The Face and Neck

Question 1

___:benign congenital neck cysts found most often near the angle of the mandible

Answer 1

branchial cleft cysts

Question 2

___: enlargement of the cervical lymph nodes

Answer 2

cervical lymphadenopathy

Question 3

___: the hypofunctioning thyroid nodules seen on a nuclear

medicine study that have malignant potential

Answer 3

cold nodules

Question 4

___: the fluid produced by the thyroid that contains thyroid hormones

Answer 4

colloid

Question 5

___: difficulty swallowing

Answer 5

dysphagia

Question 6

___: difficulty breathing

Answer 6

dyspnea

Question 7

___: a rare, pediatric fibrous tumor located within the sternocleidomastoid muscle

Answer 7

fibromatosis colli

Question 8

___: an enlarged, hyperplastic thyroid gland

Answer 8

goiter

Question 9

___: the most common cause of hyperthyroidism that produces

bulging eyes, heat intolerance, nervousness, weight loss, and hair loss

Answer 9

Graves disease

Question 10

___: the most common cause of hypothyroidism in the United States

Answer 10

Hashimoto thyroiditis

Question 11

___: the hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules seen on a nuclear medicine study that are almost always benign

Answer 11

hot nodules

Question 12

___: a condition that results from the overproduction of thyroid hormones

Answer 12

hyperthyroidism

Question 13

___: a condition that results from the underproduction of thyroid hormones

Answer 13

hypothyroidism

Question 14

___: the most common malignancy of the salivary glands; typically starts in the parotid gland

Answer 14

mucoepidermoid carcinoma

Question 15

___: the most common form of thyroid cancer

Answer 15

papillary carcinoma

Question 16

___: benign and most frequent tumor of the salivary

glands; most commonly seen in the parotid gland

Answer 16

pleomorphic adenoma

Question 17

___: round, punctate calcific deposits

Answer 17

psammoma bodies

Question 18

___: marked with dots

Answer 18

punctate

Question 19

___: a normal variant of the thyroid gland in which there is a superior extension of the isthmus

Answer 19

pyramidal lobe

Question 20

___: fluid produced by the salivary glands which aids in digestion

Answer 20

saliva

Question 21

___: nuclear medicine study in which a

radiopharmaceutic is used to examine the thyroid gland

Answer 21

scintigraphy (thyroid)

Question 22

___: inflammation of the salivary gland or glands

Answer 22

sialadenitis

Question 23

___: benign, painless enlargement of a salivary gland or glands

Answer 23

sialadenosis

Question 24

___: salivary duct stones

Answer 24

sialolithiasis

Question 25

___: an autoimmune disease that affects all glands that produce moisture, leading to dysfunction of the salivary glands and severe dryness of the eyes, nose, skin, and mouth

Answer 25

Sjögren syndrome

Question 26

___: the main duct of the parotid gland

Answer 26

Stensen duct

Question 27

___: benign congenital cysts located within the midline

of the neck superior to the thyroid gland and near the hyoid bone

Answer 27

thyroglossal duct cysts

Question 28

___: the embryonic duct that is located from the base of the tongue to the midportion of the anterior neck

Answer 28

thyroglossal duct

Question 29

___: the sonographic appearance of hypervascularity demonstrated with color Doppler imaging of the thyroid gland

Answer 29

thyroid inferno

Question 30

___: the surgical removal of the thyroid or part of the thyroid

Answer 30

thyroidectomy

Question 31

___: twisted neck

Answer 31

torticollis

Question 32

___: the duct that drains the submandibular gland

Answer 32

Wharton duct