Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
When obtaining a health history focusing on the patient’s head, face, and neck, which of the
1. following is particularly
important in regard to risk of disease?
A. Past dental work
B. Use of alcohol and
C. History of tension
D. Use of aspirin
Which of the cranial nerves should be tested if the patient complains of numbness of the cheek?
2.
A. Cranial nerve III
B. Cranial nerve V
C. Cranial nerve
D. Cranial nerve X
Which of the cranial nerves should be tested when a patient presents with right-sided facial droop
3. and inability to close
the right eye?
A. Cranial nerve III
B. Cranial nerve V
C. Cranial nerve
D. Cranial nerve X
A patient complains of pain with chewing, earache, and grinding her teeth when asleep. These are
4. symptoms of:
A. Temporomandibular joint
B. Trigeminal neuralgia
C. Facial nerve palsy
D. Angina
Inflammation of the parotid gland can cause which of the following conditions?
5.
A. Trigeminal neuralgia
B. Bruxism
C. Mumps
D. Temporomandibular joint
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, Calcium phosphate stones can develop within the salivary gland ducts. This can occur in the disorder
6. called:
A. Temporomandibular joint
B. Mumps
C. Trigeminal neuralgia
D. Sialoadenitis
Your patient presents to the ER due to a bee sting on the cheek. As you are examining the patient,
7. you note increasing
facial swelling and redness as well as swelling of the lips and eyes. This condition is due to:
A. Angioedem
B. Parotitis
C. Sinusitis
D. Sialoadeniti
Your patient accidentally cut his cheek while shaving 3 days ago. Today, the region is warm,
8. erythematous, swollen,
and has the appearance of an orange peel. There is a serous exudate coming from the wound. This is most likely due
A. Folliculitis
to: B. Cellulitis
C. Supurative Parotitis
D. Sialoadenitis
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