Physical Assessment Exam 2 Study Guide Questions With
Correct Answers.
Pain
Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with tissue damage
Altered perfusion
Reduced blood flow leading to decreased oxygen and impaired tissue integrity
Pain threshold
Point at which a stimulus is perceived as pain
Pain tolerance
Duration or intensity of pain a person will endure before outwardly responding
Acute pain
Recent onset pain resulting from tissue damage, self-limiting
Persistent pain
Pain lasting more than 6 months
Nociceptive pain
Daily pain arising from somatic structures such as bone, joint, skin, or muscle
Neuropathic pain
Pain occurring due to abnormal processing of sensory input
Referred pain
Pain felt in a location away from the injury
Phantom pain
Pain felt in an amputated extremity
Joint Commission
Organization that states patients have a right to appropriate assessment and
management of pain
Mental Health
State of well-being and ability to cope with stressors
Mental status
Competence of a person's intellectual, emotional, psychological, and personality
functions
ACES
Adverse childhood events that may impact mental health in teens and adults
Interpersonal violence
Crime and violation of human rights that impacts mental health
Limbic system
Part of the brain responsible for emotions, fear, anger, and sex drive
Stressors
Factors that cause stress and may impact mental health
Anger
Emotion that may be experienced and should be assessed
Drug and Alcohol abuse
Substance misuse that should be assessed in teenagers and adults
Depression
Abnormal state of mood characterized by sadness, hopelessness, and worthlessness
, Altered mental status
Evident based on orientation, memory, calculation ability, communication skills,
judgment, reasoning, and abstract reasoning
Skin
Largest organ of the body
Pruritus
Itching of the skin
Lesions
Changes in the skin, such as moles, color, shape, texture, tenderness, bleeding, itching
Skin color changes
Yellowing (jaundice), blueness, paleness, bruising, redness, discoloration
Wounds
Injuries to the skin that may require treatment
Hair loss
Loss of hair that may be sudden or gradual
Nail problems
Issues with the nails, such as brittleness, shape, contour, color, consistency, thickness,
cleanliness
Primary skin lesions
Macule, papule, patch, plaque, nodule, wheal, tumor, urticaria, vesicle, cyst, bulla,
pustule
Secondary skin lesions
Crust, scale, fissure, erosion, ulcer, excoriation, scar, lichenification, keloid
Vascular skin lesions
Petechiae, purpura, ecchymosis, angioma, capillary hemangioma, telangiectasia,
vascular spider, venous star
Age-related variations
Fetal alcohol syndrome, limited mobility, increased risk of skin cancer
Head
Part of the body that includes the skull and face
Eyes
Organs of vision
Nose
Organ responsible for smell and respiration
Throat
Part of the body responsible for swallowing and speech
Headaches
Pain in the head that can be categorized as sinus, cluster, tension, or migraine
Earache
Pain in the ear that can be caused by fluid behind the eardrum, otitis media, or otitis
externa
Dizziness
Feeling of faintness
Vertigo
Sensation that the environment is spinning
Difficulty with vision
Correct Answers.
Pain
Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with tissue damage
Altered perfusion
Reduced blood flow leading to decreased oxygen and impaired tissue integrity
Pain threshold
Point at which a stimulus is perceived as pain
Pain tolerance
Duration or intensity of pain a person will endure before outwardly responding
Acute pain
Recent onset pain resulting from tissue damage, self-limiting
Persistent pain
Pain lasting more than 6 months
Nociceptive pain
Daily pain arising from somatic structures such as bone, joint, skin, or muscle
Neuropathic pain
Pain occurring due to abnormal processing of sensory input
Referred pain
Pain felt in a location away from the injury
Phantom pain
Pain felt in an amputated extremity
Joint Commission
Organization that states patients have a right to appropriate assessment and
management of pain
Mental Health
State of well-being and ability to cope with stressors
Mental status
Competence of a person's intellectual, emotional, psychological, and personality
functions
ACES
Adverse childhood events that may impact mental health in teens and adults
Interpersonal violence
Crime and violation of human rights that impacts mental health
Limbic system
Part of the brain responsible for emotions, fear, anger, and sex drive
Stressors
Factors that cause stress and may impact mental health
Anger
Emotion that may be experienced and should be assessed
Drug and Alcohol abuse
Substance misuse that should be assessed in teenagers and adults
Depression
Abnormal state of mood characterized by sadness, hopelessness, and worthlessness
, Altered mental status
Evident based on orientation, memory, calculation ability, communication skills,
judgment, reasoning, and abstract reasoning
Skin
Largest organ of the body
Pruritus
Itching of the skin
Lesions
Changes in the skin, such as moles, color, shape, texture, tenderness, bleeding, itching
Skin color changes
Yellowing (jaundice), blueness, paleness, bruising, redness, discoloration
Wounds
Injuries to the skin that may require treatment
Hair loss
Loss of hair that may be sudden or gradual
Nail problems
Issues with the nails, such as brittleness, shape, contour, color, consistency, thickness,
cleanliness
Primary skin lesions
Macule, papule, patch, plaque, nodule, wheal, tumor, urticaria, vesicle, cyst, bulla,
pustule
Secondary skin lesions
Crust, scale, fissure, erosion, ulcer, excoriation, scar, lichenification, keloid
Vascular skin lesions
Petechiae, purpura, ecchymosis, angioma, capillary hemangioma, telangiectasia,
vascular spider, venous star
Age-related variations
Fetal alcohol syndrome, limited mobility, increased risk of skin cancer
Head
Part of the body that includes the skull and face
Eyes
Organs of vision
Nose
Organ responsible for smell and respiration
Throat
Part of the body responsible for swallowing and speech
Headaches
Pain in the head that can be categorized as sinus, cluster, tension, or migraine
Earache
Pain in the ear that can be caused by fluid behind the eardrum, otitis media, or otitis
externa
Dizziness
Feeling of faintness
Vertigo
Sensation that the environment is spinning
Difficulty with vision
