3. SESSION 3.1: Head and Eyes Flashcards
Four skull bones we are supposed to know:
- Frontal bone (front)
- Parietal bone (back, side)
- Temporal bone (under parietal)
- Occipital bone (Behind)
The ________ is the bone on the upper lip, the __________ is the lower jaw and the __________ is behind the ear.
- Maxilla
- Mandible
- Maxoid process
The cranium is supported by the ________
Vertebrae of the spine
Muscle on side of skull
Temporalis
Lateral edge of eye
Palpebral fissure
Line on either side of nose (smile line)
Nasolabial fold
Jaw muscle
Masseter
Muscle that goes from back of head across collar bone
Sternocleidomastoid
Wide muscle on side of neck
Trapezius
Four things to ask about f subjective data health history for the HEAD
- Headache
- Head injury
- Dizziness (& hoe does it affect you?)
- History of head injury or surgery
Migraines put a patient at a slightly higher risk of ______
STROKE
Loss of consciousness due to a head injury puts the pt at a higher risk of _________.
ALZHEIMER’S
If the pt gets dizzy when s/he tilts head back, you can suspect it is a __________ issue.
Circulation
What four steps are involved in a head exam?
- Inspect and palpate skull, scalp and hair
- Inspect the face
What four components do you inspect the face for?
- Symmetry
- Appropriate expression
- Abnormal structures (eg edema or swelling)
- Abnormal movemnents (eg tick)
What is the difference between a stroke and Bell’s Palsy?
- Stroke only affects the motor cortex, Bell’s Palsy also affects the facial nerve (can’t close affected eye, for example)
What are three indications of Bell’s Palsy?
- Affected side of forehead not wrinkled / eyebrow not raised
- Affected eye not closing
- Flat nasolabial fold
How do you test Cranial Nerve V?
Sensory: Touch forehead, cheeks and chin bilaterally
Motor: Have pt clench and palpate temporal and masseter muscles bilaterally
How do you palpate the TMJ?
- What does decreased ROM indicate?
- What does a click indicate?
- Press anterior to tragus, note smooth movement w/o limitation or tenderness.
- Decreased ROM = arthritis
- Click - meniscus tear, poor occulation or synovial swelling (Malclusion = closes poorly)
What is the most active joint in the body?
The Temporomandibular Joint
Name and define the six external eye structures you are looking at during an exam.
1) Palpebral fissure (fissure lined by eyelid)
2) Pupil (color)
3) Sclera (white part)
4) Limbus (space between transparent portion over the iris and the sclera)
5) canthus (medial, lateral corners of eye)
6) caruncle (medial pink part of eye)
Describe the lacrimal apparatus:
- What is the purpose?
- Where are tears made?
- Where do they go? (2)
- Purpose is to provide constant irrigation for the eye.
- Lacrimal gland (below lateral eyebrow) makes tears, which flow across the eye.
- Superior and inferior lacrimal puncta release tears
- Tears then drain into the nasolacrimal sac and then the nose (at the inferior meatus and turbinate).
What is the tarsal plate?
Connective tissue that gives shape to the upper and lower lids.
What are the meibomian glands?
- Type
- Secretion
- Function
- Sebaceous glands that secrete an oily lubricating substance to the eye.
- Helps give an airtight seal when eye is closed and moisture to the eye when opened.