Head
Term to describe a normal-sized head
What is Normocephalic?
Term for a yellow-colored sclera
What is scleral icterus or Icteric sclera
Term for high-frequency hearing loss in the older adult
What is presbycusis
Can cause the nostril and vestibule areas to be unequal in size
What is a deviated septum?
A time when you should auscultate the thyroid gland.
What is when it is enlarged?
"Soft spots" on an infant's skull
What are fontanels?
PERRLA means
What is pupils equal, round and reactive to light and accommodation?
Tests air conduction versus bone conduction of sound
What is the Rinne` test?
Area of most nose bleeds
What is Kiesselbach's plexus?
Congenital malformation: failure of maxillary bone fusion
What is cleft palate?
Positional deformation of the back of the head on infants caused by the "back to sleep" initiative
What is plagiocephaly?
Tests extra-ocular movement of the eyes.
What is the Six cardinal fields of gaze or diagnostic positions test?
This finding is at 7'Oclock in the left ear.
What is the cone of light?
Fancy name for a nose bleed
What is epistaxis?
What is under the tongue, or the mucosal gutter?
An autoimmune disease with increased production of thyroid hormones manifested by goiter, exophthalmos and nervousness
What is Grave's Disease (Hyperthyroidism)
Tests eye muscle balance
What is the corneal light reflex? (Hirschberg test)
You should palpate the _______ and ______ before using the otoscope
What are the mastoid process and tragus?
This nerve is responsible for the sense of smell
Tonsils touching one another
4+ tonsils or "kissing tonsils"
Bruits auscultated in the temporal artery can mean
What is a Vascular aneurysm in the brain?
Testing visual acuity tests this cranial nerve.
What is cranial nerve II the optic nerve.
Often caused by impacted cerumen
Congenital bony septum between the nasal cavity and the pharynx that can be a respiratory emergency in newborns
What is choanal atresia?
Short lingual frenulum that limits tongue movement and affects speech
Whatt is ankyloglossia?