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Muscle that covers the frontal bone.  

Abnormal grating sounds detected during auscultation when pleura or pericardial tissues are inflamed. The distinct sound heard when two dry surfaces are rubbed together. If the sound is loud enough, the condition producing the sound can also be felt.  

A small depression in the center of the macula, directly opposite the pupil, where the greatest visual acuity lies.  

Sound produced by the heart during late systole due to ventricular atrial systole and decreased ventricular compliances; often associated with ventricular hypertrophy, hypertension, and myocardial infarction.  

Trochlear nerve; innervates the sensory and motor function of the superior oblique muscle of the eye. A small mixed nerve exiting from the dorsal surface of the midbrain. It contains efferent motor fibers to the superior oblique muscle of the eye and afferent sensory fibers conveying proprioceptive impulses from the same muscle.  

A urethrally inserted urine drainage tube with an inflatable retaining balloon. A urinary tract catheter with a balloon attachment at one end. After the catheter is inserted, the balloon is inflated. Thus the catheter is prevented from leaving the bladder until the balloon is emptied. A double-channel retention catheter consists of two channels: one for…

Documentation method using a columnar format to chart data, action, and response. A charting system based on “focus statements.” A focus may be a nursing diagnosis, a patient concern or behavior, a significant change in the patient, or a significant event in therapy. After the nursing assessment is conducted, a column is created with a…

Muscles that bend or flex a limb or part.  

Trigeminal nerve which stimulates the face and upper neck. The chief sensory nerve of the face; serves as the motor nerve of the muscles that control chewing.  

Treatment of anemia by administration of iron compounds.