Head and Neck

Question 1

grading tonsils

Answer 1

1 (visible), 2 (close to uvula), 3 (nearly touching uvula), 4 (touching each other)

Question 2

assess thyroid

Answer 2

position should be midline and symmetrical, should rise with swallowing (test behind)

Question 3

assess mouth

Answer 3

state of teeth (32), moist tongue, color, condition of buccal mucosa, uvula position by saying “ah”

Question 4

assess sinuses

Answer 4

percuss frontal and maxillary sinuses

Question 5

assess lymph nodes

Answer 5

ask to relax neck, palpate in order preauricular, posterior auricular, occipital, submental, submandibular, parotid, anterior cervical, posterior cervical, supraclavicular

Question 6

assess facial symmetry

Answer 6

nose, mouth, nasolabial folds, eye drooping