Lecture 3 - Head and Neck

Question 1

What things do you want to go over in the history if you suspect a head and neck problem?

Answer 1

Symptoms - sore throat, dysphnia (hoarseness), dysphagia, odynophagia, mouth/throat ulcer, neck lump
Smoking/alcohol
FH - thyroid problems

Question 2

Where would you want to examine?

Answer 2

Neck 
Oral cavity - start at lips (can get cancer of lips), ventral (under) surface of tongue, ulcers of gums, tongue, cheeks
Hard and soft palate
Pharnyx 
Larynx
Ear/nose/salivary glands
Checking for cleft palates

Question 3

What are the three subdivisions of the pharynx?

Answer 3

Nasopharnyx
Oropharnyx
Hypopharnyx

Question 4

What are the three subdivisions of the larynx?

Answer 4

Supraglottis
Glottis (vocal chords)
Subglottis

Question 5

How can you examine the throat?

Answer 5

Stack - TV on top of endoscope, can have a good, uncles look at the tongue, epiglottis and vocal chords
Fibre optic nasolaryngoscopy - should be able to see pearly white vocal chords (normal vocal chords)