Ex3 Flashcards
When inspecting the visible lymph nodes you are looking for what 3 characteristics?
Edema, erythema, red streaks
Every tissue supplied by blood vessels has lymphatic vessels except what 3 things?
Brain, placenta
What are the gait way to assessing the health of the entire lymphatic system?
Superficial lymph nodes
What nodes are commonly palpable before age 2?
Inguinal, occipital, postauricular
What nodes are not common before 2 years of age and then are?
Cervical and submandibular
During pregnancy WBC count rises when?
In the first trimester
Small non tender nodes that feel like beebees
Shotty
Group of nodes that feel connected and seem to move as a unit
Matted
Moon face is associated with what syndrome?
Cushings
What syndrome is associated with tics?
Tourette syndrome
Changes to facial nerve
If entire face is affected what should you suspect the problem to be?
Facial nerve
If only the mouth is affected what should you suspect is the problem?
Trigeminal n
An upper thoracic fat pad (buffalo hump) in seen in patients with what?
Cushing syndrome
If a patient has dull, puffy, yellow skin, course sparse hair, preorbial edema and a prominent tongue what faces is this?
Myxedema
What is the Pierre robin sequence ?
Micrognathia, glossoptosis, and palatial clefting