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Signs

Signs

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434 Signs Found.

A

B

Babinski Sign
Baker’s Cyst
Barrel Chest
Bier Spots
Bitemporal Hemianopia
Bladder Distension
Bony Tenderness
Bouchard’s Nodes
Boutonniere Deformity
Bowel Sounds
Bradycardia
Bradykinesia / Hypokinesia
Bradypnoea
Bronchial Sounds
Bulbar Fatigability

C

D

E

Echophenomena
Elbow Bruising
Elbow Carrying Angle
Elbow Deformity
Empty Can Test
Exaggerated Pharyngeal Reflex

F

Facial Weakness
Fasciculations
Femoral Nerve Stretch Test
Festinating Gait
Finger-Nose Test
First Heart Sound
Fissure in Ano
Flank Tenderness
Flexor Tendon Crepitus
Fluid Overload
Fluid Wave
Focal Abdominal Tenderness
Foetor Hepaticus
Foot Drop
Foot Position
Formal Thought Disorders
Fourth Heart Sound

G

Generalised Abdominal Tenderness
Genu Recurvatum (Back-Knee)
Genu Valgum (Knock-Knee)
Genu Varum (Bow Leg)
Gingival Bleeding
Gingival Hypertrophy
Gingival Inflammation
Gottron’s Papules
Grey-Turner’s Sign
Gynaecomastia

H

I

J

Janeway Lesions
Jaundice
Jaw Jerk
Jerk Nystagmus

K

Kayser-Fleischer Rings
Koilonychia
Kolbel's Bow Test
Kussmaul Respiration

L

M

Mastoid Tenderness
McBurney’s Point Tenderness
McMurray’s Test for the Lateral Meniscus
McMurray’s Test for the Medial Meniscus
Micrographia
Miosis
Mitral Facies
Mixed UMN and LMN Weakness
Mouth Ulcers
Murphy’s Sign
Muscle Wasting
Mydriasis
Myoclonus
Myopathic Facies

N

Nail Bed Cyanosis
Nail Pitting
Narrow Pulse Pressure
Nasal Discharge
Nasal Septal Deviation
Nasal Septal Perforation
Nasal Sinus Tenderness
Neer Sign
Neologisms
Neuropathic Ulcers
Non-Pitting Oedema

O

Obsessions
Onycholysis
Oral Candidiasis
Osler's Nodes

P

R

S

T

U

Ulnar Deviation of the Wrist
Ulnar Nerve Subluxation
Uncover Test
Unilateral Anopia
Upper Motor Neuron Weakness
Uraemic Foetor
Uvular Displacement

V

Valgus Stability Test (Elbow)
Valgus Stress Test (Knee)
Varicose Veins
Varus Stability Test (Elbow)
Varus Stress Test (Knee)
Venous Skin Changes
Verbal Comprehension
Vibration Sense
Visible Peristalsis
Visual Hallucinations
Visual Neglect
Volume-Loaded Apex Beat

W

Warm Extremities
Warm-Up Phenomenon
Wasting of the Hand Muscles
Weakness of the Muscles of Mastication
Weber’s Test
Wheeze
Wide Splitting of S2
Widened Pulse Pressure
Word Repetition
Wrist Drop
Wrist Swelling
Written Comprehension

X

Xanthelasma
Xanthomata

Z

Z-Thumb Deformity

Percussion Myotonia

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Overview

- How to Perform
- Repeatedly percuss over the thenar eminence, looking for the development stiffness and potentially abduction of the thumb.
- Significance
- A sign of myotonia.

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