HEENT Review Questions And Answers Graded A
The skull is composed of how many bones? Correct Answer: Seven
2 frontal
2 parietal
2 temporal
1 occipital
Facial muscles are innervated by what cranial nerves?
A. V
B. VIII
C. VII
D. XII
E. Both V & VII
F. All of the above Correct Answer: E. V - trigeminal
VII - Facial
What is the major artery of the face, passing just anterior to the ear, over the temporal muscle
and onto the forehead? Correct Answer: Temporal artery
The ____________ is the major endocrine gland and is located at the notch on the upper edge
marking of the bifurcation of the common carotid artery Correct Answer: Thyroid
Produces two homorns
Thyroxine (T4)
Triiodothryonine (T3)
The posterior fontanel usually closing by __________ months of age while the anterior fontanel
closes by _______________ months of age. Correct Answer: Posterior - 2 months
Anterior - 24 months
What condition causes a sustained increase in renal clearance of iodine? Correct Answer:
Pregnancy
this occurs early and is sustained
The thyroid compensates by enlarging and increasing the plasma clearance of iodine to produce
sufficient thyroid hormones.
The rate of T4 production and degradation gradually decreases with aging, the thyroid becomes
fibrotic? T/F Correct Answer: True
a horizontal jerking or bobbing of the head may be associated with? Correct Answer: A tremor
What condition causes a shortening of a sternocleidomastoid muscle? Correct Answer:
Torticollis
Can also be caused by inability to see out of one eye or hear out of one ear.
, An expression or appearance of the face and features of the head and neck that when considered
together is characteristic of a clinical condition or syndrome is?
A. Smile
B. Facies
C. Torticollis
D. Frown Correct Answer: B. Facies
Develop slowly
Could be a sign of acromegaly
When facial asymmetry is present on the entire side of the face suspect?
A. Peripheral trigeminal nerve paralysis
B. Facial Nerve Paralysis
C. Hippocratic facies
D. Myxedema facies Correct Answer: B. Facial nerve paralysis
C. Hippocratic facies - sunken appearance of eyes, cheeks and temporal areas; shape nose; and
dry rough skin (terminal stages of throat cancer)
D. Myxedema facies - dull, puffy, yellowed skin; coarse sparse hair; temporal loss of eyebrows,
periorbital edeam and prominent tongue
A rounded or moonshaped face with thin erythematous skin is associated with?
A. Systemic lupus erythematosus
B. Bell's Palsy
C. Early Acromegaly
D. Cushing syndrome Correct Answer: D. Cushing syndrome
SLE - butterfly rash over malar surfaces and bridge of nose. Either a blush with swelling or
scaly, red maculopapular lesions
Bell's Palsy - (CN VII) Asymmetrial face on one side, eyelid doesn't close, drooping of lower
eyelid and corner of mouth and loss of nasolabial fold
Cushing syndrome - rounded or moonshaped face with thin, erythematous skin
A triad of micrognathia, glossoptosis, and palatal clefting in infant/child suggests?
A. Pierre-Robin Sequence
B. Hurler Syndrome
C. Down Syndrome
D. Hydrocephalus Correct Answer: A. Pierre-Robin Sequence
B. Hurler - enlarged skull with low forehead, corneal clouding and short neck
C. Down - depressed nasal bridge, epicanthal folds, mongoloid slant of eyes, low-set ears and
large tongue.
D. Hydrocephalus - enlarged head, thinning of the scalp with dilated scalp veins and bossing of
the skull "sun-setting sign"
A child wit severe maxiallary and midfacial hypoplasia has?
A Fetal alcohol syndrome
B. Treacher-Collins syndrome
C. Crouzon syndrome
D. Apert Syndrome Correct Answer: D. Apert syndrome
The skull is composed of how many bones? Correct Answer: Seven
2 frontal
2 parietal
2 temporal
1 occipital
Facial muscles are innervated by what cranial nerves?
A. V
B. VIII
C. VII
D. XII
E. Both V & VII
F. All of the above Correct Answer: E. V - trigeminal
VII - Facial
What is the major artery of the face, passing just anterior to the ear, over the temporal muscle
and onto the forehead? Correct Answer: Temporal artery
The ____________ is the major endocrine gland and is located at the notch on the upper edge
marking of the bifurcation of the common carotid artery Correct Answer: Thyroid
Produces two homorns
Thyroxine (T4)
Triiodothryonine (T3)
The posterior fontanel usually closing by __________ months of age while the anterior fontanel
closes by _______________ months of age. Correct Answer: Posterior - 2 months
Anterior - 24 months
What condition causes a sustained increase in renal clearance of iodine? Correct Answer:
Pregnancy
this occurs early and is sustained
The thyroid compensates by enlarging and increasing the plasma clearance of iodine to produce
sufficient thyroid hormones.
The rate of T4 production and degradation gradually decreases with aging, the thyroid becomes
fibrotic? T/F Correct Answer: True
a horizontal jerking or bobbing of the head may be associated with? Correct Answer: A tremor
What condition causes a shortening of a sternocleidomastoid muscle? Correct Answer:
Torticollis
Can also be caused by inability to see out of one eye or hear out of one ear.
, An expression or appearance of the face and features of the head and neck that when considered
together is characteristic of a clinical condition or syndrome is?
A. Smile
B. Facies
C. Torticollis
D. Frown Correct Answer: B. Facies
Develop slowly
Could be a sign of acromegaly
When facial asymmetry is present on the entire side of the face suspect?
A. Peripheral trigeminal nerve paralysis
B. Facial Nerve Paralysis
C. Hippocratic facies
D. Myxedema facies Correct Answer: B. Facial nerve paralysis
C. Hippocratic facies - sunken appearance of eyes, cheeks and temporal areas; shape nose; and
dry rough skin (terminal stages of throat cancer)
D. Myxedema facies - dull, puffy, yellowed skin; coarse sparse hair; temporal loss of eyebrows,
periorbital edeam and prominent tongue
A rounded or moonshaped face with thin erythematous skin is associated with?
A. Systemic lupus erythematosus
B. Bell's Palsy
C. Early Acromegaly
D. Cushing syndrome Correct Answer: D. Cushing syndrome
SLE - butterfly rash over malar surfaces and bridge of nose. Either a blush with swelling or
scaly, red maculopapular lesions
Bell's Palsy - (CN VII) Asymmetrial face on one side, eyelid doesn't close, drooping of lower
eyelid and corner of mouth and loss of nasolabial fold
Cushing syndrome - rounded or moonshaped face with thin, erythematous skin
A triad of micrognathia, glossoptosis, and palatal clefting in infant/child suggests?
A. Pierre-Robin Sequence
B. Hurler Syndrome
C. Down Syndrome
D. Hydrocephalus Correct Answer: A. Pierre-Robin Sequence
B. Hurler - enlarged skull with low forehead, corneal clouding and short neck
C. Down - depressed nasal bridge, epicanthal folds, mongoloid slant of eyes, low-set ears and
large tongue.
D. Hydrocephalus - enlarged head, thinning of the scalp with dilated scalp veins and bossing of
the skull "sun-setting sign"
A child wit severe maxiallary and midfacial hypoplasia has?
A Fetal alcohol syndrome
B. Treacher-Collins syndrome
C. Crouzon syndrome
D. Apert Syndrome Correct Answer: D. Apert syndrome
