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| Red-tan scaly plaques that increase over the years to become raised and roughened; they may have a silvery- white scale adherent to the plaque; occur in sun exposed surfaces; premalignant- may develop into squamous cell carcinoma. |
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| Actinic keratosis (senile ot solar keratosis) |
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| With this condition, hair would be a bluish mottled color that signifies decreased perfusion/ inadequacy of oxygenated blood. This typically occurs with an altered level of consciousness and respiratory distress. |
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| Profuse perspiration; accompanies increased metabolic rate, thyrotoxicosis, nervous system stimulation (anxiety/ pain). |
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| A purplish patch resulting from extravasation of blood into the skin. Greater that 3 mm in diameter. |
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| Fluid accumulation in the intracellular space; most evident in the dependent parts of the body (feet/ankles/sacral areas). Makes hair follicles more prominent creating a pig skin or orange peel look. |
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| A type of edema caused locally or peripherally. |
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| A type of edema caused by heart failure or kidney failure. |
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| Bilateral or generalized edema. |
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| Excessive body hair in females forming a male sexual pattern (upper lip, face, chest, abdomen, arms, legs) caused by endocrine or metabolic dysfunction. |
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| Yellowish skin color indicates rising levels of billirubin in the blood. Occurs with hepatitis, cirrhosis, sickle- cell disease, transfusion reaction, and hemolytic disease of the newborn. |
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| Scars that form at the site of a wound grow beyond the normal boundaries of the wound. |
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| An injured or diseased spot or area on or in the body. |
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| A type of primary skin lesion; soley a color change, flat and circumscribed <1 cm (ex: freckles, flat nevi, hypopigmentation, petachiae, measles, scaret fever) |
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| A benign or malignant skin tumor containing dark pigment. |
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| White color; when the red-pink tones from oxygenated hemoglobin in the blood are lost, the skin takes on a white hue (due to the color of connective tissue), common in high-stress states. Generalized pallor can be detected in dark-skinned people by inspection of mucous membranes, lips, and nail beds. |
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| Elevated, solid, circumscribed area of the skin caused by superficial thickening in the epidermis (ex: elevated nevua, lichen planus, molluscum, wart) |
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| Skin itching; the most common skin symptom, occurs with dry skin, aging, drug reactions, allergy, lice, uremia. |
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| The skin's ability to change shape and return to normal (elasticity). |
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| The sternocleidomastoid muscle divides each side of the neck into two triangles. This triangle lies in front, between the sternocleidomastoid and midline, base along the lower border of the mandible and apex at the suprasternal notch. |
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| A blowing, swishing sound indicating blood flow turbulence; normally none is present. |
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| Edematous swelling at ecchymosis of the presenting part of the head caused by birth trauma; it feels soft, and it may extend across the suture lines; gradually resolves during the first few days of life and needs no treatment. |
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| Subperiosteal hemorrhage which is also a result of birth trauma; is softly, fluctuant, and well defined over one cranial bone because of the periostium, the bleeding is held in place. |
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| Crowns the head from ear to ear at the union of the frontal and parietal bones. |
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| Frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal. |
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| A sensation of unsteadiness accompanied by a feeling of movement within the head. |
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| The direction lymph travels on its way to the blood stream. |
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| Membrane-covered "soft spots" allow for growth of the brain during the first years. |
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| An increase in the size of the thyroid gland; occurs with hyperthyroidism, Grave's Disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and hypothyroidism. |
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| The highest bone in the neck; palpated high in the neck at the level of the floor of the mouth. |
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| Separates the parietal bones crosswise from the occipital bone. |
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| Enlargement of the lymph node from infection, allergy, or neoplasm. |
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| Delimited by the base of the skull and the inferior border of the mandible above, and by the manubrium sterni, the clavicle, the 1st rib, & the 1st thoracic vertebra below. |
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| Denotes a round, symmetric skull that is appropriatley related to body size. |
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| Elliptical open space between the eyelids. |
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| Pair of salivary glands found on the cheeks, superficial to the mandibles, anterior and inferior to the ears. |
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| Behind the sternocleidomastoid muscle, with the trapezius muscle on the other side and with its base along the clavicle bone. |
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| Separates the head lengthwise between the two parietal bones. |
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| Benign, include head nodding (as if saying yes or no) and tongue protrusion. |
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| A rigid bony box that protects the brain and special sense organs; it includes the bones of the cranium and the face. |
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| Set of salivary glands which lie on the floor of the mouth. |
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| Salivary glands which are beneath the mandible at the angle of the jaw. |
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| Meshed/ immovable joints where adjacent cranial bones unite. |
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| Lies superior to the temporalis muscle. Its pulsation is palpable anterior to the ear. |
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| An important endocrine gland with a rich blood supply. It straddles the trachea in the middle of the neck and secretes thyroxine and triiodothyronine- hormones that stimulate the rate of cellular metabolism. It has two lobes, both conical in shape, each curving posteriorly between the trachea and sternomastoid muscle. |
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| Tested when baby is supine/ relaxed/ sleeping. Turn head to one side with the chin over one shoulder. Note ipsilateral arm extension and flexion of the opposite arm and leg. Appears ar 2-3 months, and disappears at 4-6 months. |
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| One of the two major neck muscles; innervated by cranial nerve XI (spinal accessory); moves the shoulders and extends/turns the head. |
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| Long spinous process; palpable during head flexion. |
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| A sensation of spinning- true rotational spinning from neurologic disease. |
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| Adaptation of the eye for near vision; accomplished by increasing the curvature of the lens through movement of ciliary muscles; cannot be observed directly- components can be visualized: convergence of axes and pupillary constriction. |
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| Grey-White arc/circle of lipid accumulation around the lumbus, may make the cornea appear thickened/ raised; has no effect on vision. |
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| The corner of the eye; the angle where lids meet. |
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| Small, fleshy mass containing sebaceous glands found in the inner canthus. |
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Infection of the conjunctiva, "pink eye"; red, beefy-looking vessels @ periphery but usually clearer around the iris; commonly caused around the iris; commonly caused by bacterial/viral infection, allergy, or chemical irritation.
Symptoms: Itching, burning, foreign body sensation, and eyelids stuck together on awakening. |
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| Visual reflex- direction of the eye toward an object attracting a person's attention. |
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| Appear in the vitreous as a result of debris that accumulates. |
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| One of the leading causes if blindness; two forms: open-angle and closed angle. |
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| The border between the cornea and sclera. |
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| Breakdown of cells in the retinal macula. |
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| Constricted and fixed pupils; occurs with the use of pilocarpine drops for glaucoma treatment, with the use of narcotics, with iritis, and with brain damage to the pons. |
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| Enlarged pupils; occurs with stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system, in reaction to sympathomimetic drugs, after the use of dilating drops, acute glaucoma, and past/recent trauma. They herald CNS injury, circulatory arrest, deep anesthesia. |
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