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NUR 618 EXAM 2 - E ARS, NOSE, AND THROAT (NEW
2024/ 2025 UPDATE) PATHOPHYSIOLOGY GUIDE | QS &
AS | 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED ANSWERS)- SOUTH
EASTERN LOUISIANA
Inspect and palpate external nose for: - ANS ✓Nose for shape, size, and color
Nares for flaring, narrowing, or discharge
Displacement of bone or cartilage
Tenderness
Masses
Evaluate patency of nares
Inspect nasal mucosa for: - ANS ✓Color, discharge, masses or lesions, swelling
of turbinates
Inspect nasal septum for: - ANS ✓Position, straightness, and thickness
Perforations, bleeding, or crusting
Examination of the sinuses - ANS ✓Inspect the maxillary and frontal sinus
areas for swelling
Palpate frontal and maxillary sinuses for tenderness
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Transillumination of the frontal and maxillary sinuses may be performed if sinus
tenderness is present or infection is suspected
Inspect buccal mucosa for: - ANS ✓Stenson ducts, color and moisture, ulcers or
Fordyce spots
Inspect teeth for: - ANS ✓Occlusion and alignment
Color and stains
Number of missing teeth
Wear, notches, or caries
Oral cavity - ANS ✓Ask the patient to extend the tongue while you inspect for:
-Deviation
-Tremor
-Limitation of movement
Inspect floor of mouth/ventral surface of tongue for - ANS ✓Swelling or
varicosities
Frenulum
Sublingual ridge
Wharton ducts
Palpate tongue for - ANS ✓Lumps, nodules, or ulceration
NUR 618 EXAM
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NUR 618 EXAM 2 - E ARS, NOSE, AND THROAT (NEW
2024/ 2025 UPDATE) PATHOPHYSIOLOGY GUIDE | QS &
AS | 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED ANSWERS)- SOUTH
EASTERN LOUISIANA
Inspect and palpate external nose for: - ANS ✓Nose for shape, size, and color
Nares for flaring, narrowing, or discharge
Displacement of bone or cartilage
Tenderness
Masses
Evaluate patency of nares
Inspect nasal mucosa for: - ANS ✓Color, discharge, masses or lesions, swelling
of turbinates
Inspect nasal septum for: - ANS ✓Position, straightness, and thickness
Perforations, bleeding, or crusting
Examination of the sinuses - ANS ✓Inspect the maxillary and frontal sinus
areas for swelling
Palpate frontal and maxillary sinuses for tenderness
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Transillumination of the frontal and maxillary sinuses may be performed if sinus
tenderness is present or infection is suspected
Inspect buccal mucosa for: - ANS ✓Stenson ducts, color and moisture, ulcers or
Fordyce spots
Inspect teeth for: - ANS ✓Occlusion and alignment
Color and stains
Number of missing teeth
Wear, notches, or caries
Oral cavity - ANS ✓Ask the patient to extend the tongue while you inspect for:
-Deviation
-Tremor
-Limitation of movement
Inspect floor of mouth/ventral surface of tongue for - ANS ✓Swelling or
varicosities
Frenulum
Sublingual ridge
Wharton ducts
Palpate tongue for - ANS ✓Lumps, nodules, or ulceration
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