Lymph-node Assessment Flashcards
Name the lymph nodes located at the back of the head?
Occipital lymph nodes
Name the lymph nodes located behind the ear?
Posterior Auricular lymph nodes
Name the lymph nodes located in front of the ear?
Preauricular lymph nodes
Name the lymph nodes located at the back of the jaw?
Tonsillar lymph nodes
Name the lymph nodes located along the jaw?
Submandibular lymph nodes
Name the lymph nodes located under the chin?
Submental lymph nodes
Name the lymph nodes located along the front of the sternomastoid muscle?
Superficial cervical lymph nodes
Name the lymph nodes located behind the sternomastoid muscle?
Posterior cervical Lymph nodes
Name the lymph nodes located along the sternomastoid muscle?
Deep cervical chain lymph nodes
Name the lymph nodes located along the collar bone?
Supraclavicular lymph nodes
What are you looking for when you inspect a patients head position?
Size & Shape: Normocephalic, skull appropriately sized to the body; no lumps, depressions, abnormal swellings
What are you looking for when you inspect a patients face?
- Symmetrical
- No skin condition
What are you looking for when you inspect a patients accessory muscles?
Sternomastoid and Trapezius: No hypertrophy/atrophy and they are symmetrical
How do you describe a canerous node?
Not moveable, firm, non-tender, enlarge
How do you describe an infective node?
Moveable, soft, very tender, enlarge
