Chapter 17 preparing the patient

Question 1

listening to sounds with a stethoscope

Answer 1

auscultation

Question 2

the act or process of measuring

Answer 2

mensruation

Question 3

what are the 2 types of diagnoses?

Answer 3

1. clinical - using the signs and symptoms
2. differential - ruling out certain possibilities

Question 4

the outcome of a disorder or prediction of a probable course of the disease

Answer 4

pronosis

Question 5

tuning forks are used to test a patients…

Answer 5

hearing

Question 6

Not a question just a reminder:
Study the different exam positions!!!!

Answer 6

page 302 & 303 in the book

Question 7

what are the 2 types of hearing loss?

Answer 7

1. conductive - damage or abnormality of the middle ear
2. sensorineural - damage to inner ear (cochlea or auditory nerve)

Question 7

what are the 2 types of hearing loss?

Answer 7

1. conductive - damage or abnormality of the middle ear
2. sensorineural - damage to inner ear (cochlea or auditory nerve)

Question 8

process of obtaining echoes with the use of ultrasound and then recording them on paper

Answer 8

echocardiography

Question 9

a process that records the cardiac cycle as heard through a stethoscope

Answer 9

phonocardiography

Question 10

the reconstruction of damaged blood vessels

Answer 10

angioplasty

Question 11

normal breathing

Answer 11

eupnea

Question 12

the measuring of breathing capacity

Answer 12

spirometry

Question 13

branch of medicine concerned with the colon, rectum, and anus

Answer 13

proctology

Question 14

branch of medicine concerned with the urinary system

Answer 14

urology

Question 15

Not a question just a reminder:
Study instruments and uses!!!!

Answer 15

In packet but also pages 310-312