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NUR 216 EXAM 3 TERMS WITH CORRECT DEFINITIONS
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NUR 216 EXAM 3 TERMS WITH CORRECT DEFINITIONS1. Abduction: Movement away from the midline of the body
2. Adduction: Movement toward the midline of the body
3. Pronation: palm down
4. Supination: Palm up
5. Eversion: turning outward
6. Inversion: turning inward
7. Dorsiflexion: upward flexion of the foot
8. plantar flexion: downward flexion of the foot
9. flexion: bending a joint
10.extension: Straightening of a joint
11.Elevation: raising a body part
12.strain: when a tendon is injured
13.sprain: when a ligament is injured
14.osteoarthritis: inflammation of the bone and joint
15.rheumatoid arthritis: a chronic autoimmune disorder in which the
joints and some organs of other body systems are attacked
16.osteoporosis: A condition in which the body's bones become weak
and break easily.
17.key assessment pieces: vital signs
18.Cheyne-Stokes breathing: periods of apnea
19.tachycardia: fast heart rate
20.tachypnea: fast breathing
21.bradycardia: slow heart rate
22.bradypnea: slow breathing
23.Kussmal breathing: fast, labored breathing
24.what is kussmal's breathing seen a lot with?: diabetic ketoacidosis
(DKA)
25.what is the PMI: point of maximal impulse
26.where is the PMI: apical pulse
27.when do we get concerned when it comes to pulse ox?: when it
reached below 90%
28.bronchovesicular breath sounds: over bronchi
29.vesicular breath sounds: over lungs, between first and second
intercostal space
30.Tracheal sounds: above clavicles
31.wheezing: asthma
32.crackles: pneumonia
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, 33.rhonchi: COPD, emphysema
34.aortic location: right 2nd intercostal space
35.pulmonic location: left 2nd intercostal space
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