LYMPH NODES
What are the lymph nodes around the ear?
Preauricular and posterior auricular lymph nodes
Using a Rosenbaum Eye Chart, how far should the chart be placed from the patient?
14 inches
What is the medical name for an infected external ear canal?
Otitis externa
A patient presents with complaint's of a sore throat. What is the proper medical term for this condition?
Pharyngitis
Name the facial sinuses?
frontal, maxillary, and ethmoid
What are the lymph nodes associated with the sternocleidomastoid muscles?
Superficial and deep cervical lymph nodes
A patient has a visual acuity of 20/60. What does this mean?
The patient sees at 20 feet what a person with normal vision can see at 60 feet.
A three year-old child presents with a severe right earache. On examination, the tympanic membane is erythematous and immobile. What is the diagnosis?
Otitis media
What is the normal number of permanent teeth?
32
On nasal examination, what finding may suggest recreational drug use?
Nasal septal perforation
What lymph nodes are located on the posterior aspect of the neck?
Posterior cervical and occipital
Name two causes for a peripheral vision field defect.
What diagnosis does the "tug test" suggest?
Otitis externa
What is the clinical significance of a carotid bruit?
Vascular turbulence in the carotid artery secondary to partial obstruction, most commonly associated with atherosclerotic arterial vascular disease.
A patient has sound laterializing to the right ear on the Weber test. What is your conclusion?
The patient has either a conductive hearing loss on the right OR a sensorineural deficit on the left.
What lymph nodes are in proximity to the mandible?
Tonsillar, submandibular, and submental
On ophthalmascopic examination, what vascular finding suggests increased intracranial pressure?
Loss of spontaneous venous pulsations.
In a right sensorineural hearing loss, what is the result of Rinne testing in in that ear?
air > bone but not as good as in the normal ear.
Where is the isthmus of the thyroid located?
Below the cricoid cartilage
What is the "red light reflex"?
The red reflex is a reflective phenomenon seen when light passes through the pupil and is reflected back off the retina, creating a reddish orange glow.
What is Virchow's node?
Left supraventricular node suggestive of GI or pulmonary metastasis
Who was Marcus Gunn?
Robert Marcus Gunn (1850, Dunnet – 29 November 1909, Hindhead) was a Scottish ophthalmologist remembered for Gunn's sign and the Marcus Gunn pupil.
On physical examination, the patient has a perforated left tympanic membrane. What will be the expected results of the Weber and Rinne tests?
Weber test: laterializes to left ear
Rinne test: bone >air on the left
What is the anatomic landmark for Stenson's duct?
Upper 2nd molar
On eye examination, what finding may suggest the onset of early multiple sclerosis?
Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect (Marcus Gunn pupil)