A&P
A rigid bony box that protects the brain.
What is the skull?
These membrane-covered “soft spots” allow for growth of the brain during the 1st year.
What are fontanels?
A tool used to examine the ear canal, eardrum, and other parts of the ear.
What is an otoscope?
A headache that usually starts with visual changes and occurs behind one eye.
What is a migraine?
The most common cause of sinusitis.
What are viruses?
They lighten the weight of the skull bones, serve as resonators for sound production, and provide mucus.
What are the paranasal sinuses?
This abnormality causes a single palmar crease and up slanting eyes.
What is Down Syndrome?
Having the pt stick out their tongue tests this CN.
What is CN XII?
The cause of Cushing's Syndrome.
What is too much ACTH?
This lip abnormality is highly contagious and spread through direct contact.
What is the herpes simplex 1?
The CN responsible for facial sensations of pain or touch.
What is CN V?
Teeth eruption occurs at this age in infants.
What is 6-24 mos?
To be performed if the thyroid gland is enlarged.
What is auscultation to determine a presence of a bruit?
Mumps leads to the enlargement of these glands.
What are the parotid glands?
This lip abnormality causes erythema, scaling, shallow, and painful fissures at the corners of the mouth.
What is angular cheilitis?
They increase the surface area so more blood vessels and mucous membranes are available to warm, humidify, and filter the inhaled air.
What are the turbinates?
Increased vascularity in the upper respiratory tract during pregnancy leads to this.
What is epistaxis?
Grade size for tonsils that are touching the uvula?
What is 3+?
Nodules on the thyroid gland that are firm, fixed, and rapidly growing.
This nose abnormality causes turbinates to be dark red and swollen.
What is acute rhinitis?
This highly vascular gland synthesizes and secretes hormones that stimulate the rate of cellular metabolism.
What is the thyroid gland?
This abnormality results in malformation of the head d/t premature closing of the fontanels.
What is Craniosynostosis?
How to palpate for a tracheal shift?
What is placing your index finger on the trachea in the sternal notch and slipping it off to each side?
This headache causes autonomic signs to occur.
What are cluster headache?
This lip abnormality causes the initial lesion to be round and indurated and then crusted and ulcerated with an elevated border.
What is a carcinoma?