Read the Following Excerpt from a Patient's Health Record: Objective

question 73

Multiple Choice

Read the following excerpt from a patient's health record: Objective
Temp: 99.0. HR: 60. RR: 20. BP: 112/70.
General: Pleasant, responsive. No acute distress.
HEENT: Pupils equal, round, and reactive to light. Mucous membranes moist and pink.
Resp: Clear to auscultation. No wheezes, rales, rhonchi or crackles. Good air exchange. No increased work of breathing.
Chest: Sternotomy incision healing well without warmth, erythema, or induration. Dressing clean and dry.
CV: Regular in rate and rhythm, no murmur. No jugulovenous distention. CR brisk. Radial pulses 21, dorsal pedal pulses 21.
Abd: Soft, nontender, nondistended. No hepatosplenomegaly.
Ext: No cyanosis, clubbing, or edema.
CXR: Unremarkable. No cardiomegaly.
EKG: Normal.
Labs: No elevated cardiac enzymes. Normal CBC.
Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the term sternotomy?

• A) sterno (sternum) + tomy (binding) = binding of the sternum
• B) sterno (sternum) + tomy (breaking) = breaking of the sternum
• C) sterno (sternum) + tomy (incision) = incision into the sternum
• D) sterno (sternum) + tomy (reconstruction) = reconstruction of the sternum
• E) sterno (sternum) + tomy (removal) = removal of the sternum

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Definitions:

Monocular Cue

A depth cue that is available even when the world is viewed with one eye alone, such as size, texture gradient, and linear perspective.

Contralateral Input

The process in neuroscience where sensory information received on one side of the body is processed in the opposite side of the brain.

Texture Gradient

A depth cue based on the gradual change of texture as objects recede in the distance, influencing perception of depth.

Interposition

A visual cue where one object partially blocks another, helping the observer gauge depth and order in a scene.