Qui 2 Flashcards
Superficial to the mastoid process
Posterior auricular (mastoid)
In front of the ear
Preauricular
At the base of the skull
Occipital
Midline, behind the tip of mandible
Submental
Halfway between the angle and the tip of the mandible
Submandibular
Under the angle of the mandible
Jugulodigastric
Overlying the mastoid muscle
Superficial cervical
And the posterior triangle along the edge of the trapezius muscle
Posterior cervical
At the sternomastoid muscle
Supraclivicle
Technique for palpating lymph nodes
Gentle circular motion with finger pads
Can salivary glands being palpated?
Normally no
No it’s in the neck muscle should be palpated with (one hand or two hands) with gentle but strong pressure comparing the two side____
2 // Symmetrically
Deep cervical chain you need to ___person’s head toward the side being examined to relax the ____muscle and press your fingers.
Tip
Ipsilateral
___ Node-have person hunch this shoulders and opals forward (this relaxes the skin)
Supraclavicular
Notes that are palatable note the L__, S____, D___(Discrete or matted together), M___, C___, T___
Location, size, shape, delimitation, mobility, consistency, and tenderness
Know where to assess a live node if enlarged it if it is enlarged or tender, check the area where they ___for the ____of the problem.
Drain,
source
Enlarged upper cervical or submandibular often relate to inflammation or a __ in the __ and ___
Neoplasm, head, neck
Acute infection usually last___, nodes are ____enlarged warm tender and firm but (do not move or freely movable)
<14 days,
bilateral,
Freely movable
Chronic inflammation (example in TB the nodes are__)
Clumped
Cancers nodes are harder or soft. Over or under 3 cm. Bilateral or unilateral. Tender nontender. Freely movable or fixed
Hard >3 cm. Unilateral. Non-tender. Fixed
Accept the node enlargement is common with
HIV
A single and large, nontender hard, stay left supraclavicular node Virchow node may indicate neoplasm in the ___ or ___
Thorax or abdomen
Painless, robbery, discrete nodes that gradually appear occur with___ ___
Hodgkins lymphoma
___ ___ Is located just below the temporal artery and interior to the tragus
Temporomandibular