HEENT CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
SOLVED QUESTIONS GUARANTEED TO
PASS
●● What may a bruit indicate?
Answer: It may be detected in a hypervascular thyroid.
●● What does a bulging fontanel indicate?
Answer: It may indicate increased intracranial pressure.
●● What is craniosynostosis?
Answer: It results from premature closing of sutures before brain growth
is complete, leading to a misshapen skull.
●● What is chloasma?
Answer: It is known as the mask of pregnancy.
●● What is an encephalocele?
Answer: A neural tube defect with protrusion of nervous system tissue
through a defect in the skull.
●● What does facies refer to?
,Answer: The appearance of face, head, and neck characteristic of a
condition.
●● What is Graves' disease?
Answer: An autoimmune disorder characterized by antibodies to
thyroid-stimulating hormone, leading to hyperthyroidism.
●● What is Hashimoto disease?
Answer: An autoimmune disorder against the thyroid gland that usually
causes hypothyroidism.
●● What is hyperthyroidism?
Answer: It is a condition of an overactive thyroid.
●● What is hypothyroidism?
Answer: It is a condition of an underactive thyroid, more common than
hyperthyroidism.
●● What is the Macewen sign?
Answer: A sign associated with increased intracranial pressure,
characterized by a resonant sound when hydrocephalus or a brain
abscess is present.
●● What is microcephaly?
,Answer: A condition where the circumference of the head is smaller than
normal, associated with mental retardation.
●● What is molding in the context of childbirth?
Answer: It is the shifting and overlapping of bones during vaginal
delivery.
●● What is myxedema?
Answer: A skin and tissue disorder usually due to severe prolonged
hypothyroidism, characterized by mucinous edema of the face.
●● What is ossification?
Answer: The process that begins in sutures after brain growth is
completed, starting at about 6 years of age.
●● When does the posterior fontanel close?
Answer: It closes by 2 months of age.
●● When does the anterior fontanel close?
Answer: It closes by 12-15 months.
●● What is a salivary gland tumor?
, Answer: A tumor in any of the salivary glands, most commonly in the
parotid.
●● What is the sternocleidomastoid muscle?
Answer: A muscle that extends from the upper sternum to the mastoid
process.
●● What is a thyroglossal duct cyst?
Answer: A palpable cystic mass in the neck.
●● What is the largest endocrine gland?
Answer: The thyroid gland.
●● What is a tic?
Answer: Spasmodic contractions of the face, head, or neck.
●● What is torticollis?
Answer: A wry neck often resulting from birth trauma or intrauterine
malposition.
●● What is transillumination?
Answer: A procedure to evaluate suspected intracranial lesions or
increasing head circumference in infants.
SOLVED QUESTIONS GUARANTEED TO
PASS
●● What may a bruit indicate?
Answer: It may be detected in a hypervascular thyroid.
●● What does a bulging fontanel indicate?
Answer: It may indicate increased intracranial pressure.
●● What is craniosynostosis?
Answer: It results from premature closing of sutures before brain growth
is complete, leading to a misshapen skull.
●● What is chloasma?
Answer: It is known as the mask of pregnancy.
●● What is an encephalocele?
Answer: A neural tube defect with protrusion of nervous system tissue
through a defect in the skull.
●● What does facies refer to?
,Answer: The appearance of face, head, and neck characteristic of a
condition.
●● What is Graves' disease?
Answer: An autoimmune disorder characterized by antibodies to
thyroid-stimulating hormone, leading to hyperthyroidism.
●● What is Hashimoto disease?
Answer: An autoimmune disorder against the thyroid gland that usually
causes hypothyroidism.
●● What is hyperthyroidism?
Answer: It is a condition of an overactive thyroid.
●● What is hypothyroidism?
Answer: It is a condition of an underactive thyroid, more common than
hyperthyroidism.
●● What is the Macewen sign?
Answer: A sign associated with increased intracranial pressure,
characterized by a resonant sound when hydrocephalus or a brain
abscess is present.
●● What is microcephaly?
,Answer: A condition where the circumference of the head is smaller than
normal, associated with mental retardation.
●● What is molding in the context of childbirth?
Answer: It is the shifting and overlapping of bones during vaginal
delivery.
●● What is myxedema?
Answer: A skin and tissue disorder usually due to severe prolonged
hypothyroidism, characterized by mucinous edema of the face.
●● What is ossification?
Answer: The process that begins in sutures after brain growth is
completed, starting at about 6 years of age.
●● When does the posterior fontanel close?
Answer: It closes by 2 months of age.
●● When does the anterior fontanel close?
Answer: It closes by 12-15 months.
●● What is a salivary gland tumor?
, Answer: A tumor in any of the salivary glands, most commonly in the
parotid.
●● What is the sternocleidomastoid muscle?
Answer: A muscle that extends from the upper sternum to the mastoid
process.
●● What is a thyroglossal duct cyst?
Answer: A palpable cystic mass in the neck.
●● What is the largest endocrine gland?
Answer: The thyroid gland.
●● What is a tic?
Answer: Spasmodic contractions of the face, head, or neck.
●● What is torticollis?
Answer: A wry neck often resulting from birth trauma or intrauterine
malposition.
●● What is transillumination?
Answer: A procedure to evaluate suspected intracranial lesions or
increasing head circumference in infants.
