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HEENT Health Assessment 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED C
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OMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (E653 zm zm zm zm zm
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QUESTION 1 zm
- headache - change in vision; blurred vision; loss of vision, floaters, flashing lights, -
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eye pain, redness, tearing - diplopia - hearing loss, earache, tinnitus -
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dizziness and vertigo - epistaxis - sore throat, hoarsness - swollen glands - goiter
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Common or Concerning Symptoms associated with HEENT
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QUESTION 2 zm
- start with palpation and inspection of the head - move hair out the way.
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Head Inspection
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QUESTION 3 zm
- look for symmetry - Cranial nerves V (Trigeminal) and VII (FACIAL)
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Inspection of the face zm zm zm
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- facial nerve ask the patient to: - crease up their forehead (Raise their eyebrows) -
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close their eyes and keep them closed against resistance -
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pull out their cheeks and reveal their teeth
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,Cranial nerve VII Testing
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QUESTION 5 zm
- stroke is rarely mononeuric -
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with bells palsy (peripheral lesions) the patient is unable to lift the eyebrows or wri
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Stroke vs Bells Palsyzm zm zm
QUESTION 6 zm
- mononeuric involvement of facial (7) nerve - CN VII peripheral lesion -
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inability to wrinkle brow -
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drooping eyelid; inability to close eye, one eye may be rolled up -
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inability to puff cheeks; no muscle tone -
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drooping mouth; inability to smile or pucker - flat nasoloabial fold -
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forehead not wrinkled, eyebrow not raised - paralysis of lower face
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Bells Palsy zm
QUESTION 7 zm
-eye closes; perhaps with slight weakness - flat nasolabial fold -
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forehead wrinkled; eyebrow raised - paralysis of lower face
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Left Hemispheric Cerebral Infarction
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QUESTION 8 zm
Always listen to bilateral carotids
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Before examining the neck
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QUESTION 9 zm
in front of ear
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, Preauricular lymph node location zm zm zm
QUESTION 10 zm
behind ear zm
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Posterior Auricular lymph node location
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QUESTION 11 zm
on the curve of the mandible (kinda)... where your tonsils would lay internally kinda
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Tonsilar lymph node location
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QUESTION 12 zm
occipital
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occipital lymph node location
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QUESTION 13 zm
top of neck
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superficial cervical lymph node location
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QUESTION 14 zm
base of neck
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posterior cervical lymph node location
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QUESTION 15 zm
Just superior of the clavicle
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Exam Solution
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HEENT Health Assessment 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED C
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OMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (E653 zm zm zm zm zm
D)
QUESTION 1 zm
- headache - change in vision; blurred vision; loss of vision, floaters, flashing lights, -
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eye pain, redness, tearing - diplopia - hearing loss, earache, tinnitus -
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dizziness and vertigo - epistaxis - sore throat, hoarsness - swollen glands - goiter
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ANSWER
Common or Concerning Symptoms associated with HEENT
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QUESTION 2 zm
- start with palpation and inspection of the head - move hair out the way.
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ANSWER
Head Inspection
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QUESTION 3 zm
- look for symmetry - Cranial nerves V (Trigeminal) and VII (FACIAL)
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Inspection of the face zm zm zm
QUESTION 4 zm
- facial nerve ask the patient to: - crease up their forehead (Raise their eyebrows) -
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close their eyes and keep them closed against resistance -
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pull out their cheeks and reveal their teeth
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ANSWER
,Cranial nerve VII Testing
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QUESTION 5 zm
- stroke is rarely mononeuric -
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with bells palsy (peripheral lesions) the patient is unable to lift the eyebrows or wri
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ANSWER
Stroke vs Bells Palsyzm zm zm
QUESTION 6 zm
- mononeuric involvement of facial (7) nerve - CN VII peripheral lesion -
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inability to wrinkle brow -
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drooping eyelid; inability to close eye, one eye may be rolled up -
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inability to puff cheeks; no muscle tone -
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drooping mouth; inability to smile or pucker - flat nasoloabial fold -
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forehead not wrinkled, eyebrow not raised - paralysis of lower face
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ANSWER
Bells Palsy zm
QUESTION 7 zm
-eye closes; perhaps with slight weakness - flat nasolabial fold -
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forehead wrinkled; eyebrow raised - paralysis of lower face
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ANSWER
Left Hemispheric Cerebral Infarction
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QUESTION 8 zm
Always listen to bilateral carotids
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ANSWER
Before examining the neck
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QUESTION 9 zm
in front of ear
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ANSWER
, Preauricular lymph node location zm zm zm
QUESTION 10 zm
behind ear zm
ANSWER
Posterior Auricular lymph node location
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QUESTION 11 zm
on the curve of the mandible (kinda)... where your tonsils would lay internally kinda
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ANSWER
Tonsilar lymph node location
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QUESTION 12 zm
occipital
ANSWER
occipital lymph node location
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QUESTION 13 zm
top of neck
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ANSWER
superficial cervical lymph node location
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QUESTION 14 zm
base of neck
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posterior cervical lymph node location
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QUESTION 15 zm
Just superior of the clavicle
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ANSWER