- What is the procedure adopted to manufacture commercial dextran?
Bacterial culture procedure
- What is palpated in the fifth left intercostals space within the mid-clavicular line?
The apex beat
What is anterior aspect of chest overlying the heart called?
Precordium
- What is apex impulse?
Lower most and outermost parts of the cardiac impulse
- In what condition tapping apex beat is seen?
In mitral stenosis
- In dextocardia what happens to apex beat on the left side?
It disappears
- What is the sensation like the purring of a cat, felt by the hand when a murmur is palpable called?
Thrill
- Why percussion is done while examining the heart?
To determine the boundaries of the heart
- Why is the first heart sound single?
Tricuspid and mitral valves close at the same time
- Why is the second heart sound split?
The aortic closes earlier than the pulmonary valves
- In which area split second heart sound is better auscultated?
Pulmonary area (Left side, 2nd intercostals space)
- What is ‘opening snap’?
The sound heard between second and third heart sound in mitral / tricuspid stenosis
- What will the left ventricular failure lead to?
Pulmonary oedema
- What is the accumulation of interstitial fluid in abnormally large amounts called?
Oedema- What is oedema caused by lymphatic obstruction called?
Lymphoedema
- What is fainting due to pooling of blood in the dependent parts of the body on standing called?
Postural syncope
(Physiology; UMS 2008)
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