HEENT Assessment Test Questions And
Answers A+ Graded 2025!!!
Ask person to:
1.) touch chin to chest
2.) turn head R and L
3.) try to touch each ear to shoulder (w/o elevating shoulders)
4.) extend head backward
THEN:
Test muscle strength. Try to resist the person's movements with your hands as the
person shrugs shoulders and turns head side to side. (Testing CN-XI)
*When performing tests on ROM, note enlargement of salivary glands, lymph glands,
swollen parotid gland, swelling under angle of jaw, thyroid gland enlargement,
pulsations.* CORRECT ANSWERS How would you assess a person's ROM?
head tilt CORRECT ANSWERS This occurs with muscle spasm
rigid head/neck CORRECT ANSWERS This occurs with arthritis
"Neck symmetrical with FROM. Cervical muscles 5/5 strength. Absence of swelling.
Thyroid and lymph nodes impalpable."
(See next flashcard for lymph nodes.) CORRECT ANSWERS How would you document
ROM?
Use gentle circular motion of your fingerpads. Begin with preauricular lymph nodes in
front of ear, then continue on to 10 other lymph nodes in routine order. (See page 261
of Jarvis.) Use gentle pressure when palpating. Palpate with BOTH hands as a way to
compare R and L sides. For singular nodes, such as the submental node, use the other
hand to position the person's head.
Note: If nodes are palpable, note location, size, delimitation (discrete or matted
together), mobility, consistency, and tenderness. Also, take note of where they drain for
the source of any problem.
Normal nodes are moveable, discrete, soft, and nontender.
*Documentation included in ROM documentation in previous flashcard.* CORRECT
ANSWERS How would you palpate lymph nodes?
lymphadenopathy
Answers A+ Graded 2025!!!
Ask person to:
1.) touch chin to chest
2.) turn head R and L
3.) try to touch each ear to shoulder (w/o elevating shoulders)
4.) extend head backward
THEN:
Test muscle strength. Try to resist the person's movements with your hands as the
person shrugs shoulders and turns head side to side. (Testing CN-XI)
*When performing tests on ROM, note enlargement of salivary glands, lymph glands,
swollen parotid gland, swelling under angle of jaw, thyroid gland enlargement,
pulsations.* CORRECT ANSWERS How would you assess a person's ROM?
head tilt CORRECT ANSWERS This occurs with muscle spasm
rigid head/neck CORRECT ANSWERS This occurs with arthritis
"Neck symmetrical with FROM. Cervical muscles 5/5 strength. Absence of swelling.
Thyroid and lymph nodes impalpable."
(See next flashcard for lymph nodes.) CORRECT ANSWERS How would you document
ROM?
Use gentle circular motion of your fingerpads. Begin with preauricular lymph nodes in
front of ear, then continue on to 10 other lymph nodes in routine order. (See page 261
of Jarvis.) Use gentle pressure when palpating. Palpate with BOTH hands as a way to
compare R and L sides. For singular nodes, such as the submental node, use the other
hand to position the person's head.
Note: If nodes are palpable, note location, size, delimitation (discrete or matted
together), mobility, consistency, and tenderness. Also, take note of where they drain for
the source of any problem.
Normal nodes are moveable, discrete, soft, and nontender.
*Documentation included in ROM documentation in previous flashcard.* CORRECT
ANSWERS How would you palpate lymph nodes?
lymphadenopathy
