Answers
The Answers to the Valentines Quiz (a.k.a. if no-one else breaks your heart, this will...)
1. Normal blood pressure values for an average, young adult are taken to be 120/ 80. What are these values called and what do they signify?
120 - systolic (the pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts)
80 - diastolic (the 'resting pressure' in the arteries after the heart has contracted.)
2. What is a 'hole-in-the-heart'? (And think medically not vindictively...)
There is a wall (septum) between the left and right sides of the heart which separates the oxygenated and deoxygenated blood. A hole in the heart allows this to mix, not ideal...
3. What are the main sub-divisions of the transversospinalis group? (Again, don't go into too much detail)
Semispinalis
Multifidi
Rotatores
4. What is a 'heart murmur'?
An abnormal sound heard on auscultation (listening with a stethoscope, usually...) of the heart. It may indicate pathology. Most patients, if they know they have a heart murmur will know why. If not, refer 'em. Now!!!
5. What is a sacralisation and a lumbarisation?
Sacralisation is where L5 (the last lumbar vertebra) is partly, or totally fused with the sacrum. Lumbarisation is where the first sacral vertebra is partly or completely unfused with the rest of the sacrum and behaves as a lumbar vertebra. Both can cause problems.
6. Name the 3 section of the sternum, quickly...
Manubrium, Body, Xiphoid - named from superior to inferior. Trivia of the day; the body used to be called the gladiolus, from where the Roman Legionnaires' named their short, stabbing sword. It was changed fairly recently by an international group of anatomists (yes, they actually exist and pass laws on these things...), who also recently decreed that Achilles' Tendon no longer exists and should be called Calcaneal Tendon...go figaro...
7. What is the common name for a 'myocardial infraction' (M.I.)?
A heart attack
8. What would you want to consider when treating someone with hypertension?
Many things. The first and foremost is that hypertension means raised blood pressure. Given that strokes such as effleurage as designed to aid venous return and so improve circulation, is this not a contraindication or caution? In this case, to cover your own culo, it's probably wise to get some correspondence with their GP (which may also be good for business...). Otherwise consider treating supine with the head rest raised or seated. Also treat conservatively initially and see how they react. Otherwise, treat with caution and discretion, if at all and do some research into the whys and wherefores of hypertension.
9. How many quarters is a game of Lacrosse divided into? (Not sure why we have a lacrosse theme going on at the moment...)
Four. Of course. Not every trick question is a trick question...
10. Doctor Who is a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. Apart from his ability to regenerate what anatomical feature distinguishes him and his kind from humans?
They have two hearts. Does that also mean they have 2 Valentine's days?
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