Head, Face and Neck Flashcards
which facial bones articulate at a joint instead of a suture a. zygomatic b. maxilla c. nasal d, mandible
D
identify the blood vessel that runs diagonally across the sternomastoid muscle
a. temporal artery
b. carotid artery
c. external jugular vein
d. internal jugular vein
C
the isthmus of the thyroid gland lies just below the
a. mandible
b. cricoid cartilage
c. hyoid cartilage
d. thyroid cartilage
B
which is true regarding cluster headaches
a. they may be precipitated by alcohol and daytime napping
b. their usual occurrence is two per month, each lasting 1-3 days
c. they are characterized as throbbing
d. they tend to be supraorbital, retro-orbital or frontotemporal
A
which is the least likely to indicate a possible malignancy
a. history of radiation therapy to the head, neck, or upper chest
b. history of using chewing tobacco
c. history of large alcohol consumption
d. marked tenderness
D
providing resistance while the patient shrugs his or her shoulders is a test of which cranial nerve
a. II
b. V
c. IX
d. XI
D
on examination, the newborn’s fontanels should feel
a. tense or bulging
b. depressed or sunken
c. firm, slightly concave and well defined
d. pulsating
C
if the thyroid gland were enlarged bilaterally, which maneuver would be appropriate for you to assess
a. check for deviation of the trachea
b. listen for a bruit over the carotid arteries
c. listen for a murmur over the aortic area
d. listen for a bruit over the thyroid lobes
D
it is normal to palpate a few lymph nodes in the neck of a healthy person. what are the characteristics of these nodes?
a. mobile, soft, nontender
b. large, clumped, tender
c. matted, fixed, tender, hard
d. matted, fixed, nontender
A
cephalhematoma is associated with
a. subperiosteal hemorrhage
b. increased intracranial pressure
c. down syndrome
d. cerebral palsy
A
normal cervical nodes are
a. smaller than 1 cm
b. warm to palpation
c. fixed
d. firm
A
a throbbing, unilateral pain associated with nausea, vomiting, and photophobia is characteristic of
a. cluster headache
b. subarachnoid hemmorhage
c. migraine headache
d. tension headache
C
bell palsy is characterized by
a. unilateral paralysis of complete half of the face
b. bulging eyeballs
c. a face that appears masklike
d. a puffy, edematous face
A
you suspect an infant’s head is of abnormal size and can use which procedure to verify these findings
a. palpation
b. measuring tape
c, observing for symmetry of facial features
d. noting absence of the tonic neck reflex
B
preauricular
in front of the ear
