[chamberlain] questions and answers 2024\2025
A+ Grade
The retinal structures viewed through the ophthalmoscope are:
- correct answer optic disc, vessels, macula, background
"Positive consensual light reflex" means...
- correct answer simultaneous constriction
The thickening and yellowing of the lens due to aging is described as:
- correct answer cataract
Eye emergency
- correct answer sudden change in vision
Visual acuity is assessed with:
- correct answer Snellen eye chart
The cover test is used to assess for:
- correct answer muscle weakness
When using the ophthalmoscope, you would:
- correct answer remove your own glasses and approach the patient's left eye with your left eye
The 6 eye muscles that control eye movement are innervated by cranial nerves:
- correct answer III, IV, VI
Conjunctivitis
- correct answer redness of the conjunctiva
,normal peripheral vision would see finger at
- correct answer 90 degrees
patient blind in left eye, what happens when light in right
- correct answer both constrict
interruption of red reflex happens when
- correct answer there is opacity of cornea or lens
One cause of visual impairment in aging adults is:
- correct answer glaucoma
PERRLA
- correct answer pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation
cause of red reflex
- correct answer light reflecting from the retina
color of tympanic membrane
- correct answer pearly gray
sensioneural hearing loss
- correct answer related to gradual nerve degeneration
Before ear exam, palate
- correct answer pinna, tragus, and mastoid process
Ear exam of 3 year old
- correct answer pull pinna down
ear exam of adult
- correct answer pull pinna up and back
,darwin tubercle
- correct answer a congenital, painless nodule at the helix
when assessing patients ear
- correct answer tilt head away from examiner
The hearing receptors are located in the
- correct answer cochlea
The sensation of vertigo may indicate:
- correct answer pathology in the semicircular canals
common cause of conductive hearing loss
- correct answer impacted cerumen
Signs of ear infection
- correct answer absent light reflex, red and bulging drum
Reducing risk of ear infection
- correct answer dont smoke in house or car
assessing hearing in babies
- correct answer watch for head turn when you call their name
patient w head injury has clear watery drainage from ear
- correct answer consider possible basal skull fracture, refer immediately
common site of nose bleeds
- correct answer kiesselbach plexus
Which sinuses can you assess through examination?
- correct answer frontal and maxillary
, the frenulum is the
- correct answer midline fold of tissue that connects the tongue to the floor of the mouth
The largest salivary gland is located:
- correct answer within the cheeks in front of the ear
old woman with dry mouth
- correct answer medication
find a deviated septum, what next
- correct answer document in case it needs suction
Oral malignancies are most likely to develop:
- correct answer in the mucosal "gutter" under the tongue
tonsils 3+
- correct answer tonsils touch the uvula
function of nasal turbinates
- correct answer warm the inhaled air
Opening of adult's parotid gland is opposite what?
- correct answer upper 2nd molar
A nasal polyp is distinguished from the nasal turbinates by 3 things
- correct answer moveable, pale/gray, nontender
The examiner notes small, round, white, shiny papules on the hard palate and gums of a 2-month-old
infant. What is the significance of this finding?
- correct answer epstein pearls, normal