H&P Midterm HEENT Flashcards
What are the 10 cranial nerves
1 olfactory
2 optic
3 oculomotor
4 trochlear
5 trigeminal
6 abducens
7 facial
8 vestibulochochlear
9 glossopharyngeal
10 vagus
11 spinal accessory
12 hypoglossal
What do I inspect and palpate on the head
Hair
skull/scalp
face
skin
what are the 5 areas of importance when gathering hx about visual distrubances
location (uni/bilateral, central, peripheral, entire field)
quality (painful/painless)
timing (sudden/gradual)
setting (worse up close or far away, do they wear glasses)
assoc sx (specks/floaters/fixed or moving ect)
meibomian glands
sebaceous gland at the rim of the eyelid
palpable fissure
opening between eyelids
dacryoadenitis
inflammation of the lacrimal gland
cornea
transparent protective outer later of the eye that covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.
sensitive to touch, temp, and chemicals
provides the most optical power to the eye
what provides the most optical power to the eye
the cornea
what is the only part of the human body that has no blood supply
the cornea
what do you inspect the cornea for
opacities, abrasions or copper deposition (copper band around outside of eye).
iris
thin pigmented muscular curtain. perforated centrally to make the pupil. normally fairly flat.
How do I check for glaucoma?
Light shown from temporal side. Normal is no shadow in the iris.
+, shadow appears on iris, forming a crescent shape in the iris. See slide 17.
sclera
white outer layer of connective tissue covered by conjunctiva.
Conjunctiva (two types)
a clear thin transparent membrane that covers the outer surface of the eye (bulbar conjunctiva) and lines the inside of the eyelid (palpebral conjunctiva.
What do you inspect the pupils for? what cranial nerve relates to this?
pupillary size changes in response to:
light
focus on near/far object
medications
CN 2 and 3
what is normal pupil size
3-5mm
What does PERRL(A) stand for?
Pupils Equal Round and Reactive to Light (and Accommodation)
What is anisocoria?
Pupillary size inequality
benign is pupillary reactions are normal and/or inequality is <.5mm
how do you inspect pupillary reaction to light
shine a bright light obliquely into one pupil
normal reaction = light will cause both pupils to contstrict
CN 3
do eyes dilate or constrict when focusing near / far away
dilate = far away
constrict = near