Head
Eyes
Ears
Nose
Throat
100

Which lymph nodes are at the midline a few centimeters behind the tip of the mandible?

What are submental lymph nodes? 

100

Name one cause of a erythematous painful eye. 

What is corneal abrasion/ulcer, foreign bodies, uveitis, acute angle closure glaucoma, herpes keratitis, bacterial conjunctivitis, etc. 

100

What can a tender erythematous mastoid indicate?

What is mastoiditis?

100

What condition is indicated by local sinus tenderness, facial pain, pressure or fullness, purulent nasal discharge, nasal obstruction, and smell disorder, especially when present for > 7 days?

What is acute bacterial rhinosinusitis? 

100

What is the name of the flap that hangs in the middle of the throat within the soft palate? 

What is the uvula? 

200

What could tiny white ovoid granules that adhere to the hairs on the scalp indicate? 

What are nits (lice eggs)? 

200

What is nystagmus?

What is rhythmic back and forth movement of the eyes? 

200

Movement of the auricle and trigus is painful in what condition?

What is otitis external? 

200

What are the two sinuses we will palpate for this OSCE? 

What ate the maxillary and frontal sinuses? 

200

What is another name for the submandibular gland?

What is Wharton ducts? (Stenson duct = parotid duct). 

300

Name a condition that generalized lymphadenopathy is seen in. 

What is multiple infections, inflammatory or malignant conditions including HIV or AIDS, infectious mononucleosis, lymphoma, leukemia, or sarcoidosis? 

300

What is lid lag checking for? 

What is exophthalmos? 

300

What are signs of a positive Dix Halpike? 

What is reproducing symptoms and nystagmus? 

300

What is the name of pale saclike growths of inflamed tissue that can obstruct the air passage or sinuses seen with allergic rhinitis, aspirin sensitivity, asthma, chronic sinus infections, and cystic fibrosis? 

What are nasal polyps? 

300

Which cartilage is the thyroid inferior to?

What is the cricoid cartilage?

400

What is the name of an enlarged supraclavicular node (normally on the left) that suggests metastasis from a thoracic or abdominal malignancy? 

What is Virchow's node?

400

Name the cranial nerves you are assessing with extra ocular eye movements. 

What are cranial nerves III (oculomotor), IV (trochlear), and VI (abducens)? 

400

In the Ring test, is sound normally heard longer through air or bone conduction? 

What is air conduction? (AC>BC)

400

What are the three nasal turbinates? 

What are the inferior, middle, and superior turbinates? 

400

What diagnosis might you suspect for a man > 50 years of age who smokes, uses chewing tobacco, and alcohol with persistent red or white oral nodules or ulcers?

What is cancer or squamous cell carcinoma? 

500

What can a small hard tender "tonsillar node" node deep and high between the mandible and sternocleidomastoid indicate? 

What is an elongated temporal styloid process?

500

At what visual acuity, corrected with glasses, is someone considered legally blind in the U.S.?

What is 20/200? (First number indicates distance from the chart and the second is the distance at which a normal eye can read these letters. This means at 20 ft the patient can read print that a person with normal vision can read at 200 ft). 

500

What would the Weber and Rinne tests show on a person with right sided conductive hearing loss? 

What is Weber laterilzes to the impaired ear and Rinne shows BC>AC in affected ear? 

500

Name at least two causes of septal perforation. 

What are trauma, surgery, and/or intranasal cocaine or amphetamine use? 
500

Name the sign that occurs with arm elevation that leads to facial flushing secondary to a goiter compressing the thoracic inlet. 

What is Pemberton sign?