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SSCC HEENT Health Assessment
Health Assessment Test Chapter 13 5th Edition
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Nursing
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09/24/2009

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Term
4 Bones of the Skull
Definition
Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, Temporal
Term

Sutures of the Skull

 

Definition

Coronal- ear to ear

Sagittal- length wise

Lambdoid- seperates parietal bones crosswise from the occipital bones

Term
Facial expressions are formed by
Definition
Facial Muscles-Caranial Nerve 7
Term
Facial muscle function is
Definition
symmetrical bilaterally
Term
Muscles are innervated by cranial nerve____ and ___?
Definition

7- Facial Nerve

Cranial Nerve 5 (trigeminal)- Sensation

Term
The Neck is formed by
Definition
Cervical vertebrae
Term
What blood vessels are in the neck?
Definition
Carotid and internal jugular
Term
What is the neck supported by?
Definition
Ligaments and sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscle
Term
The external carotid artery supplies what areas
Definition
Face, salivary glands, and superficial temporal area
Term
Where do the carotidaretery and the internal jugular vein lie?
Definition
beneath the sternomastoid muscle
Term
The external jugular vein runs?
Definition
diagonally across the sternomastoid muscle
Term
The sternomastoid muscle controls?
Definition
head rotation and head flexion
Term
Trapezius muscle moves?
Definition
shoulders and extends and turns head
Term

Larynx is the passageway for?

And is also called?

Definition

air into the trachea

the voice box-allows vocalization

Term
Largest component of the Larynx is?
Definition
Thyroid cartilage(Adam's Apple)
Term
Adams apple's function
Definition
protects structures of the larynx
Term

The thyroid gland has a _____ blood supply and secretes ___ and ___?

Thyroid gland consists of ___ lobes and lies under___?

Definition

Rich

t4 and t3

2

cricoid cartilage

Term
Lymph nodes are apart of the _____ system and filter ____ and engulf _____?
Definition

immune

lymph

pathogens

Term

Lymph is _____ and is located ______ but is only palpable in ______ areas?

 

What test can be run to see all Lymph Nodes?

Definition

clear, watery fluid that travels through bodies arteries, circulates through your tissues to cleanse them and keep them firm and then drains away through lymphatic system. They are filters along lymphatic system and filter and trap bacteria

 

throughout the body

 

head,neck,arms,axillae,and inguinal

 

CT Scan

Term

1. Normal findings when palpating lymph nodes?

 

2. Abnormal findings when palpating lymph nodes?

Definition

1. Not palpable and unable to see

 

2. Enlarged nodes, able to palpate or see, tenderness, hard tender nodes

Term
Location of palpable lymph nodes in the face and neck
Definition

1. Preauricular- in front of the ear

2. Posterior auricular (mastoid)- superficial to the mastoid process

3. Occipital- at the base of the skull

4. Submental- midline, behind the tip of the mandible

5.  Submandibular- halfway between the angle and the tip of the mandible

6. Jugulodiagastric- under the angle of the mandible

7. Superficial cervical- overlying the sternomastoid muscle

8. Deep cervical- deep under the sternomastiod muscle

9. Posterior cervical- in the posterior triangle along the edge of the trapezius muscle

10. Supraclavicular- just above and behind the clavicle, and the sternomastoid muscle

Term
Geratric patients alterations in the appearance and function of the head and neck?
Definition
Facial bones and orbits appear more prominent and the facial skin sags as a result of the decreased elasticity, decreased sucutaneous fat, and decreased moisture in the skin. The lower face may look smaller if teeth have been lost
Term
Kyphotic posture is?
Definition
the curving of the vertare
Term
Geratric patients have a _____ ROM and possibly have ____ with the movement of the head?
Definition

limited

dizziness

Term
Geriatric patients have less subcutanious fat in the _____ and more in their ___
Definition

face.

belly

Term
Fontanels-
Definition
"soft spots" where sutures intersect
Term

Fontanels allow for?

Names of 2 types of fontanels and when they close

Definition

growth of the brain during the first year

Anterior- closes from 9-24 mo

posterior- closes at 2 mo

Term
Subjective Data for Migraine headaches?
Definition
Tend to be supraorbital, retro-orbital, or frontotemporal.Throbbing.Quantity is often severe Nausea, vomiting, and visual disturbances. Occur about 2 times a month with each episode lastin 1-3 days. Alcohol, letdown after stress, menstruation, and eating chocolate or cheese precipitate. Associated with family history. With migraines people need to lie down to feel better
Term
Subjective Data: Tension headaches
Definition
Tend to be occipital, frontal, with bandlike tightness, or viselike. Associated with anxiety and stress.
Term
Subjective Data: Cluster Headaches
Definition
Tend to produce pain around the eye,temple, forehead, and cheek.. Pain is always unilateral and always on the same side of head.1-2 luster headaches occur per day, each lasting 1/2 to 2 hours for 1 or 2 months; then complte remission may last for months or years. Alcohol ingestion and daytime napping typically precipitate cluster headaches. Eye reddening and tearing, eyelid drooping, rhinorrhea, and nasal congestion are associated. To feel better, patients need to move-even pace the floor.
Term
Hypertnsion, fever, hypothyroidism, and vasculitis produce ______?
Definition
headaches
Term
Oral contraceptives, bronchodilators, alcohol, nitrates, carbon monoxide inhaliation all produce ______?
Definition
headaches
Term
Loss of consciousness before a fall may have a _______ cause?
Definition
cardiovascular (eg. heart block)
Term

Subjective Data: Head injury

Onset

How did you feel before injury?

Definition

when did it happen

dizzy, lightheaded, blackout, seizure?

Term
A change in level of consciousness is of prime importance in evaluating a _______ deficit
Definition
nerologic
Term
Dizziness-
Definition
lightheaded, swimming sensaion, feeling of falling
Term
True vertigo-
Definition
true rotational spinning from neurologic disease ( labrinthine-vestibular apparatus, vestibular nuclei in brain stem)
Term

Objective Vertigo-

Subjective vertigo-

Definition

Perception that the room is spinning

 

Perception is that the person spins.

Term
Acute onset of stiffness with headache and fever occurs with _________?
Definition
meningeal inflammation
Term
Associated symptms with neck pain are
Definition
limitations to ROM, numbeness or tingling in shoulders, arms, or hands
Term
Pertaining to lumps or swelling in the neck, tenderness suggests a(an) ________
Definition
acute infection
Term

Patient has had a persistent lump this arouses suspicion of _____?

 

Lump more than 40 years old _____ is suspected until proven otherwise

Definition
malignancy.
Term

dysphagia-

 

Definition
diffculty swallowing
Term
Smoking and chewing tobacco increase the risk of?
Definition
oral and respiratory cancer
Term
Smoking and large alcoholconsumption together increase the risk of _____?
Definition
cancer
Term
Surgery for head and neck cancer often is disfiguring and increases the risk of _________?
Definition
body image disturbance
Term
Hoarseness for more than 3 weeks is a sign of ____?
Definition
larengeal cancer
Term
Alcool intake during pregnancy increases the risk of ?
Definition
fetal alcohol syndrome, which has distinctive facial features.
Term
Cocaine use during pregnancy causes _______, _______ and ________ problems
Definition

neurological

developmental

emotional

Term
Forceps used during delivery may increase the risk of _____________, ________, and _______
Definition
caput succedaneum, cephalhematoma, Bell's palsy
Term

Normal size and shape findings when palpating the skull

 

Abnormal

Definition

normocephalic (round symmetric skull app for body size), symmetrical

 

microcephaly (small head), macrocephaly(big head), hydrocephalus (water head)

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