Head, Neck, And Eyes

Question 1

What is alopecia?

Answer 1

Loss of hair

Question 2

What is Trichotillomania

Answer 2

Hair pulling from anxiety and stress

Question 3

What is the sclera?

Answer 3

The white part of the eye

Question 4

How does the sclera turn red?

Answer 4

Scratching, infections

Question 5

What is conjunctiva?

Answer 5

The outer covering of the sclera

Question 6

When performing a nose assessment, why is it important to look inside the nasal cavity?

Answer 6

For any color abnormalities, swelling, or deformities, such as a deviated septum

Question 7

When performing an ear assessment, why is it important to check the ear for redness, or swelling?

Answer 7

For any infections

Question 8

Is it normal for the outside of the ear to be irritated?

Answer 8

No!

Question 9

Would should you assess the lips for?

Answer 9

Dryness

Question 10

What is the palate

Answer 10

The roof of the mouth

Question 11

What should you assess the palate for?

Answer 11

Any swelling

Question 12

What should you assess the pharynx for?

Answer 12

Infection/inflammation

Question 13

What is thrush?

Answer 13

A fungal infection that makes the tongue look white

Question 14

Why should we assess the trachea?

Answer 14

To see if it is midline, and it does not deviate (which is a medical emergency)

Question 15

What is subjective data concerning the head?

Answer 15

Difficulty moving the neck
Pain
Trauma
Dizziness

Question 16

What does objective data concerning the head?

Answer 16

Size and shape of the head
facial symmetry
Palpation of the skull and sinuses

Question 17

What is the name for abnormal size of the head

Answer 17

Microcephaly

Question 18

What is range of motion for the neck when checking movement?

Remember EFLE

Answer 18

Extension -looking up

Flexion -looking down or chin to chest

Lateral rotation -look to the right or left

Ear to shoulder -right ear to shoulder than left ear to shoulder

Question 19

What are the two sinuses that you should palpate?

Answer 19

Frontal and maxillary

Question 20

What is conjunctiva?

Answer 20

The pink, fleshy part around the bottom eyelid

Question 21

Why do we use an ophthalmoscope for the eyes?

Answer 21

To evaluate PERRLA

Question 22

What is a Snellen chart?

Answer 22

A chart used to demonstrate vision

Question 23

What is an E chart?

Answer 23

A chart used for people that don’t understand the alphabet

Question 24

What is an injected sclera?

Answer 24

A red or irritated sclera

Question 25

What is yellow sclera called?

Answer 25

Icterus

Question 26

What causes icterus

Answer 26

Jaundice
Liver disease
Alcoholism
Gall stones
Medications

Question 27

What is light reflection of the eyes?

Answer 27

Seeing a white dot in your eyes because of the room lighting

Question 28

What is a normal pupil size?

Answer 28

5 mm

Question 29

Does a dim room cause your pupils to dilate or constrict?

Answer 29

Dilate

Question 30

What does PERRLA stand for?

Answer 30

Pupils equal, round, and react to light and accommodation

Question 31

Do peoples constrict or dilate when a finger is away from your eyes?

Answer 31

They dilate

Question 32

What is consensual light reflex?

Answer 32

If the flashlight is shining on one eye, the other eye constricts as well, but to a lesser extent

Question 33

What is eye ptosis

Answer 33

Lid lag or a lazy eye

Question 34

What is exophthalmos

Answer 34

Protruding eyes

Question 35

What are pinpoint pupils?

Answer 35

Pupils that are abnormally small under normal lighting conditions

Question 36

What causes pinpoint pupils?

Answer 36

Opioids