HEENT (Health Assessment EXAM 2)
with correct answers 2025/2026
Structures of the head? - Correct answer1. skull protects brain and special sense organs
2. cranial nerves
3. facial structures are symmetric
Presyncope - Correct answerlightheadedness, swimming sensation, feeling of falling
- standing up too fast, feeling like falling, goes away if you lay down
Vertigo - Correct answertrue rotational spinning - nuero etiology
- feels like you are spinning or the room is spinning, continues even if you are laying down
- nausea/vomiting are common w/ vertigo
Which of the following is the most appropriate health history question?
, A. Any unusually frequent or unusually severe headaches?
B. Have you had headaches recently?
C. Have you ever had a headache?
D. When did your headaches start? - Correct answerA. Any unusually frequent or unusually
severe headaches?
Fontanels? - Correct answer"soft spots"
- flat, a little concave (NOT truly sunken) stay open so that baby's head can continue to grow
***Bulging fontanels are not normal
When does the anterior fontanel usually close? - Correct answer2 yrs
Normocephalic - Correct answerInfant or adult's head is appropriate size for their body stature,
for their race, for their ethnicity
Microcephalic - Correct answerHead is smaller than what would be considered appropriate for
their size, stature, for their race, for their ethnicity
Macrocephalic - Correct answerHead is larger than would would be considered appropriate for
their size, stature, for their race, for their ethnicity
Exopthalmus - Correct answersomeone's eyes appear to pertrude more
Periorbital edema - Correct answeredema around the eye ''
Normal lymph nodes - Correct answermovable, discrete, soft, nontender
How do you test range of motion of the neck? - Correct answer- Chin to chest
with correct answers 2025/2026
Structures of the head? - Correct answer1. skull protects brain and special sense organs
2. cranial nerves
3. facial structures are symmetric
Presyncope - Correct answerlightheadedness, swimming sensation, feeling of falling
- standing up too fast, feeling like falling, goes away if you lay down
Vertigo - Correct answertrue rotational spinning - nuero etiology
- feels like you are spinning or the room is spinning, continues even if you are laying down
- nausea/vomiting are common w/ vertigo
Which of the following is the most appropriate health history question?
, A. Any unusually frequent or unusually severe headaches?
B. Have you had headaches recently?
C. Have you ever had a headache?
D. When did your headaches start? - Correct answerA. Any unusually frequent or unusually
severe headaches?
Fontanels? - Correct answer"soft spots"
- flat, a little concave (NOT truly sunken) stay open so that baby's head can continue to grow
***Bulging fontanels are not normal
When does the anterior fontanel usually close? - Correct answer2 yrs
Normocephalic - Correct answerInfant or adult's head is appropriate size for their body stature,
for their race, for their ethnicity
Microcephalic - Correct answerHead is smaller than what would be considered appropriate for
their size, stature, for their race, for their ethnicity
Macrocephalic - Correct answerHead is larger than would would be considered appropriate for
their size, stature, for their race, for their ethnicity
Exopthalmus - Correct answersomeone's eyes appear to pertrude more
Periorbital edema - Correct answeredema around the eye ''
Normal lymph nodes - Correct answermovable, discrete, soft, nontender
How do you test range of motion of the neck? - Correct answer- Chin to chest
