HEENT assessment Flashcards
(37 cards)
How is objective data collected
through inspection, palpation, auscultation, and percussion
What is the skull separated into
cranium and facial bones
Cranium
houses and protects the brain and major sensory organs, 8 bones
Facial bones
give shape to the face, 14 bones, all immovable except for the mandible
External eye structures
lens, cornea
PERRLA
pupils equal, round, reactive to light, accommodation
Extraocular muscles
6 muscles attached to the outer surface of the eyeball that control the 6 different directions of movement - 4 rectus muscles, 2 oblique muscles
Rectus muscles
superior, middle, inferior
Oblique muscles
superior and inferior
What cranial nerves are the eye muscles controlled by
3, 4, and 6
Peripheral vision
boundary of the eye when the eye is in a fixed position
EOMS
control of the movement of the eye and allow us to track movement
What is responsible for smell and part of the respiratory system
the nose and sinus
How does the temporal lobe perceive smell
the vaporized molecules trigger receptors in cranial nerve 1 to olfactory centers
How many paranasal sinuses are located in the skull
4 pairs
What decreases the weight of the skull
air filled cavities
What do sinuses act as
resonance chambers during speech
What is the neck composed of
muscles, ligaments, cervical vertebrae
Where are lymph nodes located
the head and neck - size and shape may very
Are lymph nodes palpable
only when they swell and are painful
When do babies have control over their head
around 4 months - erect and midline
When do the anterior fontanels close
between 9-18 months
When do the posterior fontanels close
between birth-2 months
Weber test
sound should be heard in both ears, vibrating tuning fork on the top of the head, want negative weber test
