HEENT Flashcards
What is the Reinnes test
When the tuning fork is placed on the mastoid process and the air
What is the Webber test?
When the trading focus placed in the centre of the head to ask for equal vibration actually
How should the tuning fork be held?
The prong should be perpendicular to the air, not flat
How do we test the vagus nerve?
The patient to say “aaah”
How do we test the hypoglossal nerve?
By asking patient to stick out, tongue move it from left to right
Which cranial nerve is responsible for hearing. show me the name and the number
Cranial nerve number eight - vestibular nerve
What is the cranial nerve involved with the ears?
Vestibular cochlea nerve - cranial nerve number 8
Cranial nerve involved with gag reflex
Glossopharyngeal nerve - cranial nerve number 9
Cranial nerve involved with saying ‘aaah’
Vagus nerve - cranial nerve number 10
Cranial nerve involved with accessory muscles
Accessory - Cranial nerve number 11
Cranial nerve involved with tongue movement
Hypoglossal nerve - cranial nerve number 12
Which cranial nerve is involved in taste
Facial nerve cranial nerve number 7
How do we test for the glossopharyngeal nerve?
By initiating a gag reflex
What is the eye socket bones called?
Supraorbital ridges
What is the jawbone called?
The mandible
