Scribe America: Physical Exam
Questions With Complete Solutions
/.If physician examines the throat, they are looking for what? - Answer-✅pharyngeal
erythema or exudates
/.If physician examines the inner ear, they are looking for what? - Answer-✅TM
erythema or bulging
/.If physician auscultates the abdomen, they are looking for what? - Answer-
✅Hyperactive/hypoactive bowel sounds
/.If physician touches the wrist, they are looking for what? - Answer-✅radial pulses
/.If physician squeezes the calf muscles, they are looking for what? - Answer-✅Calf
tenderness
/.If physician pounds on the back, they are looking for what? - Answer-✅CVA
tenderness
/.3 Normal constitutional findings (3) - Answer-✅NAD (no acute distress); well
developed, well nourished; alert
/.Severity of constitutional distress - Answer-✅mild, moderate, severe (due to pain)
/.Cachectic - Answer-✅extremely skinny, bony, malnourished
/.Emaciated - Answer-✅extremely thin and malnourished
/.Malnourished - Answer-✅poor nutritional state
/.Somnolent - Answer-✅appearing drowsy
/.Obtunded - Answer-✅mentally clouded or dull
/.unresponsive - Answer-✅total lack of response to neurologic stimuli
, /.Normal PE finding for the head - Answer-✅atraumatic/normocephalic (AT/NC)
/.AT/NC - Answer-✅atraumatic/normocephalic
/.angioedema - Answer-✅facial swelling
/.PERRL - Answer-✅pupils are equal round and reactive to light
/.EOMI - Answer-✅extra ocular movements intact
/.sclera are anicteric - Answer-✅sclera are white/normal
/.normal conjunctiva - Answer-✅are pink in color
/.anisocoria - Answer-✅pupils are unequal in size; one is bigger than the other;
indicative of aneurysm
/.scleral icterus - Answer-✅yellowing of the sclera due to liver failure
/.pale conjunctiva - Answer-✅indicative of anemia
/.ophthalmoscope - Answer-✅used to perform a fundoscopic exam of the internal eye
/.normal fundoscopic exam of eye - Answer-✅shows clear anterior chamber and sharp
disc margins of the inner eye
/.retinal detachment - Answer-✅retina detaches from eye; found doing a fundoscopic
exam of the internal eye with a ophthalmoscope
/.papilledema - Answer-✅Swelling of the optic nerve; a sign of increased intracranial
pressure; usually caused by trauma
/.hyphema - Answer-✅pooling of blood between the cornea and the iris; may cover
most/all of the iris and the pupil, blocking vision partially or completely; usually caused
by trauma and increase in extra-ocular pressure
/.Wood's lamp - Answer-✅Used to examine the external eye
/.Fluorescein - Answer-✅used to detect a corneal abrasion or ulceration
/.corneal abrasion - Answer-✅Most common ophthalmic complication
Questions With Complete Solutions
/.If physician examines the throat, they are looking for what? - Answer-✅pharyngeal
erythema or exudates
/.If physician examines the inner ear, they are looking for what? - Answer-✅TM
erythema or bulging
/.If physician auscultates the abdomen, they are looking for what? - Answer-
✅Hyperactive/hypoactive bowel sounds
/.If physician touches the wrist, they are looking for what? - Answer-✅radial pulses
/.If physician squeezes the calf muscles, they are looking for what? - Answer-✅Calf
tenderness
/.If physician pounds on the back, they are looking for what? - Answer-✅CVA
tenderness
/.3 Normal constitutional findings (3) - Answer-✅NAD (no acute distress); well
developed, well nourished; alert
/.Severity of constitutional distress - Answer-✅mild, moderate, severe (due to pain)
/.Cachectic - Answer-✅extremely skinny, bony, malnourished
/.Emaciated - Answer-✅extremely thin and malnourished
/.Malnourished - Answer-✅poor nutritional state
/.Somnolent - Answer-✅appearing drowsy
/.Obtunded - Answer-✅mentally clouded or dull
/.unresponsive - Answer-✅total lack of response to neurologic stimuli
, /.Normal PE finding for the head - Answer-✅atraumatic/normocephalic (AT/NC)
/.AT/NC - Answer-✅atraumatic/normocephalic
/.angioedema - Answer-✅facial swelling
/.PERRL - Answer-✅pupils are equal round and reactive to light
/.EOMI - Answer-✅extra ocular movements intact
/.sclera are anicteric - Answer-✅sclera are white/normal
/.normal conjunctiva - Answer-✅are pink in color
/.anisocoria - Answer-✅pupils are unequal in size; one is bigger than the other;
indicative of aneurysm
/.scleral icterus - Answer-✅yellowing of the sclera due to liver failure
/.pale conjunctiva - Answer-✅indicative of anemia
/.ophthalmoscope - Answer-✅used to perform a fundoscopic exam of the internal eye
/.normal fundoscopic exam of eye - Answer-✅shows clear anterior chamber and sharp
disc margins of the inner eye
/.retinal detachment - Answer-✅retina detaches from eye; found doing a fundoscopic
exam of the internal eye with a ophthalmoscope
/.papilledema - Answer-✅Swelling of the optic nerve; a sign of increased intracranial
pressure; usually caused by trauma
/.hyphema - Answer-✅pooling of blood between the cornea and the iris; may cover
most/all of the iris and the pupil, blocking vision partially or completely; usually caused
by trauma and increase in extra-ocular pressure
/.Wood's lamp - Answer-✅Used to examine the external eye
/.Fluorescein - Answer-✅used to detect a corneal abrasion or ulceration
/.corneal abrasion - Answer-✅Most common ophthalmic complication
