QUESTIONS ANSWER KEY APLUS
◉ COPD.
Answer: prolonged expiration is common in _______
◉ Pyrexia.
Answer: Fever
◉ Hyperpyrexia.
Answer: extreme elevation in temp (>106)
◉ auscultory gap.
Answer: A silent interval that may be present between the systolic
and diastolic blood pressures; i.e., the sound disappears for a while,
then reappears
◉ somatic pain.
Answer: related to tissue damage
◉ neuropathic pain.
,Answer: resulting from direct trauma to the peripheral or central
nervous system
◉ psychogenic pain.
Answer: relates to factors that influence the patient's report of pain
◉ idiopathic pain.
Answer: no identifiable cause of pain
◉ primary headaches.
Answer: include migraine, tension, cluster and chronic daily
headaches
◉ secondary headaches.
Answer: arise from underlying structural, systemic, or infectious
causes such as meningitis or subarachnoid hemorrhage and maybe
life-threatening.
◉ hyperopia.
Answer: farsightedness
◉ myopia.
Answer: nearsightedness
,◉ presbyopia.
Answer: aging vision
◉ acute sinusitis.
Answer: leaning forward may increase pain in_____
◉ scotomas.
Answer: lesions in the retina or visual pathway (fixed defects)
◉ detachment of the vitreous body from the retina.
Answer: flashing lights with new vitreous floaters
◉ Diplopia.
Answer: seen in lesions in the brainstem or cerebellum and with
weakness or paralysis of one or more extraocular muscles
◉ primary open angle glaucoma.
Answer: gradual loss of vision in the peripheral visual fields
resulting from loss of retinal ganglion cells axons.
◉ Sjogren syndrome.
, Answer: dryness from impaired secretion
◉ miosis.
Answer: constriction of pupils
◉ mydriasis.
Answer: dilation of pupils
◉ conductive hearing loss.
Answer: Hearing disorders of the external and middle ear cause
_______.
◉ sensorineural hearing loss.
Answer: Hearing disorders of the inner ear cause _____.
◉ Exostoses.
Answer: Nontender nodular swellings covered by normal skin deep
in the ear canals; these are nonmalignant growths which obscure the
ear drum.
◉ impaired ear