Head/neck/lungs

Question 1

Sutures of the skull?

Answer 1

• saggital - coronal - lambdoid

Question 2

Bones of the head?

Answer 2

• occipital bone - temporal bone - parietal bone - frontal bone - sphenoid bone - zygomatic bone - lacrimal bone - nasal bone - maxilla - mandible

Question 3

What do you assess when assessing the head?

Answer 3

• skull size, shape, symmetry - nodules or masses or depressions - symmetry of facial structures and hair distribution - eyes for oedema or sunkenness - symmetry of facial movements

Question 4

What are the three types of eye charts?

Answer 4

• preschooler’s (pictures) - Snellen (standard) - Snellen E (for those who can’t read)

Question 5

What are the main types of vision errors?

Answer 5

• myopia (shortsightedness) - hyperopia (farsightedness) - presbyopia (loss of lens elasticity, inability to focus on near objects) - astigmatism (uneven curvature of the cornea)

Question 6

What are the main types of inflammatory visual problems?

Answer 6

conjunctivitis - inflammation of the bulbar and palpebral conjunctiva dacryocystitis - inflammation of the lacrimal sac hordeolum - redness, swelling and tenderness of the hair follicle and glands that empty at the edge of the eyelids iritis - inflammation of the iris contusions or haematomas - ‘black eyes’ resulting from injury

Question 7

Other eye irregularities?

Answer 7

Glaucoma - a disturbance in the circulation of aqueous fluid, which causes an increase in intraocular pressure cataracts - opacity of the lens or its capsule caused by cataracts blocks light rays Mydriasis (enlarged pupils) Miosis (constricted pupils) Anisocoria (unequal pupils) ptosis - Eyelids that lie at or below the pupil margin ectropion - Eversion - an out-turning of the eyelid entropion - Inversion, an in-turning of the lid

Question 8

What are the four sets of facial sinuses?

Answer 8

• frontal sinuses - ethmoid sinuses - sphenoid sinuses - maxillary sinuses

Question 9

What are the 9 lymph nodes of the head and neck?

Answer 9

• occipital - postauricular (mastoid) - preauricular - submandibular (submaxillary) - submental - superficial anterior cervical (tonsillar) - posterior cervical - deep cervical - supraclavicular

Question 10

What are the locations of the anterior chest landmarks?

Answer 10