biomed

What is this medical device is used to determine is a patient has an ear infection?

otoscope

Which one/s of these are possible physical signs of an eye infection? Select all that apply.

redness, colored pus, swelling

What medical device is used to examine the interior parts of the eye?

ophthalmoscope

Which physical exam would most likely not be administered to a 10 year old patient during a routine visit?

skin exam

What medical device can be used to look in the back of a patient's throat?

otoscope

Physical ear infection sign?

redness

Symptom of ear infection?

pain inside ear

What part of your body may get inflammed when a person has a severe case of strep throat?

tonsils

Changes to a person's ________ may impact their ability to breathe and their overall oxygen in the bodyy.

nasal cavity

Which symptom/s and sign/s would possibly indicate the patient has a cold?

runny nose, inflamed nasal tissue

What is the most serious form of skin cancer?

melanoma

Besides an abnormal mole, what could be a possible sign of cancer in the body?

enlarged lymph nodes

Why is melanoma much more dangerous the carcinoma skin cancer?

What is the name of this device?

opthalmoscope

What is the problem for a patient with mitral valve regurgitation?

the mitral valve does not fully close

A normal lung sound should have this sound,

whooshing

What lung sound produces a "rattle", on the inhale, caused by the popping open of the lung air sacs (alveoli) when a person has pneumonia?

crackles (rales)

Which one of these conditions produces stridor?

croup

Which sound can be heard without a stethoscope?

stridor

Whats a normal heartbeat like?

predictable in its beat and pattern

What sound is heard with each heartbeat?

lub-dub

what causes lub-dub

two sets of heart valves closing in sequence

whats mitral valve regurgitation?

when blood flows backwards from left ventricle to right atrium

signs of murmur

swollen ankles or fatigue

heart murmur?

muffled heart beat

symptoms of mumur?

shortness of breath and palpitations

what system does skin belong to?

Integumentary system

Main function of skin

To act as a barrier to protect the body

Whats cancer?

when cells divide uncontrollably

what does benign mean

non-cancerous

what does malignant mean

cancerous

whats the medical device for an eye exam

opthalmoscope

what should you observe for eye exam?

abnormalities, injuries, signs of infection/disease

what is the cornea

outermost layer of the eye

how does light enter the eye?

through the cornea and passes through the pupil toward the lens

what is the retina?

the light sensitive tissue in the back of the eye?

signs of a cute otitis media? (infection/inflammation in middle of ear)

redness, buldging of ear, signal infection, fuild behind eardrum.

what are ear tubes for?

to drain fluid from middle of the ear and reduce frequency of ear infections

what system are tonsils apart of?

lymphatic system

what do white patches on tonsils indicate?

infected tissue

what causes tonsillitis?

viral or bacterial infection

tonsilitis signs?

red/swollen tonsils

tonsilitis symptoms?

enlarged tonsils, white yellow patches, sore throat, fever, headache

Normal lung sound

whooshing of air

wheezing lung sound

high pitched whistle (exhale)

what causes wheezing

closing of the airways like seen in asthma

crackles lung sound (rales)

short clicking, rattling on INHALE, airways “pop open”

what causes crackles

excessive amounts of muscus (can suggest phemonia, chronic bronchitis, congestive heart failure)

stridor lung sound

distressed seal on INHALE, highpitches whistling sound on upper airways

what is stridor often heard in

croup (trachea swells, trachea wind pipe damage),

ronchi lung sound

low sounding snore/ rattle on EXHALE

what happens during ronchi

obstruction of the bronchilies

ronchi is heard in patients who have..

phemonia, bronchitis, cystic fibrosis

how do you develop stridor

as a baby or from a serve physical accident.