NR 509 MIDTERM EXAM WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
GRADED A+
assessing cervical lymph nodes correct answers >>
use pads of index and middle finger, palpate in a gentle
rotary motion, moving the skin over the underlying
tissues in each area. pt should be relaxed w/ neck flexed
slightly forward and if needed turned slightly toward the
side being examined.
-for submental nodes helpful to feel w/ one hand while
bracing the top of the head w/ other hand
submental lymph nodes correct answers >> palpate
in the midline few cm behind the tip of mandible
submandibular nodes correct answers >> halfway
between the angle and the tip of the mandible
-usually smaller & smoother than the lobulated
submandibular gland against which they lie
Preauricular node correct answers >> palpate in
front of ear
GRADED A+
, posterior auricular node correct answers >> palpate
behind ear & superfacial to mastoid process
tonsillar (jugulodigastric) lymph nodes correct answers
>> palpate at angle of the mandible
small harder tender "tonsillar node: high & deep b/w the
mandible and the SCM is likey a.... correct answers >>
elongated temporal styloid process
occipital node correct answers >> palpate at the
base of the skull posteriorly
anterior superficial cervical node correct answers >>
palpate nodes anterior and superfacial to the SCM muscle
posterior cervical node correct answers >> palpate
along the anterior edge of trapezius by flexing patient's
neck slightly forward toward the side being examined
deep cervical chain node correct answers >> deep to
sternomastoid muscle & often inaccessible to
examination . hook thumb & fingers around either side of
SCM muscle to find them
GRADED A+
100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
GRADED A+
assessing cervical lymph nodes correct answers >>
use pads of index and middle finger, palpate in a gentle
rotary motion, moving the skin over the underlying
tissues in each area. pt should be relaxed w/ neck flexed
slightly forward and if needed turned slightly toward the
side being examined.
-for submental nodes helpful to feel w/ one hand while
bracing the top of the head w/ other hand
submental lymph nodes correct answers >> palpate
in the midline few cm behind the tip of mandible
submandibular nodes correct answers >> halfway
between the angle and the tip of the mandible
-usually smaller & smoother than the lobulated
submandibular gland against which they lie
Preauricular node correct answers >> palpate in
front of ear
GRADED A+
, posterior auricular node correct answers >> palpate
behind ear & superfacial to mastoid process
tonsillar (jugulodigastric) lymph nodes correct answers
>> palpate at angle of the mandible
small harder tender "tonsillar node: high & deep b/w the
mandible and the SCM is likey a.... correct answers >>
elongated temporal styloid process
occipital node correct answers >> palpate at the
base of the skull posteriorly
anterior superficial cervical node correct answers >>
palpate nodes anterior and superfacial to the SCM muscle
posterior cervical node correct answers >> palpate
along the anterior edge of trapezius by flexing patient's
neck slightly forward toward the side being examined
deep cervical chain node correct answers >> deep to
sternomastoid muscle & often inaccessible to
examination . hook thumb & fingers around either side of
SCM muscle to find them
GRADED A+
