And Answers 2026/2027|100% Correct
Head assessment includes - ANSWER>Inspect - Scars, bruises?
Palpate - Symmetry? Sinus pain?
Auscultate - bruits? carotids/masses
(can also transilluminate sinuses)
Cranial Nerves
Included in head inspection: - ANSWER>movement - TMJ, complexion, lesions, trauma signs, hair
quality/distribution, lymph nodes
Order of lymph node palpation - ANSWER>
visualize head and neck lymph nodes - ANSWER>
1st lymph note to get enlarged in kids - ANSWER>Occipital nodes
,Enlarged postauricular lymph nodes can be caused by ____ - ANSWER>piercing infection
Enlarged preauricular lymph nodes can be caused by ____ - ANSWER>eye infection
Enlarged submandibular lymph nodes can be caused by ____ - ANSWER>bulimia
Snellen test - ANSWER>-smallest letters read from 20 feet away --Patients who wear glasses other than for reading
should put them on.
-both eyes, then each eye individually
-color blindness test as well
Eye inspection includes - ANSWER>-Proptosis (prominent) or sunken (enophthalmos)
-Eyelid (color, blinking, retraction, thrombosis)
-periorbital edema (hypothyroid, allergic, renal)
-sclera, conjunctiva, cornea, lacrimal glands
, opthalmoscopic exam - ANSWER>-Red reflex (if not or obscure=cataracts)
-Follow blood vessel to optic disc
-nicking/narrowing of vessels=HTN
-cotton wool patches = diabetes
-papilledema (elevated optic disc= increased ICP, meningitis)
otoscopic exam - ANSWER>adults - pull up and back
infant/child - down and back
*ear inspection uniquely is from inside to outside*
"which ear hurts? I'll check good one first"
Ear anatomy - ANSWER>
In swimmer's ear, pressing on what ear part is painful - ANSWER>Tragus
Weber test - ANSWER>tuning fork placed in center of skull normally heard equally in both ears.