condition ? |
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| In congenital hip dislocation |
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| Steppage gait is seen in what condition ? |
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| During foot drop (due to injury to sciatic or fibular nerve) |
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| Scissors and spastic gait is seen when ? |
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| Due to cervical spondylosis with myelopathy |
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| Spastic gait is seen in what condition ? |
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| What is active and passive motion ? |
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Active motion is when patient moves the joint
Passive motion is when doctor moves patient's joint |
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| What is one orderly way to examine the musculoskeletal system ? |
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| Crepitus is assessed during ? |
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| Two tests done to check for sciatic nerve root irritation and entrapment ? |
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| Lasegue's (Straight leg raising test) or bowstring maneuver |
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| Fine tremors of the muscle |
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| Shoulder impingment syndrome is made up of what two things ? |
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| Subacromial bursitis and rotator cuff tendonitis |
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| What is the test for rotator cuff tear ? |
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| How to test for rotator cuff tendinitis ? |
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| Ask patient to extend the elbow while you forcibly flex the patient's arm |
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| How to test for bicipital tendinitis ? |
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| Shoulder pain is reproduced on resistance to forearm supination |
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| The normal carrying angle is ? |
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| A fluctuant swelling b/w the lateral epicondyle and the olecranon often indicates ? |
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| Degrees of active motion for elbow flexion ? |
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| Another name for tennis elbow ? |
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| What test is done to test for lateral epicondylitis ? |
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| Which abdominal organs give you "no sound" when percussing them ? |
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Gallbladder
Pancreas
Descending colon (feces is semi-solid) |
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| What abdominal organ is dull on percussion ? |
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| If there is "absent" sounds on percussion of abdomen, it means ? |
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| Pathology, b/c there is always some movement in the intestines |
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| "Tympanic" sound on abdomen percussion indicates what ? |
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| What happens during percussion ? |
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| The plexor taps the pleximeter |
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| Compression of what nerve produces carpal tunnel ? |
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| Two tests used to detect carpal tunnel syndrome ? |
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| Phalen's test and Tinel's test |
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| Largest joint in the body |
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| What test do you do to assess strength of hip and gluteal muscles ? |
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| What is varus deviation of legs ? |
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| Bow legs (medial deviation of the leg) |
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| If a fracture is suspected, do not check for ? |
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| What is difference b/w dysuria and strangury ? |
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Dysuria is painful urination
Strangury is painful urge to pass urine while no urine is in the bladder |
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| What is the normal daily output of urine ? |
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| Sneezing and cough resulting in accidental urination is called ? |
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| What is Peyronies Disease ? |
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Connective tissue disorder causing growth of fibrous plaques on the penis
May cause abnormal curvature of penis |
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| What is priapism and what things can cause it ? |
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Painful and prolonged erection
Secondary to leukemia, sickle cell disease, and drugs |
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Inflammation of the testes
Usually due to viral cause like mumps |
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| Most hernias are what type ? |
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| What is oligo-articular arthritis ? |
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| Disease affecting 2 to 4 joints |
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| What test can you do to check for torn meniscus ? |
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| What tests can you do to check for effusion (fluid) in knee joints ? |
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Just looking
Bulge Sign
Ballotment |
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| Sacroilitis occurs in 90% of patients with ? |
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| Ankylosing spondylitis (HLA-B27 related) |
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| A lesion of precentral gyrus on one side will produce ? |
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| Complete paralysis on the opposite side |
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| A right corticobulbar lesion will result in ? |
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| Complete paralysis of the lower face with sparing of upper face |
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| What cranial nerve crosses to other side of body ? |
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| What cranial nerves are sensory, motor, and mixed ? |
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Sensory: 1, 2, 8
Motor: 4, 6, 11, 12
Mixed: 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 |
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| Exception: Irritating odors are carried by the: |
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| Trigeminal nerve, not the olfactory nerve |
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| Abnormal sense of smell ; may be present in cases of Alzheimer and Parkinson disease |
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| What are the two tests for pupillary reaction ? |
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| Pupillary light reflex and near reaction (convergence, pupillary constriction, and accomodation) |
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| Purpose of pupillary light reflex ? |
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| Protects the photoreceptors from the damaging effects of bright light |
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| What is RAPD or Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect ? |
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Another name for Marcus Gunn pupil
In the swinging flashlight test there is paradoxical pupillary dilation when light is shone in the affected eye after it is shone in the good eye |
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| Two ways to test visual acuity are ? |
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Rosenbaum chart, held 14 inches away, tests near visual acuity.
Snellen chart, held 20 ft. away, tests distance visual acuity. |
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| Lower quadrantic homonymous defect of vision occurs due to lesion in ? |
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| Cuneal radiation / lower calcarine area |
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" refers to the reddish-orange reflection of light from the eye's retina that is observed when using an ophthalmoscope" about 2 feet away from patient and directing light at 15 degrees from center onto pupil.
Is used to detect eye problems like cataracts and retinoblastoma |
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| Regular / irregular heart rhythm means what ? |
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| Premature atrial / ventricular contraction |
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| Irregular / irregular heart rhythm means what ? |
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| What is pulsus alternans ? |
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Alternating weak and strong beat
Indicates left ventricle failure |
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Biphasic pulse
Indicates aortic regurgitation and aortic stenosis |
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| Pulsus paradoxus is what ? |
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Has nothing to do with beats or pulse.
Is a systolic bp drop of 10 to 15 mmHg
Is a sign of conditions like asthma, croup, cardiac tamponade, constrictive pericarditis, etc... |
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| What is pulsus bigeminal ? |
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| Normal beat alternating with premature contraction |
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| What is Water Hammer Pulse / Corrigan's pulse ? |
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A pulse that is bounding, rapidly increasing, and suddenly collapsing.
Usually found in aortic regurgitaion or PDA |
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| Stage 2 malignant has what bp ? |
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| Normal respiratory rate is ? |
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| 14 to 20 breaths / minute |
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| Breathing pattern which is hyperapnea followed by apnea ? |
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| Lesion to lower pons or upper medulla can produce what type of respiration ? |
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Ataxic or Biot's breathing
Is completely irregular breathing pattern |
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| What is Kussmaul breathing ? |
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| Is a very deep and labored breathing pattern, usually associated with metabolic acidosis |
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| Lesion to the upper pons causes what type of respiration ? |
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| Obstructive lung diseases like asthma and COPD cause what type of breathing ? |
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| Diurnal variation in temperature is called what ? |
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Intermittent
Seen in malaria |
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| Alternating periods of fever and pyrexia over 5 to 7 days is what temperature pattern ? |
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| Temp. continuously above normal during 24 hour period is what temp. pattern ? |
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| "Abating relapsing cycle of temp." is what temp. pattern ? |
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| Fruity smell in mouth indicates ? |
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| Ketoacidosis from diabetes |
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| Uvula deviation to right indicates ? |
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| LMN dysfunction of CN 10 on the left |
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