CPD Lab Midterm Flashcards
Examination of Head
- Hair quality, quantity, dist, baldness, texture
- Nits, lice.
- Redness or scaling of scalp.
- Skull size and deformities, tenderness, lumps
- Facial expression, symmetry, deformities, tenderness, lumps.
- Skin color, texture, thickness, hair dist., lesions
Examination of Nose
- Inferior turbinate and inf. border of middle turbinate - color, swelling, polyps.
- Mucosa - color, swelling, bleeding
- Septum - deviation or perforation
Examination of Sinuses
- Palpate - pain or tenderness
- Percuss - pain or tenderness
- Transilluminate
Examination of Mouth - major parts
Lips, buccal mucosa, mucosa, gums/teeth, roof of mouth, tongue
Examination of Mouth - Lips
Lips - color, moisture, lumps, cracking, ulcers, lesions
Examination of Mouth - Buccal Mucosa
Buccal mucosa - color, pigmentation, ulcers, nodules, leukoplakia, candidiasis,
Examination of Mouth - Mucosa
Mucosa - color swelling, bleeding, Stenson’s (parotid) and Wharton’s (submandibular glands)
Examination of Mouth - Gums/teeth
Gums/teeth - inflammation, bleeding, retraction, missing teeth, caries, fillings, abnormal shape/position
Examination of Mouth - Roof of mouth
Roof of mouth - palpate hard and soft palate (torus)
Examination of Mouth - Tongue
Tongue - tongue symmetrical, inspect inferior and lateral tongue.
Examination of Pharynx
Depressor middle third of tongue.
Pt says Ahh at different pitches.
Inspect soft palate, pillars, tonsils, uvula, and pharynx for color, symmetry, swelling, exudates.
Examination of Lymph Nodes
- Inspect neck for swelling, tracheal deviation asymmetry
- Note size shape, mobility, consistency, tenderness of lymph nodes
- Palpate BL: Pre-auricular, post-auricular, occipital, tonsilar, submandibular, submental
- Palpate UL: Superficial cervical, posterior cervical, deep cervical, supraclavicular
Examination of Thyroid
- observe
- swallow water
- finger on crichoid, swallow to feel isthmus
- palpate isthmus and lobes
- note: enlargement, nodules
Examination of Ear - Outer
- Auricle or tragus pain tenderness
- Mastoid - redness swelling
- Canal - swelling redness pain d/c
Examination of Ear - TM
- Position - bulging neutral retracted
- Color - pearly gray, dull, cloudy, amber, red, blue hemorrhage, bullae
- Cone of light, umbo
- Bony landmarks - manubrium
- Insufflation