NSG 6020 WEEK 2HEAD, FACE AND NECK
STUDY GUIDE
Chapter 4. Head, Face, and Neck
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. When obtaining a health history focusing on the patient’s head, face,
and neck, which of the following is particularly important in regard to risk of
disease?
A.
Past dental work
B.
Use of alcohol and tobacco
C.
History of tension headaches
D.
Use of aspirin
B
____ 2. Which of the cranial nerves should be tested if the patient complains of
numbness of the cheek?
A.
Cranial nerve III
B.
Cranial nerve V
C.
Cranial nerve VII
D.
Cranial nerve X
,B
____ 3. Which of the cranial nerves should be tested when a patient presents
with right-sided facial droop and inability to close the right eye?
A.
Cranial nerve III
B.
Cranial nerve V
C.
Cranial nerve VII
D.
Cranial nerve X
C
____ 4. A patient complains of pain with chewing, earache, and grinding her
teeth when asleep. These are symptoms of:
A.
Temporomandibular joint syndrome
B.
Trigeminal neuralgia
C.
Facial nerve palsy
D.
Angina
A
____ 5. Inflammation of the parotid gland can cause which of the following
conditions?
A.
Trigeminal neuralgia
B.
Bruxism
C.
Mumps
, D.
Temporomandibular joint syndrome
C
____ 6. Calcium phosphate stones can develop within the salivary gland ducts.
This can occur in the disorder called:
A.
Temporomandibular joint syndrome
B.
Mumps
C.
Trigeminal neuralgia
D.
Sialoadenitis
D
____ 7. Your patient presents to the ER due to a bee sting on the cheek. As you
are examining the patient, you note increasing facial swelling and redness as well
as swelling of the lips and eyes. This condition is due to:
A.
Angioedema
B.
Parotitis
C.
Sinusitis
D.
Sialoadenitis
A
____ 8. Your patient accidentally cut his cheek while shaving 3 days ago.
Today, the region is warm, erythematous, swollen, and has the appearance of an
STUDY GUIDE
Chapter 4. Head, Face, and Neck
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. When obtaining a health history focusing on the patient’s head, face,
and neck, which of the following is particularly important in regard to risk of
disease?
A.
Past dental work
B.
Use of alcohol and tobacco
C.
History of tension headaches
D.
Use of aspirin
B
____ 2. Which of the cranial nerves should be tested if the patient complains of
numbness of the cheek?
A.
Cranial nerve III
B.
Cranial nerve V
C.
Cranial nerve VII
D.
Cranial nerve X
,B
____ 3. Which of the cranial nerves should be tested when a patient presents
with right-sided facial droop and inability to close the right eye?
A.
Cranial nerve III
B.
Cranial nerve V
C.
Cranial nerve VII
D.
Cranial nerve X
C
____ 4. A patient complains of pain with chewing, earache, and grinding her
teeth when asleep. These are symptoms of:
A.
Temporomandibular joint syndrome
B.
Trigeminal neuralgia
C.
Facial nerve palsy
D.
Angina
A
____ 5. Inflammation of the parotid gland can cause which of the following
conditions?
A.
Trigeminal neuralgia
B.
Bruxism
C.
Mumps
, D.
Temporomandibular joint syndrome
C
____ 6. Calcium phosphate stones can develop within the salivary gland ducts.
This can occur in the disorder called:
A.
Temporomandibular joint syndrome
B.
Mumps
C.
Trigeminal neuralgia
D.
Sialoadenitis
D
____ 7. Your patient presents to the ER due to a bee sting on the cheek. As you
are examining the patient, you note increasing facial swelling and redness as well
as swelling of the lips and eyes. This condition is due to:
A.
Angioedema
B.
Parotitis
C.
Sinusitis
D.
Sialoadenitis
A
____ 8. Your patient accidentally cut his cheek while shaving 3 days ago.
Today, the region is warm, erythematous, swollen, and has the appearance of an
