Nurs 190 Physical Assessment
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Acromegaly - ans- enlargement of the extremities
Annular Lesions - ans- Circular, begins in center and spreads to periphery. Its only one
circle
Antecubital parts of the arm - ans- Brachial pulse
Apocrine glands - ans- made of water salts, proteins and fatty acids. Usually located in
areas with hair follicles like groin, axillary region.
Assessment of newborns - ans
Atrophy - ans- translucent, dry paper like sometimes wrinkled skin resulting from
thinning or wasting of skin due to loss of collagen and elastic.
basal cell carcinoma - ans- Most common and least severe type of skin cancer; often
characterized by light or pearly nodules.
- Usually starts as a skin-colored papule with a pearly translucent top and overlying
telangiectasia (broken blood vessel). Then develops rounded, pearly borders with
central red ulcer or looks like a large open pore with central yellowing.Most common
form of skin cancer; slow but inexorable growth.
Bullae - ans- a fluid-filled sac or lesion that appears when is trapped under a thin layer
of skin.
Classic migraine - ans- head ache preceded by aura, patient sees spots and flashes of
lights accompanied by nausea or vomiting, tingling and numbness of face and
extremities.
Cluster headache - ans- Onset is sudden usually onside of the face spreading upward
behind one eye that last a few minutes to few hours with several episodes for days or
months.
Confluent Lesions - ans- Lesions run together (hives)
Cranial stenosis - ans- premature fusion of cranial bones
stunt brain growth
