HEENT Exam 1 Questions with Complete Solutions

HEENT Exam 1 Questions
with Complete Solutions

Otitis media - ANSWERSMiddle ear infection



Sensorineural hearing loss

Causes? - ANSWERSProblem in the inner ear (cochlear nerve, neuronal transmission into brain)



Causes

- Loud noise exposure (>85 dB)

- Inner ear infections

- Trauma

- Tumors

- Congenital

- Aging



Conductive hearing loss

Causes? - ANSWERSExternal or middle ear disorder impairs sounds conduction into brain

- You can still hear through the bone b/c it transmits directly to the cochlea (avoids the
outer/middle ear)



Causes

- Foreign body

- Otitis media

- Perforated eardrum

, - Otosclerosis of ossicles



Vermillion border - ANSWERSLine between lips and face skin



Isthmus - ANSWERSThe middle of the thyroid's lobes



Normal HEAD exam example (charting) - ANSWERS- NC/AT (normocephalic/atraumatic)

- Non-tender to palpation at lymph nodes.



Normal EYE exam example (charting) - ANSWERS- Visual acuity 20/20 B/L

- Field of vision good

- EOMI

- Sclera white, Conjunctiva Pink

- PERRLA

- Disc margins sharp

- No hemorrhages or exudates



Normal EAR exam example

(charting) - ANSWERS- Acuity good to finger rubbing

- Weber midline

- AC>BC

- TM's with good cone of light



Normal NOSE exam example (charting) - ANSWERS- Nasal mucosa pink

- Septum midline

- No sinus tenderness