Head

Question 1

Atraumatic, Normocephalic

Answer 1

ATNC; Normal external hand inspection

Question 2

Battles sign

Answer 2

Bruising behind the ears, indicative of a basilar skull fracture

Question 3

Cephalgia

Answer 3

Headache

Question 4

Encephalopathy

Answer 4

Disease of the brain

Question 5

Facial Angioedema

Answer 5

swelling of the face often secondary to an allergic reaction

Question 6

Fontanel

Answer 6

Anatomical feature of an infant’s skull, the “soft spot”

Question 7

Frontal

Answer 7

the forehead and the anterior top of the skull

Question 8

Meningitis

Answer 8

infection of the meninges, the membranes that contain the brain and spinal cord

Question 9

Occipital/occiput

Answer 9

The most posterior part of the skull, the back of the head

Question 10

Parietal

Answer 10

location across the posterior top of the skull

Question 11

Raccoon eyes

Answer 11

bruising around the eyes, indicative of a basilar skull fracture

Question 12

Sinusitis

Answer 12

infection of the sinuses, usually causing sinus pressure

Question 13

Temporal

Answer 13

The sides of the head, near the temples