Physical Assessment Reading notes Monday‚ August 26‚ 2013 TCNS: Physical assessment is the systematic collection of objective data that are directly observed or are elicited through examination techniques‚ such as inspection‚ palpation‚ percussion‚ and auscultation. Subjective & Objective data Subjective data is the data the patient tells you Objective data is the data you collect during the assessment Inspection Performing deliberate‚ purposeful observations in a systematic manner Uses
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The voice is a person’s own unique musical instrument. Someone can compare a person’s voice to the sound of a violin which have their own unique structures to aide in creating the sound of pitch‚ frequency‚ loudness‚ and specific notes. A violin’s body is like a human’s body in that it holds all the parts and structures together‚ and each structure has a role. Tightening the strings at the peg box creates more tension‚ and when played‚ a higher frequency or pitch occurs. The violin strings are
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testosterone deficiency”(Wadler) Although most of these short term affects sound good‚ the long term seem to throw a juicy curve-ball back at you. Anne Marie Brooks‚ a writer for a weekly health magazine‚ states: “Muscles grow so rapidly that tendon or ligament damage results during physical activity. Instead of better performance‚ the user may face weeks or months on crutches‚ in a brace‚ in pain. “Ouch! That sounds like the negatives over rule the positives (of steroids) and anabolic steroids don’t sound
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Damaged Tissue The body will respond to an exercise stress in one of three ways and there may be primary and secondary damage to the tissues as a result of exercise stress. The three responses the body will take to an exercise stress are‚ the tissues may adapt to the stress and no damage occurs‚ the tissues may become injured‚ or the tissues will die. In athletics‚ athletes often stress their bodies to the point of tissue injury and tissue death. The body’s primary reaction to an injury is tissue
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RESPIRATORY SYSTEM Respiration (processes) 1. Ventilation and breathing‚ which is the movement of air into and out of the lungs 2. Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the air in the lungs and the blood 3. Transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the blood and tissues 4. Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the blood and tissues. Function 1. Regulation of blood pH 2. Voice production 3. Olfaction 4. Innate immunity ANATOMY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM A. Upper respiratory
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Embryology Week 1 Ovarian cycle: GnRH from hypothalamus FSH and LH from pituitary cyclic changes in the ovary. Follicular phase: * 15-20 preantral follicles start to grow due to FSH * 1 reaches full maturity released * Others undrgo atresia * Estrogens are released which; 1. Proliferate endometrium 2. Thin the cervical mucus 3. Stimulate pituitary to release LH * The LH; 1. Elevate concentrations of maturation promoting factor (oocytes complete
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Asthma With asthma‚ the muscles in the airways tighten and the lining becomes swollen and inflamed‚ producing sticky mucous. These changes cause the airways to become narrow‚ making it difficult to breathe. Most people with asthma only have symptoms when they inhale a ‘trigger’ such as pollen‚ exercise without the right preparation‚ or catch a cold or flu. Although asthma is not yet curable‚ with good management‚ people with asthma can lead normal‚ active lives. Asthma tends to run in families
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of the athlete. Ankle sprains occur when then ligaments in the ankle‚ lower leg‚ or foot are stretched or tear. There are different types of sprains. The most common of the ankle sprain is the inversion injury. This occurs when the ankle rolls out and the foot rolls in‚ stretching or tearing the ligaments on the outside of the ankle (Ankle Sprain). An eversion injury occurs when the ankle rolls in and the foot rolls out‚ which damages the ligaments on the inside of the ankle (Ankle Sprain). When
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consists of many structures like the ovaries‚ broad ligament‚ mesovarium‚ ovarium ligament and the like. Here are the detailed functions of each. ovary - One of the paired female reproductive organs which produce ova and female sex hormones‚ estrogens and progesterone; it is located laterally in the pelvic cavity‚ near the opening to the oviduct‚ and attached to the posterior surface of the broad ligament; it is regulated by FSH and LH from the anterior pituitary in a complex cycle which begins at puberty
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The carpal tunnel is a narrow passageway on the palm side of your wrist made up of bones and ligaments. The nerve that controls sensation and movement in the thumb and first three fingers‚ runs through this passageway along with tendons to the fingers and thumb. Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a median entrapment neuropathy that causes paresthesia‚ pain‚ numbness‚ and other symptoms in the distribution of the median nerve due to its compression at the wrist in the carpal tunnel. The median nerve
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