Head and Neck Exam

Question 1

what 4 things do you look at upon inspection

Answer 1

head position
facial features
skull/scalp
neck

Question 2

what can you see when looking upon head position

Answer 2

antalgia, torticollis

Question 3

what can you see when looking upon facial features

Answer 3

shape

Question 4

what can you see when looking upon skull/scalp

Answer 4

shape
symmetry
hair

Question 5

what can you see when looking upon neck

Answer 5

goiters, distended jugular vein

Question 6

what 5 things do you palpate

Answer 6

skull/scalp
hair
temporal area
salivary gland
TMJ

Question 7

what can you feel upon palpation of skull/scalp

Answer 7

tenderness

Question 8

what can you feel upon palpation of hair

Answer 8

texture

Question 9

what can you feel upon palpation of temporal area

Answer 9

tenderness and enlargement

Question 10

what can you feel upon palpation of salivary gland

Answer 10

parotid

Question 11

what can you feel upon palpation of TMJ

Answer 11

crepitus, tenderness, open, deviation

Question 12

what are the 11 lymph nodes you must palpate

Answer 12

occipital
post auricular 
pre auricular
parotid 
tonsillar
submandibular
submental
anterior cervical 
posterior cervical 
deep cervical 
supraclavicular

Question 13

how must you evaluate the thyroid

Answer 13

inspect the neck

palpate - isthmus then thyroid, lobes

Question 14

how must you auscultate

Answer 14

with the bell - all bilaterally

cranial, occipital, temporal, orbital, and carotid

Question 15

what is the order of the head and neck examl

Answer 15

inspect 
palpation
lymph nodes
thyroid
auscultate