300CH13HEAD,NECK,LYMPHATICS Flashcards
what cranial bones do you use to describe clinical finding
front, occipital, parietal and temporal
two salivary glands accessible to examine face
parotid glands, submandular gland
the posterior triangle
is behind the sternomastoid muscle, with the trapezius muscle on the other side its base along the clavicle below
the anterior triangle
lies in front between the midline of the body with its base on the lower border of the mandible and the apex at the supra-sternal notch
what four things can cause
hypertension, fever, hypothyroidism, and vasculitis
Subjective data headings
headaches, head injury, dizziness, neck pain, limitation of motion, lumps or swelling, history of head or neck surgery.
Subjective Head question
unusually frequent or severe headaches?
Subjective head injury question
describe exactly what happened? efforts to treat? LOC before fall may indicate cardiac cause
what do you do note when you inspect and palpate the neck
symmetry, rom, lymph nodes, trachea, thyroid gland and auscultating thyroid.
oc, bronchodilators, nitrates, carbon dioxide, co cause
headaches
if they have had thyroid treatment
ask how it was treat?
a strange question to ask in lumps and swelling
prior irradation of head, neck and upper chest
prior hx of radiation to head neck region causes
increase risk for salivary and thyroid humors
cocaine use in adults can cause what to the fetus
neurological development and emotional problems