Head & Neck
Borders of the anterior triangle.
What are the midline of the anterior neck, medial border of SCM, and mandible?
Tested with a Snellen chart.
What is visual acuity?
AKA's include these.
What are hay fever, pollinosis, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, and allergic rhinosinusitis?
When looking at the R ear, the cone of light is normally at this position.
What is the 5:00 position?
The only sinuses accessible for a physical exam.
What are the frontal and maxillary sinuses?
Lymph nodes that are deep to the SCM.
What are the deep cervical lymph nodes?
Involuntary rhythmic movements of the eyes.
What is nystagmus?
Dark areas under the eyes from venous congestion that are a sign of allergic rhinitis.
What are allergic shiners?
These structures in the inner ear have equilibrium receptors.
What are the vestibule and the semicircular canals?
These turbinates are normally visible through a nasal speculum.
What are the middle and inferior turbinates?
A bruit would indicate that this is likely present.
If exotropia is present on the R, the expected shift in fixation of the R eye when the L eye is covered during the cover test would be this direction.
What is medially?
Allergic rhinitis is due to this type of response.
What is IgE-mediated?
Sound lateralizes to the affected/bad ear when performing Weber's with this type of hearing loss.
What is conductive?
These ducts open on each side of the frenulum under the tongue.
What are Wharton/submandibular ducts?
Characteristics of malignant lymph nodes.
What are hard, non-tender/painless, non-mobile/fixed?
Bacterial infectious cojunctivitis would likely have this type of discharge.
What is purulent?
These are some associated conditions.
What are asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic conjunctivitis, nasal polyps, sinusitis, and sleep apnea?
A positive Rinne's.
What is AC>BC?
If there is a CNXII/hypoglossal n lesion on the R, the tongue will deviate to this side.
What is the R side?
Autoimmune disease that attacks the thyroid gland and includes signs and sx of increased energy, tremors, weight loss, and sweating.
What is Graves' desease?
The clinical presentation of infectious conjunctivitis may include enlargement of these lymph nodes.
What is preauricular?
Cobblestoning of the posterior oropharynx is a sign of allergic rhinitis that is from this.
What is postnasal drip?
Rinne's will be positive with this type of hearing loss.
What is sensorineural?
These cranial nn are tested when the gag reflex is elicited.
What are the glossopharyngeal and vagus nn/CN IX and X?