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answers
Abbreviations for eye, ear, etc. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
OD (right eye)
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-OS (left eye)
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-OU (both eyes)
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-TM (tympanic membrane)
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-AC (air conduction)
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-BC (bone conduction)
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-OM (Otis media, middle ear infection)
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Cranial Lymph nodes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Use gentle
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pressure, palpate with both hands to compare two sides
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symmetrically
-Normal lymph nodes feel moveable, discrete, soft, and
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non tender.
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-Supraclavicular just above and behind the clavicle |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
-Preauricular are in front of the ear |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
-Postauricular are directly behind the ear and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
-Occipital are at the base of the skull|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
-Submental are midline behind the tip of the mandible
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-Submandibular halfway between the angle and the tip of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the mandible
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,-Tonsillar are under the angle of the mandible
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-Superficial cervical are overlying the sternomastoid |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
muscle
-Deep cervical are deep under the sternomastoid muscle
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-Posterior cervical are in the posterior triangle along the
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edge of the trapezius muscle
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Right lymphatic duct - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔empties
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into the right subclavian vein. Drains the right side of the
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head and neck, right arm, right side of the thorax, right
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lung and pleura, right side of the heart, and right upper
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section of the liver. |\ |\ |\
thoracic lymphatic duct - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔drains
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the rest of the body. It empties into the left subclavian
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vein.
Axillary lymph nodes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- drain the
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breast and upper arm. |\ |\ |\
-Central axillary nodes are high up in the middle of the
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axilla, over the ribs and serratus anterior muscle. These
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receive lymph from the other three groups of nodes.
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-Pectoral (anterior) - along the lateral edge of the
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pectoralis major muscle, just inside the anterior axillary
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fold.
-Subscapular (posterior)- along the lateral edge of the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
scapula, deep in the posterior axillary fold
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-Lateral- along the humorous, inside the upper arm.
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, epitrochlear node - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- is in the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
antecubital fossa and drains the hand and lower arm
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inguinal nodes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔located in the
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groin and drain most of the lymph of the lower extremity,
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the external genitalia, and the anterior abdominal wall.
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How to inspect hair, skin, and nails - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔-Inspect and palpate the skin, note the temperature of
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the skin using the dorsal portion of the hand, note any
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moisture, texture, thickness, edema, mobility and tugor,
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vascularity or bruising, or any lesions. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
-Inspect and palpate the hair, note color, texture,
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distribution, lesions. |\
-Inspect and palpate the nails, note the shape and
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contour (i.e. profile sign normal is 160, curved is 160 or
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less, early clubbing is 180), consistency, color, capillary
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refill
How to inspect the head - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-note
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the shape of the head
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-facial features |\
-lips
-scalp and hair |\ |\
-neck, shoulders, trachea and substernal notch
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