NURS 1213 Final Exam Questions and
All Correct Answers 2025-2026
Updated.
hypothyroidism - Answer decreased amounts of thyroid hormone. Leads to lethargy, slow
mentation, weight gain, and generalized slowing.
hyperthyroidism - Answer increased amount of thyroid hormone. Leads to increased blood
pressure and heart rate, that is associated with a goiter visible upon inspection.
posterior auricular node - Answer superficial to the mastoid process (behind the ear)
preauricular node - Answer node in front of ear
occipital node - Answer at the base of the skull posteriorly
submental node - Answer behind the tip of the mandible
submandibular node - Answer halfway between the angle and the tip of the mandible
tonsillar node - Answer under the angle of the mandible
superficial cervical node - Answer superficial to the sternomastoid
deep cervical chain nodes - Answer deep to the sternomastoid and often inaccessible to
examination
posterior cervical node - Answer in the posterior triangle along the edge of the trapezius
muscle
supraclavicular node - Answer just above and behind the clavicle, at the sternomastoid
muscle
prodrome phase - Answer hours to days before migraine, characterized by depression,
irritability, and changes in activity.
, aura phase - Answer neuro symptoms, visual disturbances, second phase of migraine
headache phase - Answer can include vasodilation, skeletal muscle tension, or a combination
of these factors. Third phase of migraine
recovery phase - Answer pain and associated symptoms start to decline in this final phase of
a migraine
presyncope - Answer a light-headed, swimming sensation or feeling of fainting or falling
caused by decreased blood flow to brain or heart irregularity causing decreased cardiac output
vertigo - Answer sense of true rotational spinning. Include objective vertigo in which a
person feels as though the room is swimming, and subjective vertigo, in which they feel as
though THEY are swimming.
disequilibrium - Answer shakiness or instability when walking related to Musculo-skeletal
disorder or multisensory defects
dysphagia - Answer difficulty swallowing
bell's palsy - Answer a condition that causes a temporary weakness or paralysis of the
muscles in the face. It can occur when the nerve that controls your facial muscles becomes
inflamed, swollen, or compressed. The condition causes one side of your face to droop or
become stiff.
microcephaly - Answer abnormally small head
macrocephaly - Answer abnormally large head
temporal arteritis - Answer when an artery looks torturous and feels hardened and tender
tracheal shift - Answer if pushed to the unaffected side, this could indicate an aortic
aneurysm, tumor, unilateral thyroid lobe enlargement, and pneumothorax. A trachea pulled
toward the affected side will occur with large atelectasis, pleural adhesions, or fibrosis.
tracheal tug - Answer rhythmic downward pull that is synchronous with systole and that
occurs with an aortic arch aneurysm.
mumps - Answer swelling of the parotid gland
All Correct Answers 2025-2026
Updated.
hypothyroidism - Answer decreased amounts of thyroid hormone. Leads to lethargy, slow
mentation, weight gain, and generalized slowing.
hyperthyroidism - Answer increased amount of thyroid hormone. Leads to increased blood
pressure and heart rate, that is associated with a goiter visible upon inspection.
posterior auricular node - Answer superficial to the mastoid process (behind the ear)
preauricular node - Answer node in front of ear
occipital node - Answer at the base of the skull posteriorly
submental node - Answer behind the tip of the mandible
submandibular node - Answer halfway between the angle and the tip of the mandible
tonsillar node - Answer under the angle of the mandible
superficial cervical node - Answer superficial to the sternomastoid
deep cervical chain nodes - Answer deep to the sternomastoid and often inaccessible to
examination
posterior cervical node - Answer in the posterior triangle along the edge of the trapezius
muscle
supraclavicular node - Answer just above and behind the clavicle, at the sternomastoid
muscle
prodrome phase - Answer hours to days before migraine, characterized by depression,
irritability, and changes in activity.
, aura phase - Answer neuro symptoms, visual disturbances, second phase of migraine
headache phase - Answer can include vasodilation, skeletal muscle tension, or a combination
of these factors. Third phase of migraine
recovery phase - Answer pain and associated symptoms start to decline in this final phase of
a migraine
presyncope - Answer a light-headed, swimming sensation or feeling of fainting or falling
caused by decreased blood flow to brain or heart irregularity causing decreased cardiac output
vertigo - Answer sense of true rotational spinning. Include objective vertigo in which a
person feels as though the room is swimming, and subjective vertigo, in which they feel as
though THEY are swimming.
disequilibrium - Answer shakiness or instability when walking related to Musculo-skeletal
disorder or multisensory defects
dysphagia - Answer difficulty swallowing
bell's palsy - Answer a condition that causes a temporary weakness or paralysis of the
muscles in the face. It can occur when the nerve that controls your facial muscles becomes
inflamed, swollen, or compressed. The condition causes one side of your face to droop or
become stiff.
microcephaly - Answer abnormally small head
macrocephaly - Answer abnormally large head
temporal arteritis - Answer when an artery looks torturous and feels hardened and tender
tracheal shift - Answer if pushed to the unaffected side, this could indicate an aortic
aneurysm, tumor, unilateral thyroid lobe enlargement, and pneumothorax. A trachea pulled
toward the affected side will occur with large atelectasis, pleural adhesions, or fibrosis.
tracheal tug - Answer rhythmic downward pull that is synchronous with systole and that
occurs with an aortic arch aneurysm.
mumps - Answer swelling of the parotid gland
