NURS 247 Exam 4 Terms- HEENT Latest Update 2025 (Fully Solved)

NURS 247 Exam 4 Terms- HEENT Latest Update 2025 (Fully Solved) Macular degeneration - Answers An eye disease affecting the macula (center) causing loss of central vision Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) - Answers The leading cause of severe vision loss in adults over age 50 Angular cheilitis - Answers Erythema, scaling, shallow/painful fissures at the corners of the mouth. Occurs with excess salivation and candida infection Anisocoria - Answers Unequal pupil sizes Anosmia - Answers Loss of sense of smell Aphthous ulcers - Answers "canker sore" starts as a vesicle, then turns into a small ulcer, painful, associated with stress Arcus senilis - Answers Lipid deposits that appear as rings on the outer region of the cornea Buccal mean - Answers Related to the cheek Candidiasis - Answers A fungal infection in the mouth caused my yeast. White, cheesy, patch on buccal mucosa and tongue Canthus - Answers corners of the eye where the lips met. medial and lateral Caries - Answers Dental cavities Cataract - Answers Cloudy area in eye lens Circumoral pallor/cyanosis - Answers mouth/lips turn blue or pale Conjunctivitis - Answers Infection of the conjunctiva "pink eye". Viral or bacterial infection Deviated septum - Answers Nasal septum displaced to one side Daibetic retinopathy - Answers growth or damage to blood vessels in the eye; due to poorly controlled blood sugar Diplopia - Answers Double vision Disequilibrium - Answers Unsteadiness or imbalance or loss of equilibrium that is often accompanied by spatial disorientation Dysgeusia - Answers Inability to taste Ectropion - Answers the lower lid is loose and rolling out Entropion - Answers the lower lid rolls inward Epistaxis - Answers Nosebleed Exophthalmos - Answers Bulging eyes; pressure builds up External otitis - Answers the condition that causes inflammation of the external ear canal, which is the tube between the outer ear and eardrum..."swimmer's ear" Gingivitis - Answers Gum inflammation Glaucoma - Answers group of eye diseases causing vision loss and blindness by damaging a nerve in the back of your eye called the optic nerve Lacrimation - Answers flow of tears Lymphadenopathy - Answers swelling of lymph nodes Malocclusion - Answers misaligned teeth Myopia - Answers nearsightedness Nuchal rigidity - Answers Resistance of the extensor muscles of the neck to being bent forwards (meningitis) Nystagmus - Answers vision condition in which the eyes make repetitive, uncontrolled movements Otalgia - Answers ear pain