Got your nose
(Structures of the
Nose, Mouth, & Throat)
(Structures of the
Nose, Mouth, & Throat)
The sinuses that can be assessed through physical examination.
What are the frontal and maxillary sinuses?
Medications tend to cause this reaction in an elderly patient's mouth.
Using the otoscope, the tympanic membrane is visualized and the color of the membrane is ________.
What is pearly grey?
At this degree, a patient with normal vision would see your moving finger temporally.
What is a 90 degree angle?
What is the frenulum?
What is a nasal polyp?
This is a possible cause of sensorineural hearing loss.
What is gradual nerve damage?
The Snellen eye chart is used for this assessment.
How do you assess for visual acuity? OR What tool is used to assess visual acuity?
This is opposite to the opening of an adult's parotid gland (Stensen's duct).
What is the upper 2nd molar?
Small, round, white, shiny papules on the hard palate and gums of a 2 month old infant.
What are Epstein pearls?
This must be done when conducting an otoscopic examination of a child younger than 3 years. This must be done by the examiner to achieve a better view.
What is the purpose of pulling the pinna down?
This is known as the thickening and yellowing of the lens due to aging.
What is Senile cataract?
This is where oral malignancies are most likely to develop.
Palpate the U-shaped area under the tongue.
What is a proper tongue assessment?
This is a common cause of a conductive hearing loss.
What is impacted cerumen?
This is considered a "positive consensual light reflex" during an eye exam.
What is simultaneous constriction of the other pupil when one eye is exposed to bright light?
This is the function of the nasal turbinates.
A flat, 3-cm, non-tender, greying-white lesion on left buccal mucous commonly found on an African American, darkly pigmented patient.
What is a leukoedema lesion?
What is the pinna, tragus, and mastoid process?
The optic disc, the retinal vessels, the general background, and the macula are _______ structures that can be viewed through the ophthalmoscope.
What is the retina?