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primary or secondary headaches are dangerous?
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secondary. Primary headaches have no identifi-able underlying cause. Secondaryheadaches arise from other conditions—some of these mayendanger the patient’s life.
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two most important attributes of a headache?
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severity and chronologic pattern
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If headache is severe and of sud-den onset, consider which two conditions?
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subarachnoid hemorrhage or meningitis.
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which two types of headaches are episodic and tend to peak over several hours. New and persisting, progressively severe headaches raise concerns of tumor, abscess, or mass lesion.
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Migraine and tension
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uni or bilateral headaches in migrain and cluster?
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unilateral
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Tension headaches often arise in the ____ areas
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temporal
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cluster headaches may arise in which region?
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retro-orbital
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___ and ___ are common with migraine but also occur with brain tumors and subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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Nausea and vomiting
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what percent of peeps with migraines have a prodrome?
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60-70
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prior to a migraine, ____ % experience an aura, including photophobia, scintillating scotomata, or reversible visual andsensory symptoms.
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20 percent
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Such maneuvers may increase pain from what two conditions?
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brain tumor and acute sinusitis.
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In patients with chronic daily headache taking symptomatic medications more than 2 days a week, what should you consider?
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Consider medication overuse
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family history may be positive for persons with which type of headache?
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migraine
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Hearing loss may also be congenital,from ___ gene mutations.
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single
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Try to distinguish between two basic types of hearing impairment, which are?
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conductive loss, which results from problems in the external or middle ear, and sensorineural loss, from problems in the inner ear, the cochlear nerve, or itscentral connections in the brain.
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what does conductive hearing loss result from?
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from problems in the external or middle ear
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what does sensorineural hearing loss result from?
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rom problems in the inner ear, the cochlear nerve, or itscentral connections in the brain
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noisy environments may help in what type of hearing loss?
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conductive
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name 5 medications that can affect hearing?
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aminoglycosides, aspirin,NSAIDs, quinine, furosemide
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earache w/o an associated respiratory system points to what condition?
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otitis externa
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what is Meniere disease?
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hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo resulting from nonsuppurative disease of the labyrinth with edema
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tinnitus, hearing loss, vertigo suggests what disease?
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Meniere's
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cranial nerve possibly affected in vertigo?
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CN VIII
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how is dizzy in the legs different from true vertigo?
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it might be a cardiovascular issue, rather than an actual verstibular CN VIII issue.
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in looking at rhinnorhea, itching points to what cause?
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allergies
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what is rhinitis medicamentosa?
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excessive use of decongestants worsening symptoms
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what 3/4 symptoms are involved in acute bacterial sinusitis?
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1. URI 2. pain on bending / painful sinuses / maxillary toothache 3. fever 4. headache
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four drugs causing stuffiness?
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Oral contraceptives, reserpine,guanethidine, and alcohol
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unilateral congestion indicates what 3 things?
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deviated nasal septum,foreign body, or tumor.
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definition of epistaxis
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bleeding nose
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5 causes of epistaxis?
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1. trauma (especially nose picking), 2. inflammation, 3. drying and crustingof the nasal mucosa, 4. tumors, and 5. foreign bodies.
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sore throat usually comes with what
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Acute UR symptoms
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Fever, pharyngeal exudates, and anterior lymphadenopathy, especially in the absence of cough, suggest what?
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streptococcal pharyngitis, or strep throat
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streptococcal pharyngitis, or strep throat has what symptoms?
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1) fever. 2) pahryngeal exudates 3) anterior lymphadenopathy 4) usually no cough
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what causes bleeding gums?
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gingivitis
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most likely cause of hoarseness?
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Overuse of the voice (as in cheer-ing) and acute infections
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6 Causes of chronic hoarseness include
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1. smoking, 2. allergy, 3. voice abuse, 4. hypothyroidism, 5. chronic infections such as tuberculosis, and 6. tumors.
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don’t say lymph to laymens, say what?
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lumps or glands. Bates is rude. 'because patients are more familiar with the lay terms than with “lymph nodes."'
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pharyngitis is commonly accompanied by what?
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swoll lymph nodes
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More than a ___ of adults older than 65 years have detectable hearing deficits, contributing to emotional isolation and social withdrawal.
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third
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5 groups at risk for hearing loss?
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Groups at risk are those with a 1. history of congenital or familial hear-ing loss, 2. syphilis, 3. rubella, 4. meningitis, or 5. exposure to hazardous noise levels at work or on the battlefield.
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up to ___ of all children 5 to 17 years have from one to eight cavities
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half
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heaverage U.S. adult has ___ to ____ teeth that are decayed, missing, or filled.
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10 to 17
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gingivitis prevalence
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50 percent
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periodontal disease prevalence
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80 percent
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In the United States, more than ___ of all adults older than 65 years have no teeth at all!
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half
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4 signs of periodontal disease
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(bleeding, pus,recession of the gums, and bad breath).
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oral ulcers and leukoplakia, are warning signs of what?
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warning signs for oral cancer and HIV disease
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Fine hair accompanies hyp_thyroidism. coarse hair is found with hyp_thyroidism.
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er, o
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Hirsutism (excessive facial hair)occurs in some women with what?
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polycystic ovary syndrome.
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Redness and scaling on scalp may indicate what two conditions?
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seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis
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soft lumps on the scalp may be what?
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pilar cysts, (wens)
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Enlarged skull may signify what two diseases?
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hydrocephalus or Paget’s disease of bone.
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Tenderness or step-offs are common after ____.
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trauma.
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The ear canal curves inward and is approximately __ mm long.
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24 mm
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Behind and below the ear canal is the mastoid part of the ____ bone.
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temporal
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The lowest portion of this bone, the mastoid process, is palpable behind the lobule.
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temporal
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In a normal person, air conduction is MORE/LESS sensitive than bone conduction.
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more
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Movement of the auricle and tragus (the “tug test”) is painful in what condition?
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acute otitis externa
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Tenderness behind the ear may be present in otitis ____.
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media.
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Is otitis media bothered by the tug test?
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no.
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what are nonmalignant overgrowths, which may obscure the drum.
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exostoses. Nontender nodular swellings covered by normal skin deep in the earcanals.
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In acute otitis externa, the canal is often what 3 or 4 things?
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1 swollen, narrowed, 2 moist, 3 pale, and 4 tender. It may be 3 reddened.
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In ____ otitis externa, the skin ofthe canal is often thickened, red,and itchy.
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chronic
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An unusually prominent shortprocess and a prominent handle that looks more horizontal suggest a _______ drum.
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retracted
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what three conditions may reduce mobility of the TM?
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A 1. serous effusion, a 2. thickened drum, or 3. purulent otitis media
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range of human speech?
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300 to 3000 Hz
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two tuning forks mentioned in bates?
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512 1024 (lower than this leads to overestimation and over vibration through bone conduction)
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In unilateral conductive hearing loss, sound is heard in (lateralized to) the good/bad ear.
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bad
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In unilateral sensorineural hearing loss, sound is heard in (lateralized to) the good/bad ear.
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good
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testing for lateralization is aka which test?
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Weber
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The rinne test compares what?
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AC and BC
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is AC normally > BC?
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yes
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is AC or BC greater in sensorineural hearing loss?
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AC > BC
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is AC or BC greater in conductive hearing loss?
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BC = or > AC
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The nasolacrimal duct drains into which meatus? This is below which turbinate?
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inferior for both
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into the middle meatus drain most of the ____ sinuses. Their openings are not usually visible.
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paranasal
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which sinuses are readily accessible to clinical examination?
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frontal/maxillary
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Tenderness of the nasal tip or alae suggests local infection such as a what?.
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furuncle.
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deviation of the lower septum suggests what?
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nothing normal.
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In ___ rhinitis the mucosa is reddened and swollen; in _____ rhinitis it may be pale, bluish, or red.
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viral, allergic
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Causes of septal perforation include what three things?
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1. trauma, 2. surgery, and 3. the intranasal use of cocaine or amphetamines.
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Local tenderness to frontal and max sinuses, together with symptoms such as pain, fever, and nasal discharge, suggest what?
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acute sinusitis
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acute sinusitis comes with what four pieces?
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1. Local tenderness to frontal and max sinuses, 2. pain, 3. fever, and 4. nasal discharge
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what does a missing tonsil in an adult indicate?
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nothing normal.
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stensons's duct is a what?
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parotid duct
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whartons' duct is a what?
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submandibular duct underneath the tongue
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stensons' duct appears behind which tooth?
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2nd molar
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denture sore mouth comes with what two pieces?
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ulcers or papillary granulation tissue
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the gums have a black line in which condition?
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lead poisoning
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asymmetric protrusion of the tongue is what CN?
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CN XII
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mouth cancer is more common on the lip or tongue?
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lip
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tongue cancer most common on side or base?
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side
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in CN __ paralysis the soft palate fails to rise and the uvula deviates to the opposite side.
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X
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in CN X paralysis the soft palate fails to rise and the uvula deviates to the ____ side.
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opposite side of lesion
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boundaries of the anterior triangle
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the mandible above, the sternomastoid laterally, and the midline of the neck medially
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boundaries of the posterior triangle
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the sternomastoid muscle, the trapezius, and the clavicle.
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in the post triangle, Note that a portion of the ____ muscle crosses the lower portion of this triangle and can be mistaken for a lymph node or mass.
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omohyoid
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which vessel passes over the SCM?
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ext jugular
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Enlargement of a supraclavicular node, especially on the right/left, suggests possible metastasis from a thoracic or an abdominal malignancy.
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left
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inflammation vs malignancy in a node is what difference?
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tenderness vs hardness respectively
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Diffuse lymphadenopathy raises the suspicion of what?
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HIV or AIDS.
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what is a general termfor an enlarged thyroid gland.
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goiter
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If the thyroid gland is enlarged, what should you do next?
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listen over the lateral lobes with a stethoscope to detect a bruit, (as in hyperthyroidism)
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consistency of thyroid in Graves’ disease?
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soft
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consistency of thyroid in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis/malignancy?
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firm
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