Head and Neck, Skin

Question 1

What are the HEENT components?

Answer 1

Head, Eyes, Ear, Nose, and Throat.

Question 2

What is the lifetime prevalence of headaches?

Answer 2

30%.

Question 3

What is the most common type of headache?

Answer 3

Tension headache.

Question 4

What are the three most important attributes of a headache?

Answer 4

Severity, chronologic pattern, and associated symptoms.

Question 5

What symptom is common in subarachnoid hemorrhage?

Answer 5

Thunderclap headache.

Question 6

What are primary headaches?

Answer 6

Headaches without an underlying disease, like migraines and cluster headaches

Question 7

What is papilledema?

Answer 7

Edema of the optic nerve, often indicative of increased intracranial pressure.

Question 8

What is a common cause of nausea and vomiting in neurological disorders?

Answer 8

Migraine, brain tumors, or subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Question 9

What is tested using the Rinne and Weber test?

Answer 9

Hearing loss.

Question 10

What causes conductive hearing loss?

Answer 10

Disorders of the external or middle ear.

Question 11

What is anisocoria?

Answer 11

A difference in pupillary diameter.

Question 12

What does a Horner syndrome presentation include?

Answer 12

Miosis, ptosis, and anhidrosis.

Question 13

What is the normal pupillary reaction to light?

Answer 13

Direct and consensual reactions.

Question 13

What is lid lag a sign of?

Answer 13

Hyperthyroidism

Question 13

What can be diagnosed using a tuning fork (512 Hz)?

Answer 13

Hearing loss

Question 14

What is a pinguecula?

Answer 14

A harmless yellowish triangular nodule on the conjunctiva.

Question 15

What is pterygium?

Answer 15

A thickening of the bulbar conjunctiva that may interfere with vision.

Question 16

What is the most common cause of sensorineural hearing loss?

Answer 16

Presbycusis or age-related hearing loss.

Question 16

What is the difference between conductive and sensorineural hearing loss?

Answer 16

Conductive affects the outer/middle ear, while sensorineural affects the inner ear.

Question 17

What test is used to diagnose sinusitis?

Answer 17

Transillumination test.

Question 18

What is a cleft palate?

Answer 18

A congenital fissure along the median line of the palate.

Question 19

What condition involves small, hardened lumps in the tonsils?

Answer 19

Tonsilloliths.

Question 19

What is the most important diagnostic clue for tonsillitis?

Answer 19

Enlarged, tender lymph nodes.

Question 20

What is the Snellen chart used for?

Answer 20

Measuring visual acuity.

Question 20

What can cause unilateral tinnitus and hearing loss?

Answer 20

Acoustic neuroma.

Question 21

What is goiter a sign of?

Answer 21

Hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism.

Question 22

What are the signs of cranial nerve VI (abducens) palsy?

Answer 22

Inability to move the eye laterally.

Question 23

What indicates a positive Rinne test?

Answer 23

AC >BC