Exam 1: NURS612/ NURS 612 (Latest 2024/ 2025
Update) Advanced Health Assessment Review| Qs & As| 100% Correct| Grade A- Maryville Adjustment of the eye for various distances through modification of the lens curvature; negative accommodation is adjustment for far vision by relaxation of the ciliary muscle; positive accommodation is adjustment for near vision by contraction of the ciliary muscle. - ANSWER accommodation Inflammation of a lymph node or a group of lymph nodes. - ANSWER adenitis The Bony prominence of the maxilla and mandible that supports the teeth or dentures. - ANSWER alveolar ridge Reduced vision in an eye that appears structurally normal and without detectable cause when examined, including inspection with an ophthalmoscope. - ANSWER amblyopia 1 / 3
The upstroke of the pulse, which also implies a "notch" or "shoulder" on the upstroke. - ANSWER anacrotic Sensory nerves within the walls of the atria, vena cava, aortic arch, and carotid sinus that monitor blood pressure change. - ANSWER baroreceptor Having two branches, tines, or prongs. - ANSWER bifurcated A pulse in which two beats occur in rapid succession so that they seem coupled and distinct from the succeeding set of two; each set is separated by a longer interval. - ANSWER bigeminal pulse The double-peaked systolic pulse; an arterial pulse with two palpable peaks, the second stronger than the first, but not markedly so; detected in instances of decreased arterial tension.
- ANSWER bisferiens pulse
A heart rate less than 60 beats per minute. - ANSWER bradycardia 2 / 3
An unexpected audible swishing sound or murmur over an artery or vascular organ. - ANSWER bruit Compulsive unconscious grinding of the teeth. - ANSWER bruxism Mucous membranes inside the mouth. - ANSWER buccal mucosa small band of modified heart muscle fibers that originates at the atrioventricular node and passes through the right atrioventricular junction to the interventricular septum, where the fibers divide into right and left branches and enter the respective ventricles; this bundle carries the atrial contractual rhythm to the ventricles; an interruption results in some degree of heart block. - ANSWER bundle of His The angle at the medial or lateral margin of the eyelid; the medial canthus opens into a small space containing openings to the lacrimal duct. - ANSWER canthus The complete sequence of cardiac action occurring from one heartbeat to the next, including both systole and diastole. - ANSWER cardiac cycle
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