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APEA 3P Exam Key Questions and accurate detailed
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Circumscribed elevations of the skin filled with serous fluid - ✔✔Lesions measuring
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approximately 0.5cm, seen in herpes simplex or varicella. || || || || || || ||
Cranial nerve V - ✔✔The cranial nerve that innervates the principal muscles involved when
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closing the mouth. || ||
Transverse Foramen - ✔✔The structure that creates a channel for the vertebral artery.
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Polycythemia - ✔✔NOT a compliant patient with type 1 diabetes. || || || || || || || || ||
Pediculosis capitis - ✔✔The chief complaint is itching.
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Ischial tuberosity - ✔✔The large swelling posteriorly on the superior ramus of the ischium that
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bears most of the weight in sitting.
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Percussion technique - ✔✔Percussing areas over the scapulae would be omitted when percussing
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the posterior chest.
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Tonic pupil - ✔✔Condition indicated by a right pupil that appears larger than the left and reacts
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much slower to light.
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Focal seizure that becomes generalized - ✔✔Type of seizure activity where the patient
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experiences partial seizures resembling tonic-clonic seizures.
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Symmetric weakness pattern - ✔✔Type of weakness suggested by a female patient complaining
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of weakness in both arms when transferring wet clothes.
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Bimanual vaginal exam - ✔✔To palpate the right ovary, the pelvic hand needs to be in the right
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lateral fornix. ||
Delirium - ✔✔A serious disturbance in a person's mental abilities resulting in decreased
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awareness of one's environment and confused thinking.|| || || || || ||
Weber test - ✔✔A screening test for hearing loss that can detect both sensorineural and
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conductive hearing loss. || ||
Trochlear groove - ✔✔The groove on the anterior aspect of the distal femur where the patella
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slides during knee flexion and extension.
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) - ✔✔Condition associated with sudden, intense left lower
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abdominal pain radiating to the back and a tearing sensation.
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Vitreous floaters - ✔✔Dark specks noted between the fundus and the lens during an
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ophthalmoscopic examination. ||
Transverse lie - ✔✔Condition of the fetus when buttocks and head are not easily palpated at the
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fundus during the first Leopold maneuver.
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Flexion - ✔✔Movement of the shoulder girdle when the patient moves his arm in front of his
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body during a musculoskeletal examination.
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Twelfth rib location - ✔✔Palpate between the spine and the lateral chest.
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Distal muscular weakness - ✔✔May be revealed by walking on the toes and heels.
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APEA 3P Exam Key Questions and accurate detailed
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Circumscribed elevations of the skin filled with serous fluid - ✔✔Lesions measuring
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approximately 0.5cm, seen in herpes simplex or varicella. || || || || || || ||
Cranial nerve V - ✔✔The cranial nerve that innervates the principal muscles involved when
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closing the mouth. || ||
Transverse Foramen - ✔✔The structure that creates a channel for the vertebral artery.
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Polycythemia - ✔✔NOT a compliant patient with type 1 diabetes. || || || || || || || || ||
Pediculosis capitis - ✔✔The chief complaint is itching.
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Ischial tuberosity - ✔✔The large swelling posteriorly on the superior ramus of the ischium that
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bears most of the weight in sitting.
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Percussion technique - ✔✔Percussing areas over the scapulae would be omitted when percussing
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the posterior chest.
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Tonic pupil - ✔✔Condition indicated by a right pupil that appears larger than the left and reacts
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much slower to light.
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Focal seizure that becomes generalized - ✔✔Type of seizure activity where the patient
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experiences partial seizures resembling tonic-clonic seizures.
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Symmetric weakness pattern - ✔✔Type of weakness suggested by a female patient complaining
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of weakness in both arms when transferring wet clothes.
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Bimanual vaginal exam - ✔✔To palpate the right ovary, the pelvic hand needs to be in the right
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lateral fornix. ||
Delirium - ✔✔A serious disturbance in a person's mental abilities resulting in decreased
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awareness of one's environment and confused thinking.|| || || || || ||
Weber test - ✔✔A screening test for hearing loss that can detect both sensorineural and
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conductive hearing loss. || ||
Trochlear groove - ✔✔The groove on the anterior aspect of the distal femur where the patella
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slides during knee flexion and extension.
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) - ✔✔Condition associated with sudden, intense left lower
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abdominal pain radiating to the back and a tearing sensation.
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Vitreous floaters - ✔✔Dark specks noted between the fundus and the lens during an
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ophthalmoscopic examination. ||
Transverse lie - ✔✔Condition of the fetus when buttocks and head are not easily palpated at the
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fundus during the first Leopold maneuver.
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Flexion - ✔✔Movement of the shoulder girdle when the patient moves his arm in front of his
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body during a musculoskeletal examination.
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Twelfth rib location - ✔✔Palpate between the spine and the lateral chest.
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Distal muscular weakness - ✔✔May be revealed by walking on the toes and heels.
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