NR 509 Tina_Jones___HEENT_Review_Questions and Answers

Suppose you had found that Tina’s pupils were reactive to both direct and consensual light, yet unequal in size. Which condition would you suspect? • Unequal visual acuity • Optic neuritis • Glaucoma • Anisocoria (Correct Response) Imagine that, during your physical exam with Tina, you had palpated an enlarged left supraclavicular lymph node. What would this finding have indicated? • Nothing, because this is a normal variant • A serious pathology (Correct Response) • A previous infection of the throat • An active infection of the throat If you had observed Arteriovenous (AV) nicking during the retinal exam on Tina, what would you have seen? • Transparent arterial walls • Opaque arterial walls • Tortuous arteries and veins • Vein stops on either side of the artery (Correct Response) Suppose that you had detected a click while palpating Tina’s temporomandibular joint (TMJ). What could have been the cause? If Tina had reported new onset ear pain, what would have been the most useful finding to determine otitis media? Imagine that you inspected Tina’s throat and noted that her tonsils touched each other. How would you grade her tonsils on the tonsillar hypertrophy grading scale?