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MSN 572 HEENT Study Terms
Cranial Nerve 1 - Answer✔️✔️-Olfactory (smell)
Cranial Nerve 2 - Answer✔️✔️-Optic - vision
Cranial Nerve 3 - Answer✔️✔️-Oculomotor (eye movement)
Cranial Nerve 4 - Answer✔️✔️-Trochlear (eye movement)
Cranial Nerve 5 - Answer✔️✔️-trigeminal nerve
Cranial Nerve 6 - Answer✔️✔️-Abducens (motor)
cranial nerve 7 - Answer✔️✔️-Facial
cranial nerve 8 - Answer✔️✔️-Vestibulocochlear
cranial nerve 9 - Answer✔️✔️-Glossopharyngeal
Cranial nerve 10 - Answer✔️✔️-Vagus
Cranial nerve 11 - Answer✔️✔️-accessory
Cranial nerve 12 - Answer✔️✔️-Hypoglossal
head - Answer✔️✔️-Inspect hair - distribution - texture- patient has black hair that is well
distributed and no dry throughout
head - Answer✔️✔️-Assess shape, trauma, rash or lesion - patient has well rounded
symmetrical skill with no visible trauma or rash
head - Answer✔️✔️-Palpate for cyst, lesion or depression - no visible lesions, cysts or
depression in skull
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eye - Answer✔️✔️-Visual acuity - cover each eye then both together- snellen chart at
least 6 feet away - perfect vision 20/20
eye - Answer✔️✔️-General inspection - exophthalmos (bulging eyes), ptosis (drooping
eye), eyelids - general inspection of patients eye with no visible ptosis, exophthalmos
Eyes - Answer✔️✔️-Inspect conjunctiva - pull down pts lower eye lids and have them look
different directions and check the white part - checking the pts conjunctiva which is pink
and moist with no visible discharge from the lacrimal system
Eyes - Answer✔️✔️-Inspection of sclera (white part), iris(color of eyes) and cornea (layer
over iris) - inspecting the patients sclera which is white with no visible hemorrhage or
erythema, inspecting the it's iris which is brown with crisp edges and no abnormalities,
inspecting the cornea which is clear with no abnormalities
Eye - Answer✔️✔️-Inspect pupils reaction to light - directly shine light into pupil and see
each contract and indirectly shine line to one pupil and see the other contract
Eye - Answer✔️✔️-Check CN 3 (occulomotor) - have pt cover one eye and have them
follow pen to top right corner and bottom corner
eye - Answer✔️✔️-Check CN 4 ( trochlear) - have pt follow finger middle face downward -
separate eyes then together
Eye - Answer✔️✔️-Check CN 6 (Abducens) - have pt follow finger to middle line lateral -
each eye separate
Eye - Answer✔️✔️-Check for nystagmus which is when eye involuntary moves quickly
side to side
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MSN 572 HEENT Study Terms
Cranial Nerve 1 - Answer✔️✔️-Olfactory (smell)
Cranial Nerve 2 - Answer✔️✔️-Optic - vision
Cranial Nerve 3 - Answer✔️✔️-Oculomotor (eye movement)
Cranial Nerve 4 - Answer✔️✔️-Trochlear (eye movement)
Cranial Nerve 5 - Answer✔️✔️-trigeminal nerve
Cranial Nerve 6 - Answer✔️✔️-Abducens (motor)
cranial nerve 7 - Answer✔️✔️-Facial
cranial nerve 8 - Answer✔️✔️-Vestibulocochlear
cranial nerve 9 - Answer✔️✔️-Glossopharyngeal
Cranial nerve 10 - Answer✔️✔️-Vagus
Cranial nerve 11 - Answer✔️✔️-accessory
Cranial nerve 12 - Answer✔️✔️-Hypoglossal
head - Answer✔️✔️-Inspect hair - distribution - texture- patient has black hair that is well
distributed and no dry throughout
head - Answer✔️✔️-Assess shape, trauma, rash or lesion - patient has well rounded
symmetrical skill with no visible trauma or rash
head - Answer✔️✔️-Palpate for cyst, lesion or depression - no visible lesions, cysts or
depression in skull
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eye - Answer✔️✔️-Visual acuity - cover each eye then both together- snellen chart at
least 6 feet away - perfect vision 20/20
eye - Answer✔️✔️-General inspection - exophthalmos (bulging eyes), ptosis (drooping
eye), eyelids - general inspection of patients eye with no visible ptosis, exophthalmos
Eyes - Answer✔️✔️-Inspect conjunctiva - pull down pts lower eye lids and have them look
different directions and check the white part - checking the pts conjunctiva which is pink
and moist with no visible discharge from the lacrimal system
Eyes - Answer✔️✔️-Inspection of sclera (white part), iris(color of eyes) and cornea (layer
over iris) - inspecting the patients sclera which is white with no visible hemorrhage or
erythema, inspecting the it's iris which is brown with crisp edges and no abnormalities,
inspecting the cornea which is clear with no abnormalities
Eye - Answer✔️✔️-Inspect pupils reaction to light - directly shine light into pupil and see
each contract and indirectly shine line to one pupil and see the other contract
Eye - Answer✔️✔️-Check CN 3 (occulomotor) - have pt cover one eye and have them
follow pen to top right corner and bottom corner
eye - Answer✔️✔️-Check CN 4 ( trochlear) - have pt follow finger middle face downward -
separate eyes then together
Eye - Answer✔️✔️-Check CN 6 (Abducens) - have pt follow finger to middle line lateral -
each eye separate
Eye - Answer✔️✔️-Check for nystagmus which is when eye involuntary moves quickly
side to side
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