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HEENT Flashcards

1
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What cranial nerve is tested with hearing

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CN VIII

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2
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What CN is tested with sharp/dull face touching

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CN V sensory

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3
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What CNs are tested with saying AH

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CN IX and X

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4
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What CN is tested with palpating masseter muscles while clenching teeth?

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CN V motor

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5
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What CN is tested with making funny faces

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CN VII

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6
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What 4 motions do you ask pt to do to assess CN VII

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  1. Raise eyebrows
  2. Squeeze eyes shut
  3. Puff out cheeks
  4. Smile with teeth
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7
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Which eye chart do you use from 20 ft away

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Snellen

You want the snell family to stay at a distance

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8
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What is myopia

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Impaired far vision

like MY vision.i wear glasses to see far away

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9
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What eye chart do you use from 14 inches away

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Rosenbaum

You like smelling roses close up

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10
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What is presbyopia

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Impaired near vision

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11
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The larger the denominator in someone’s vision the _____

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Worse the vision

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12
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What is the direct pupillary light reflex

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Pupil constricts on same side as light

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13
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What is the consensual pupillary light reflex

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Eye without the light in it still constricts

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14
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What is the word for excessive pupil dilation

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Mydriasis

myDriasis Dilation

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15
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What is the word for excessive pupil constriction

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Miosis

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16
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What can nystagmus indicate

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A variety of neurological conditions

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17
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How do you test extraocular muscles

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BIG H pattern, stopping at upward and lateral gazes looking for nystagmus

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18
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When focusing on something close up do pupils get bigger or smaller

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Constricts with near

Narrows with near

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19
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What do pupils do when focusing on something far away?

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Dilate

Dilate distance

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20
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What CN does the lateral rectus

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CN VI abducens

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21
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What CN does Superior oblique

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CN IV trochlear

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22
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What CN does all the other eye muscles

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CN III oculomotor

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23
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Ptosis is seen when which CN is messed up

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CN III (levator palpebrae superioris)

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24
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Incomplete closure of the eye is seen when which CN is messed up?

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CN VII

Orbicularis oculi

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25
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Main features of chalazion?

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Nontender
Inside lid
Meibomian gland obstruction

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26
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Main features of a Hordeolum

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Hurts
On eyelid margin
Infection of eyelash

HORdeolum HORRible

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27
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What is the dx: patient was sick with inclreasing congestion and pressure for 2 weeks and now has a low fever, pain, swelling and inability to open eye

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Periorbital/preseptal cellulitis

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28
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What is entropion

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Eyelid curling in. Irritates eye bc of eyelashes

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29
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What is ectropion?

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Eye lid curling out… excessive tearing since puncta is not draining effectively

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30
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What side of the eye is a pingueculum on

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Either side

Penguins are great on both sides of you

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31
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What side of the eye is a pterygium on?

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Stretches from medial corner to cornea

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32
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What might be causing someone to lose the outer 1/3 of eyebrows

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Hypothyroidism

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33
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What eye condition is seen with Grave’s disease (thyroid dysfunction)

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Exopthalmos
Eyeballs popping out

Nancy Reagan had this and now she is in the grave

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34
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How might you tell the difference between conjunctivitis and Uveitis

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No discharge with uveitis

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35
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What is a hypopyon

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Line of inflammatory cells in anterior chamber of eye

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36
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What condition is associated with getting a hypopyon?

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Uveitis

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37
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Does uveitis hurt

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YES

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38
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Does uveitis/iritis risk vision loss?

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Yes

39
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Which is worse: subconjuctival hemmorhage or hyphema?

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Hyphema is way worse. Must refer.

You don’t have to do anything to subconjuntival hemmorhageh

40
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What should the cup:disc ratio be

A

<1:2

41
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What should the AV ratio be

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2:3

42
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What side of the eye are you looking at when you look at the macula

A

Temporal

43
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What are hypertensive vascular changes you might see in the eyes of a HTN or DM patient

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Copper wire

Silver wire

A-V nicking

HTN and DM patients need to wire their fridges shut

44
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What two things might be seen with hypertensive retinopathy?

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Cotton wool patches

Hemorrhages

45
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What are 3 things you might see with diabetic retinopathy?

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Hemorrhages
Hard exudates
Neovascularizations that are more numerous and tortuous than regular blood vessels in eye

46
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What would a cup:disc ratio greater than 1:2 indicate

A

Glaucoma

47
Q

What causes papilledema

A

Increased intracranial pressure

Emergency

48
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What is papilledema

A

Optic disc swelling due to increased ICP

49
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What would indicate macular degeneration during your opthalmosopic exam

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Light reflection decreased when you ask pt to look directly at light

50
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What side of visual field crosses over at optic chiasm?

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Temporal field (hits nasal side of eyeball and then crosses over)

51
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What would happen to vision if you had a lesion at the optic chiasm?

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You would lose temporal vision. You would have tunnel vision (bitemporal hemianopsia)

52
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What could cause bitemporal hemianopsia? (Tunnel vision)

A

Pituitary tumor damaging the optic chiasm

53
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What would happen to vision if there was a lesion on the Right optic tract?

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You would lose the vision on the Left half of each eye field
Left homonymous hemianopsia

54
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What might the conver-uncover test reveal?

A

Muscle imbalance like strabismus

55
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What do you do if you notice strabismus in a patient

A

Refer

56
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What is esotropia v exotropia?

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Exotropia- eye drifts out laterally
Esotropia- eye drifts inward

(Ectropion and entropion involves eyelid)

57
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What is the difference between the corneal reflex and the corneal light reflection?

A

Corneal reflex- touching eye with rolled up cotton

Corneal light reflection- twinkle in eyes

58
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if BC>AC, what kind of hearing loss

A

Conductive

59
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if AC>BC what kind of hearing?

A

Normal OR sensorineural

60
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What does the Weber test tell you?

A

Which ear is better (lateralization or hearing)

61
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In conductive loss, which ear hears the sound in the Weber test?

A

Bad ear hears it better

62
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In sensorineural hearing loss, the sounds lateralizes to which ear during the Weber test?

A

Good ear

63
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What is a normal test result of Weber test

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Both ears hear equally

64
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What is a normal Rinne test

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AC>BC

65
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Weber: lateralize to R
Rinne: BC>AC in R
What type of hearing loss?

A

Conductive hearing loss in R ear

66
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Weber: lateralizes to L
Rinne: AC>BC in R

A

Sensorineural loss in R ear

67
Q

What quadrant of tympanic membrane do you find the cone of light?

A

Anterior and inferior quadrant

68
Q

What can cause tympanosclerosis (chalky white scarring on TM)

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Recurrent otitis media or history of tubes or perforation

69
Q

What can cause a bulging red eardrum

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Acute otitis media

70
Q

What can cause the eardrum to popping out and have bubbles behind it

A

Viral URI/barotrauma usually involving Eustachian tube

71
Q

WHat must be ruled out in EVERY nasal exam?

A

Septal hematoma

72
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What would a septal hematoma look like on exam

A

Soft tender swelling on nasal septum

73
Q

Where do 90% of all nose bleeds happen

A

Kiesselbach’s plexus

74
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What would cause swollen pale blue boggy turbinates

A

Allergic rhinitis

75
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What can cause erythematous turbinates

A

Sinusitis and URI

76
Q

Where is Whartons duct

A

Under tongue for submandibular gland

77
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Where is stensen’s duct

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Behind 2nd molar up top for parotid gland

78
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What CN is tested when you stick tongue out and wiggle

A

CN XII hypoglossal

79
Q

What is the most common cause of lip carcinoma

A

SCC

80
Q

What can cause angular cheilitis

A

Vitamin deficiency
Excessive salivation
Dentures that don’t fit

81
Q

What does “brush the thrush” mean?

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If you brush off the white oral lesion and its red and irritated under, you have thrush

82
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What is leukoplakia?

A

White spots in mouth that are possibly precancerous

83
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How would you tell the difference between thrush and leukoplakia?

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Try to brush it off, and if it comes off leaving a red part underneath, it’s thrush. Leukoplakia does not brush off.

84
Q

What is the majority of oral cancer

A

SCC

85
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What is torus palantinus?

A

Big benign mass in middle of hard palate

86
Q

In what condition might you find numerous tonsillar crypts?

A

Tonsillar hypertrophy

87
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Is hairy tongue a bad thing

A

No its benign

88
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In what two conditions would you find bilateral exudative tonsillitis?

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Group A Strep Exudative Tonsillitis

Mono

89
Q

What condition causes a hot potato voice

A

Peritonsillar abscess

90
Q

What would you see when you look into the throat of someone with a peritonsillar abscess?

A

UNi lateral tonsil swelling
Shifted uvula

+hot potato voice
+drooling

91
Q

What lymph nodes suggest metastasis from lung or GI cancers

A

Supraclavicular

92
Q

When do you auscultate the thyroid

A

If its enlarged. Bruits may be present in hyperthyroidism or goiter

93
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When palpating the thyroid for a goiter, what must you ask the patient to do

A

Swallow

Physical Diagnosis (Lauren) (3 decks)

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