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Redness of the skin.
Bluish coloring of the skin and mucous membranes.
Yellow appearance of skin.
Paleness of the skin.
Collection of blood in subcutaneous tissues that causes a purplish discoloration.
Small, purplish hemmorragic spots on the skin that do not blanch with applies pressure
Any abnormal tissue on the skin.
Injury that results in a disruption in the normal continuity of the body tissue.
A change of the skin which affects its color, appearance or texture.
Excessive sweating commonly associated with shock or other medical conditions.
Tension of the skin determined by its hydration.
Accumulation of fluid in extracellular spaces.
Edema in which fluid builds up in the extremeties to such a degree that when the fluid filled...
Deep grooved lines that run from side to side on the fingernail.
A nail disease in which often tender bacterial or fungi hand infection where the nail and skin...
Rounding and swelling of nail beds.
"puffy" or swelling around the eyes.
Dilation of pupil due to disease, use of drugs or trauma.
Constriction of pupil of the eye resulting from normal response to an increase in light or...
Ability to adjust the eye to see at various distances.
Following an object as it nears your face. Becoming cross-eyed in the process.
Drooping of upper or lower eyelid.
Medical condition in which the eyelid (usually lower one) folds inward.
Condition where lower eyelid folds outwards.
Nostril or nasal passages./
Term meaning disease of the lymph nodes.
A increase in the anterior posterior diameter of the chest wall resembling the shape of a barrel,...
Vibration of the chest wall that can be palpated during physical assessment.
Heard during percussing a patient.
Heard when percussing a patient. Hollow sounding.
Harsh, high-pitched sound usually heard in inspiration when upper airways become narrowed.
Unusual sound, usually abnormal, heard in auscultation.
Inflammation of a vein.
Irregular areas of skin that look like bands, stripes or lines.
Decrease in size of body structure.
Grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.
Acquired language disorder in which there is an impairment of language use.
clean, disheveled, clothes dirty, clothes inappropriate for the season, dressed for occasion,...
small, medium, or large frame, flabby, firm, malnourished, obese
appropriate, flat, inappropriate, labile, blunted, paranoid, euphoric
happy, sad, anxious, frustrated, tense, cooperative, restless, contented, angry, indifferent,...
tanned, vitiligo, freckled, erythema, ecchymosis, increased pigmentation
striae, moles, birthmarks, petechiae, blister, nodule, pustule, cyst, ulcer, scale, keloid,...
pink, cyanotic, yellowed
full, thin, even, patchy, receding hairline, male pattern baldness
small, average, large
round, oval, square, pointed, asymmetrical
normal, high, low, aysmmetrical
white, red, yellow, dirty white related to aging
VISION: normal with glasses, holds items close to face to see, unable to reach newspaper, unable...
S1 and S2
clear, crisp, muffled, soft, unable to distinguish the two sounds, swish, click, loud
visible, non-visible, varicosities (identify where), prominent
full, MAE equally, jerky movements, uncoordinated, slow, limited with pain, weak, strong
Shuffling, propulsive, limping, pigeon toed, slapping, toes point outward (duck walk),...
Steady, erect, leans to side (identify the side), sits erect in wheelchair, leans forward,...