Week 2

Question 1

Abnomality or overusage of antibiotics can cause what?

Answer 1

Blackened hairy tongue

Question 2

T/F esophoria and esotropia are the same thing?

Answer 2

T

Question 3

The optic nerve is what cranial nerve?

Answer 3

II

Question 4

T/F Air conduction is greater than sound conduction

Answer 4

True

Question 5

When assessing the sinuses use what type of percussion?

Answer 5

Direct

Question 6

Which test do you use with assessing the balance?

Answer 6

Romberg

Question 7

Nosebleed is also called what?

Answer 7

epistaxis

Question 8

Swollen and red gums are a sign of what condition?

Answer 8

Gingivitis with vitamin c deficiency

Question 9

Difficulty seeing close up is called what?

Answer 9

Hyperopia

Question 10

Which cranial nerve is used for the accessory nerves?

Answer 10

XI

Question 11

What is the eye and ear positioning for someone with Down’s syndrome or even fetal alcohol syndrome?

Answer 11

Ears are much lower than the corner of the eyes.

Question 12

When do you ask if the patient has any headaches?

Answer 12

Ask when they have any pain during head assessment

Question 13

What kind of pain would congestion cause?

Answer 13

Sinus pain around the brow and cheekbones

Question 14

What type of people might be prone to cluster headaches?

Answer 14

Men and alcohol abuse patients

Question 15

What’s the difference between tension and cluster headaches?

Answer 15

Cluster is when the pain is around one eye and tension is when it feels like there’s a band squeezing the front or back of the head a steady pain

Question 16

What are some things that accompany migraines?

Answer 16

Auras
Sensitive to light and sounds, and may need to go into a quiet and dark place
Nausea

Question 17

What are some things that you should see midline on the neck?

Answer 17

Hyoid, trachea, and thyroid

Question 18

What do you palpate and inspect near the thyroid?

Answer 18

Goiters and nodules, basically goiters

Question 19

What fingers can you use to palpate the thyroid?

Answer 19

The thumb if going from the front and tips of fingers if palpating from the back of the person

Question 20

What are the lymph nodes near the ears?

Answer 20

Pre auricular- right in front of the ear
Posterior auricular- right behind the top of the ear
Occipital- behind the main part of the ear
parotid- right in front of the earlobe above the tonsilar

Question 21

What are the lymph nodes near the jaws?

Answer 21

Tonsillar- right below the ear where the jaw meets the ear
Submandibular- below the jawline
Submental- under the chin

Question 22

What are the lymph nodes near the neck?

Answer 22

Superficial cervical chain- just down the sides of the trachea
Supraclavicular- on the clavicle
Deep cervical chain- along the sides of the neck
Posterior cervical- in the groove of the clavicle and neck

Question 23

Which cranial nerve is the olfactory nerve?

Answer 23

I

Question 24

Which nerve is the vagus and what does it do?

Answer 24

X- swallow

Question 25

Which nerve is responsible for tongue mvmnt?

Answer 25

XII- hypoglossal

Question 26

Which cranial nerve is responsible for facial movement?

Answer 26

VII

Question 27

What cranial nerves is responsible for PERRLA?

Answer 27

III, IV, and XI

Question 28

Which cranial nerve is the optic nerve?

Answer 28

II

Question 29

Which nerve is the trigeminal and what does it do?

Answer 29

V and it is for sensation of the face

Question 30

Which nerve is the glossopharyngeal reflex?

Answer 30

9- gag reglex

Question 31

Which nerve is the spinal accessory?

Answer 31

XI

Question 32

Which nerve do you test with a broken q-tip?

Answer 32

V

Question 33

Which nerve assess hearing and balance?

Answer 33

VIII

Question 34

Which cranial nerve is responsible for frowning and smiling?

Answer 34

VII

Question 35

Which nerves are sensory nerves?

Answer 35

I- Olfactory II- Optic V- trigeminal VII- taste VIII- vestibulocochlear- hearing and balance IX- glossopharyngeal- taste and sensation from back of tongue X- vagus- taste and sensation from epiglottis and pharynx

Question 36

Which nerves are motor nerves?

Answer 36

III- Oculomotor- eyeball and upper lid IV- Troclear- eyeball movement V- Trigeminal chewing VI- Abducens- eyeball VII- Facial expression IX- Glossopharyngeal- swallowing and speech X- Vagus- swallowing and speech XI- Accessory- head and shoulder XII- Hypoglossal- tongue muscle movement

Question 37

What is it called if the eye’s vision and light refraction is normal?

Answer 37

Emmetropia

Question 38

What is it called if the light rays focus in the front of the retina and what happens to vision?

Answer 38

Myopia and you can’t see far away

Question 39

What is it called if the light rays focus in the past the retina and what happens to vision?

Answer 39

Hyperopia and you can’t see close up

Question 40

What drugs makes dilated pupils?

Answer 40

Benzodiazapine Marijuana Amphetamines

Question 41

What drugs makes the eyes glassy?

Answer 41

Alcohol

Question 42

What drugs makes pinpoint pupils

Answer 42

Opiates- pinpoint Opiates

Question 43

What would you see in people from tropical areas?

Answer 43

Overexposure of sun can cause pingueculae

Question 44

What do blue pupils mean?

Answer 44

Cataracts

Question 45

What is macular degeneration?

Answer 45

Loss of central vision

Question 46

How early (age) do you test vision?

Answer 46

At four

Question 47

What do you use for people who can’t read?

Answer 47

The E chart and figure out which way the letter is facing

Question 48

What test is used to test nearsightedness?

Answer 48

Rosenbaum

Question 49

What is the corneal light reflex?

Answer 49

You shine a light and make sure both of the pupils dilate

Question 50

What does the uncover test do?

Answer 50

Tests for strabismus

Question 51

Exophoria and exotropia means what?

Answer 51

The eye is facing outward

Question 52

Esophoria and esotropia means what?

Answer 52

The eye is deviating inward

Question 53

Hyper and hypotropia means what?

Answer 53

The eyes are deviating upward and downward

Question 54

What is nystagmus?

Answer 54

The eye or eyes are fluttering

Question 55

What tool would you use to look at the fundus of the eye? Why would you use it?

Answer 55

Ophthalmoscope, especially for the diabetic retinopathy

Question 56

What is the difference between hyperopia and presbyopia?

Answer 56

Similar condition of seeing close up objects, but presbyopia happens later on in life and the eye’s lens lose flexibility

Question 57

What are some things to inspect for in the ear?

Answer 57

Redness and drainage which might signal otitis externa

Question 58

How would you see if there is any pain in the ear?

Answer 58

Pull on the helix, pus on the tragus and palpate the mastoid process behind the ear

Question 59

What do you look at with the otoscope?

Answer 59

Tympanic membrane

Question 60

What are you looking for when you look at the tympanic membrane?

Answer 60

Pearly gray color and a cone of light Right ear- cone is five o clock Left ear- cone is at seven o clock

Question 61

Whisper test is used for what?

Answer 61

Hearing acuity and have them close their eyes and stand behind them

Question 62

How do you use the tuning fork to test hearing?

Answer 62

Place on mastoid When the patient stops hearing Place it beside the ear so they can hear

Question 63

Where do you place the tuning fork for the Weber test?

Answer 63

On top of the head for bone conduction to hear bilaterally in both ears

Question 64

What does the Weber test assess?

Answer 64

Bone conduction

Question 65

How long should you stand for the Romberg test?

Answer 65

20 seconds

Question 66

What would you inspect the nose for?

Answer 66

Midline Polyps Drainage Septum deviation

Question 67

What sinuses do you palpate and percuss?

Answer 67

Frontal Maxillary Ethmoid sphenoid

Question 68

Where are your frontal sinuses?

Answer 68

At the start of your eyebrows

Question 69

Where are your sphenoid sinuses?

Answer 69

Between the top of your ear and outer corner of the eyes

Question 70

Where would you palpate for your sphenoid sinuses?

Answer 70

Beside your nose under the tear ducts

Question 71

Where would you palpate for your sphenoid sinuses?

Answer 71

Beside your nose under the tear ducts

Question 72

Where would your maxillary sinuses be?

Answer 72

Behind your cheeks

Question 73

Where are your ethmoid sinuses palpated?

Answer 73

Between the eyes

Question 74

How would you assess the sinuses?

Answer 74

Percuss and palpate

Question 75

What is transillumination?

Answer 75

Use your penlight to shine on the sinuses and see a red glow

Question 76

What is an indication of positive sinusitis?

Answer 76

No red glow of the sinus with transillumination

Question 77

What is the drainage of allergic vs viral infection in the nose?

Answer 77

Viral is purulent and allergic is clear

Question 78

What documentation do you use with no tonsils?

Answer 78

With a “0”

Question 79

What are normal tonsils documented as?

Answer 79

With a 1+

Question 80

What would you document tonsils that are halfway to the uvula?

Answer 80

2+

Question 81

What would you document tonsils that are touching the uvula?

Answer 81

4+

Question 82

What is findings of tonsillitis?

Answer 82

3+ and beefy red with pustules

Question 83

What type of people have ulcers in their mouth?

Answer 83

Cancer, chew tobacco

Question 84

Why might epileptics have ulcers in their mouth?

Answer 84

Because they might bite their tongue during seizure episodes

Question 85

What is the swelling of the gums called and what are some causes?

Answer 85

Gingivitis from plaque buildup and/or vitamin C deficiency

Question 86

What is gingival hyperplasia?

Answer 86

swollen gums