14 - Head, Neck, Lymph Flashcards
anterior triangle
triangle lies in front but in between the sternomastoid and the midline of the body its base is up along the lower border of the mandible and it’s apex is down at the suprasternal notch
posterior triangle
is behind the sternomastoid muscle with the trapezius muscle on the other side its bases along the clavicle but below it contains the posterior belly of the omahyoid muscle
presyncope
Lightheaded, swimming sensation or feeling of falling caused by decreased blood flow to the brain or heart irregularity causing decreased cardiac output
vertigo
sense of true rotational spinning often from labratine vestibular disorder in the inner ear
disequilibrium
Shakiness or instability when walking related to musculoskeletal disorder
dysphagia
difficulty swalling/starting to swallow
Bell’s Palsy
paralysis of the facial nerve caused by weakness in one side of the face
Normocephalic
Denotes around symmetrical skull that is appropriately related to body size
Microephaly
abnormally small head
Macrocephaly
abnormally large head
Treacheal Tug
rhythmic downward pull that is synchronous with cyst all and that occurs with aortic arch aneurysm
Lymphadenopathy
Enlargement of the lymph nodes caused by infection allergy or neoplasm
Bruit
(in thyroid gland) vascular murmur, is the abnormal sound generated by turbulent flow of blood in an artery.
soft pulsatile whooshing bellowing sound heard best with the bellavista scopes
caput succedaneum
Swelling of the scalp during birth. I’m presenting part of the scalp against the cervix during birth. Birth trauma
cephalhematoma
an accumulation of blood under the babies scalp
subperiostal hemorrhage due to birth trauma
Hydrocephalus
built up on fluid displays as large ventricles
Unsually large head size
Paget’s disease of bone (osteitis deformans)
when the bones grow too large so their big but weak
may even get loose teeth
Acromegaly
caused by pituitary gland overproducing a growth hormone. Changes shape of face/abnormal face growth (protruding jaw, big nose, enlarged tongue)
Positional moulding (positional plagiocephaly)
flattened area on new-borns head
tonic neck reflex
fencing reflex. When you turn a newborns head, the arm on that side sticks out and the other arm bends
migrane
genetically transmitted vascular origin one sided, pain behind eyes throbbing/pulsing, rapid onset peaks in 1-2hrs
Tension headache
of muskuloskeltal origin, nontrobbing, gradual onset, bilateral
cluster headache
intermittent, unilateral, excruciating. Abrupt onset, burning/peircing lasts 45-90 min
Torticollis (wryneck)
head becomes persitatly turned to one side
Pilar cyst (wen)
firm smooth fluctuant swelling on scalp
Myxedema (hypothyroidism)
swelling of skin and underlying conditions
Hyperthyroidism
overactivity of thyroid gland
