HEENT Flashcards
Snellen Chart assesses what & what cranial nerve
- visual acuity
- CN 2
6 directions of gaze is what cranial nerve
3, 4, & 6
lateral eye movement: nystagmus?
shaking of the eyeball
bulging eyes
exophthalamos: excess fat production Grave’s disease or hypothyroidism
crossing of the eyes
strabismus
ptosis
droopy eyes
PERRLA
-what cranial nerve
pupils equal round react to light accommodation
- CN 3
- pupiles constrict to light, looking for on both sides
hyperopia
far-sighted, can’t see close
myopia
near-sighted
presbyopia
age related (when 40 need reading glasses)
astigmatism
distortion in lens
retinopathy
destruction of retina (usually diabetes)
cataracts
opaqueness in lens (white cloudy)
macular degeneration
will lose all vision
cerumen
ear wax
to inspect ear
- adults
- infants
adults: up and back
infants: back and down
tinnitus
ringing in ears
vertigo
-what cranial nerve
dealing with balance
- CN 8
ototoxicity
injury to the auditory nerve (8)
hearing assessment
- Weber test
- used to determine what
- used to determine cause of hearing loss in one ear
- fork you hold over your head
hearing assessment
-Rinne test
- compare bone and air conduction
- want air conduction > bone
equilibrium assessment is called what
- Romberg test
- stand w/ hands by side, close eyes
- SPOT PERSON TO PREVENT FALLS
- looks at cerebellum function
colors in lips (3)
1) pallor: anemia (low perfusion)
2) cyanosis: hypoxia, BLUE
3) cherry-colored: carbon-monoxide poisoning
mouth: buccal mucosa
hyperpigmentation in older adults & african amerians
- jaundice or pallor
- thick white patches -> leuoplakia
fruity breath
diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
ammonia breath
kidney or protein disruption
enlarged lymph nodes could mean what
potential infection
