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| thi is a rigid bony box that protects the brain and special sense organs, it includes the bones of the cranium and the face. |
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| frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal |
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| the adjacent cranial bones unite at meshed immovable joints. these gradually ossify during early childhood |
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there are 14 of these
the cranium is supported by the cervical vertebra: C1 the altas, C2 the axis and down to C7 which is the song spinous process that is palpable when the haead is flexed. |
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are accessible to examination on the face.
parotid gland- are iin the cheeks, over the mandible,a dn anterior to and below the ear
submandibular gland- beneath the mandibel at the angle of the jaw
sublingual- lies in the floor of the mouth |
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| sternomastoid and the trapezius |
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| lies in front, between the steromastoid and the midline of the body, with its base up along the lower border of the mandible and its apex down at the suprasternal notch |
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| is behind the sternomastoid muscle, with the trapezius muscle on the other isde and with its base along the clavicle below. |
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| importnant endocrine gland with a rich blood supply. synthesizex and secretes T4 and T3 hormones that stimulate the rate of cellular metabolism |
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perauricular- in front of the ear
posterior auricular- superficial to the mastoid process
occipital- at the base of the skull
submental- midline behind the tip of the mandible
jugulodigastric- under the angle of the mandible
supraclavicular- just above and behind the clavicle at the sternomastoid muscle |
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these are a major part of the immune system, whose job is to detect and eliminate foreign substances form the body, the vessels allow the flow of clear, watery fluid from the tissue spaces into the circulation.
only eccessible to examination in four areas: head and neck, arms and axillae and inguinal region. grestest supply in head and neck |
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headache- frequent, severe, onset
head injury
dizziness
neck pain or limitation of motion
lumps or swelling
history of head or neck surgery
do they smoke or drink? |
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head- inspect and papate the skull- size and shape, temporal area, normal cephalic
head-inspect the face- facial sturctures, may be some variation with race, note involuntary movement of face like ticks |
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symmetry- head postion is centered in the midline
ROM- note any limitations of movement during active motion, ask the person to touch the chin to the chest, turn the head to the right and left.
lymph notes- using a gentle circular motionof your finger pads, palpate the lymph nodes |
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| the nodes are bilateral enlarged, warm, tender,a nd firm but freely moveable |
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| chronic inflammation in nodes |
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| e.g tuberculosis the nodes are clumped |
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| nodes are hard, unilateral, nontender and fixed |
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| theses nodes are enlarged firm, nontender and mobile and is common in occipital nodes |
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| obstruction of drainage of cerebrospinal fluid results in excessive accumulation increasing intracranial pressure and enlargement of the head |
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| a localized bone disease of unknown etiology that softens thicken, and deforms bone. caracterized by bowed long bones, frontal bossing and enlarged skull bones |
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| hematoma in one sternomastoid muscle, limited neck ROM to the opposite side, can feel a firm discrete nontender mass in mid muscle on the involved side. |
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| smooth, firm fluctuant swelling on the scalp. tense pressure of the contents causes overlying skin to be shiny and taut |
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| look on page 292 to 297 for all of the abnormal head,face, and neck |
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