Neck

Question 1

Brudzinki’s sign

Answer 1

Neck pain elicited by flexing neck. Hips and knees flex in response to the neck being flexed; sign of meningitis.

Question 2

C-spine

Answer 2

cervical spine (C1-C7)

Question 3

Carotid bruit

Answer 3

Turbulent blood flow heard with auscultation over the carotid artery (due to carotid narrowing or plaque)

Question 4

Jugular vein distention

Answer 4

JVD

Signs of CHR

Question 5

Kernig’s sign

Answer 5

Neck pain elicited by flexing hip. Stiff hamstrings/inability to straighten the leg when hip is flexed; signs of meningitis.

Question 6

Lymphadenopathy

Answer 6

Enlarged lymph nodes

Question 7

Meningismus

Answer 7

Stiff neck/signs of meningitis

Question 8

Paraspinal tenderness

Answer 8

Tenderness of the muscles next to the vertebrae

Question 9

Supple

Answer 9

Flexible, free-moving, not stiff

Question 10

Thyromegaly

Answer 10

Enlarged thyroid

Question 11

Trachea midline

Answer 11

No deviation of trachea

Deviation to the unaffected side of a pneumthorax

Question 12

Vertebral tenderness

Answer 12

Bony tenderness directly over the vertebrae