HEAD EYES EARS NOSE THROAT ASSESSMENT
BREAKDOWN 2026
◉ Document Head as: Answer: Normocephalic, Symmetric, and
Proportional
◉ Inspect Facial Features: Answer: Expression, Palpebral Folds, and
Nasolabial Folds
◉ Document Facial Features as: Answer: Symmetric Features, calm
expression.
◉ Palpate Bony Structures of: Answer: Skull, Face, and Jaw
◉ Document Facial Bony Stuctures as: Answer: No tenderness on
palpation, smooth, and even movement of the jaw.
◉ Palpate Temporal Arteries Answer: Temporal Arteries are smooth
and nontender to palpatation
◉ Inspect Eyes: Answer: Eyebrows
, Orbital Area
Sclera
Conjunctiva
Cornea
◉ Document Eye Inspection: Answer: Eyebrows: even and
symmetric
Orbital Area: skin intact, lashes evenly distributed
Sclera: white
Conjunctiva: pink
Cornea: clear and transparent
◉ Test Cranial Nerve II: Optic Nerve Answer: Snellen Chart- both
eyes open
◉ Test left eye peripheral vision with confrontation using: Answer:
Static Finger wiggle test
◉ Test right eye peripheral vision with confrontation using: Answer:
Static Finger wiggle test
◉ Assessing Extraocular Muscle which includes: