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WHAT MAKES UP THE EXTERNAL EAR?
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AURICLE AND EAR CANAL
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CONSISTENCY OF AURICLE
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FIRM ELASTIC (MAINLY CARTILAGE COVERED BY SKIN)
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HELIX
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PROMINENT OUTER RIDGE OF THE EAR
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ANTIHELIX
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CURVED PROMINENCE ANTERIOR AND LATERAL TO THE HELIX
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LOBULE
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FLESHY PORTION OF THE EARLOBE
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TRAGUS
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NODULAR EMINENCE THAT POINTS BACKWARD OVER THE ENTRANCE OF THE CANAL
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THIS MARKS THE LATERAL LIMITS OF THE MIDDLE EAR
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TYMPANIC MEMBRANE OR EARDRUM
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PARTS OF THE MIDDLE EAR
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EARDRUM, MIDDLE EAR SPACE, EUSTACHIAN TUBE, AND THREE BONES (MALEUS, INCUS, STAPES)
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PARTS OF THE INNER EAR
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VESTIBULAR NERVE, COCHLEA, AUDITORY NERVE, SEMICIRCULAR CANALS
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EXPLAIN HOW THE SIGNALS ARE FORMED IN THE INNER EAR THAT WE PERCEIVE AS SOUND
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The inner walls of the cochlea in the inner ear are lined with tiny hairs. These move in line with the wave motion in the liquid in the inner ear by vibrations coming from outside. In this way, the electrical balance of the cells to which the hairs are attached changes, and forms the signals
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AIR CONDUCTION
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NORMAL FIRST PHASE IN THE HEARING PATHWAY
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BONE CONDUCTION
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ALTERNATE PATHWAY TO AIR CONDUCTION THAT BYPASSES THE EXTERNAL AND MIDDLE EAR (USED FOR TESTING PURPOSES)
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DISORDER IN THE EXTERNAL EAR OR MIDDLE EAR CAUSES WHAT TYPE OF HEARING LOSS
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CONDUCTIVE HEARING LOSS
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DISORDER WITH THE COCHLEA OR COCHLEAR NERVE CAUSES WHAT TYPE OF HEARING LOSS
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SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS
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IN A NORMAL PERSON, ________ CONDUCTION IS MORE SENSITIVE THAN _________ CONDUCTION.
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AIR CONDUCTION IS MORE SENSITIVE THAN BONE CONDUCTION
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WHAT IN THE INNER EAR SENSES THE POSITION AND MOVEMENTS OF THE HEAD AND HELPS TO MAINTAIN BALANCE?
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THE LABYRINTH
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UMBO
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WHERE THE EARDRUM MEETS THE TIP OF THE MALLEUS
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PORTION OF EARDRUM ABOVE THE UMBO
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PARS FLACCIDA
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PART OF THE EARDRUM BELOW THE UMBO
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PARS TENSA
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NORMAL DEFLECTION OF CONE OF LIGHT
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ANTERIOR INFERIOR QUADRANT
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THE FOUR SINUSES
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FRONTAL, ETHMOID, SPHENOID, MAXILLARY
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THE PALPABLE SINUSES
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FRONTAL AND MAXILLARY
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WHAT DO YOU INSPECT AND PALPATE THE HAIR AND SCALP FOR?
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TEXTURE, INFESTATIONS, SCALING, OR LESION
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WHAT DO YOU VISUALLY INSPECT THE FACE FOR?
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SYMMETRY AND OBVIOUS ABNORMALITIES SUCH AS DISCOLORATION, LESIONS, EDEMA, AND DEFORMITY
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WHAT DO YOU PALPATE THE CRANIUM AND FACE FOR?
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TENDERNESS, MASSES, OR INJURIES
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WHAT DO YOU PALPATE THE TEMPORAL ARTERIES FOR?
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PULSES AND TENDERNESS
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WHICH SINUSES DO YOU PALPATE OR PERCUSS FOR TENDERNESS?
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FRONTAL AND MAXILLARY
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WHAT DO YOU PALPATE THE PAROTID GLANDS FOR?
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ENLARGEMENT OR TENDERNESS
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WHAT DO YOU PALPATE TMJ FOR?
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CREPITUS AND TENDERNESS WHILE THE PATIENT OPENS AND CLOSES THEIR MOUTH
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HOW DO YOU TEST THE MOTOR BRANCH OF CRANIAL NERVE V ON FACE?
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PALPATE THE MUSCLES OF MASTICATION WITH JAW CLENCHED; PALPATE BOTH THE TEMPORAL AND MASSETER MUSCLES
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HOW DO YOU TEST CN VII IN THE EXAM OF THE HEAD?
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TEST SYMMETRY OF FACIAL MOVEMENTS; RAISE EYEBROWS, SMILE, FROWN, SCRUNCH EYES, SHOW TEETH, AND PUFF OUT CHEEKS
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WHAT DO YOU INSPECT AND PALPATE AURICLES FOR?
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LESIONS AND TENDERNESS
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WHAT DO YOU PALPATE THE TRAGUS FOR?
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TENDERNESS
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WHAT DO YOU PALPATE AND INSPECT THE MASTOIDS FOR?
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DISCOLORATION AND TENDERNESS
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WHAT DO WE INSPECT THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL FOR?
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CERUMEN, SWELLING, ERYTHEMA
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WHAT DO YOU INSPECT THE TM'S FOR?
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CONE OF LIGHT, COLOR, AND LANDMARKS
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WHERE DO YOU INSPECT FOR FLUID?
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IN THE MIDDLE EAR
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WHAT CAN CAUSE BULLOUS MYRINGITIS?
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VIRAL OR BACTERIAL CAUSE
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HOW DO YOU EVALUATE TM'S FOR MOBILITY?
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VALSALVA (CAN SE INSUFFLATOR ATTACHED TO OTOSCOPE)
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HOW DO YOU EVALUATE GROSS AUDITORY ACUITY?
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MASKED WHISPER TEST OR FINGER RUB TEST
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WHAT TUNING FORK DO YOU USE FOR WEBER TEST?
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512
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WHERE IS THE TUNING FORK PLACED FOR THE RINNE TEST?
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ON THE MASTOID PROCESS
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WHAT HAPPENS TO WEBER AND RINNE RESULTS WITH SENSORINEURAL LOSS?
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WEBER LATERALIZES TO THE GOOD EAR; AC>BC WITH RINNE
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WHAT HAPPENS TO WEBER AND RINNE RESULTS WITH CONDUCTIVE LOSS?
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WEBER LATERALIZES TO THE IMPAIRED EAR, SINCE ROOM NOISE IS NOT HEARD WELL; BC> OR = AC
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WHAT DO WE INSPECT THE SEPTUM AND NASAL TURBINATES WITH THE SPECULUM FOR?
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MUCOSAL CHANGES AND DISCHARGE
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WHAT DO WE INSPECT THE LIPS FOR?
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COLOR, LESIONS, SWELLING, OR ERYTHEMA
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WHAT DO WE INSPECT THE OROPHARYNGEAL MUCOSA FOR?
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COLOR, ULCERS, WHITE PATCHES, NODULES
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WHAT DO WE INSPECT FOR ON THE GINGIVA?
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LESIONS OR INFLAMMATION
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WHAT DO WE PERCUSS THE TEETH FOR?
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TENDERNESS
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HOW DO WE TEST CRANIAL NERVE X IN MOUTH?
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INSPECT FOR MIDLINE RISE OF THE UVULA ON PHONATION (SOFT PALATE ALSO)
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WHAT DO YOU INSPECT THE TONSILS FOR?
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SIZE, COLOR, EDEMA, AND EXUDATES
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WHAT DOES PRESENCE OF GAG REFLEX TEST?
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CN IX AND X
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HOW DO YOU TEST CRANIAL NERVE XII IN MOUTH?
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INSPECT TONGUE FOR MIDLINE POSITION WITHOUT DEVIATION
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WHAT DO YOU INSPECT THE SURFACE OF THE TONGUE FOR?
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COLOR AND LESIONS; PALPATE FOR MASSES
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WHAT DO YOU CHECK FOR IN BIMANUAL EXAM?
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MASSES OR STONES IN WHARTONS OR STENSONS DUCTS
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WHAT DO YOU INSPECT THE TRACHEA FOR?
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POSITION AND MOBILITY
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WHAT DO YOU INSPECT THE SKIN OF THE NECK FOR?
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LESIONS, SWELLING, DISCOLORATIONS, SCARS, MOLES
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WHAT DO YOU PALPATE THE TRACHEA FOR?
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CREPITUS OR TENDERNESS
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WHAT DO YOU PALPATE THE LYMPH NODES OF THE NECK FOR?
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TENDERNESS, SIZE, AND CONSISTENCY
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HOW DO YOU TEST CN XI IN NECK?
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SHOULDER SHRUG AND NECK ROTATION AGAINST RESISTANCE
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COLOR OF NORMAL EARDRUM
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PEARLY GRAY
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WHAT BONE CAN YOU SEE THROUGH THE UPPER PART OF THE EARDRUM?
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MALEUS
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HOLES IN THE EARDRUM THAT USUALLY RESULT FROM PURULENT INFECTIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAR
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PERFORATIONS
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CLASSIFICATIONS OF PERFORATIONS OF THE EARDRUM (2)
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CENTRAL- DO NOT EXTEND BEYOND THE MARGIN OF THE DRUM AND MARGINAL- INVOLVE THE MARGIN
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IF A REDDENED RING OF GRANULATION TISSUE SURROUNDS THE PERFORATION IN AN EAR DRUM WHAT DOES IT INDICATE
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CHRONIC INFECTION
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A DEPOSITION OF HYALINE MATERIAL WITHIN THE LAYERS OF THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE THAT SOMETIMES FOLLOWS A SEVERE EPISODE OF OTITIS MEDIA
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TYMPANOSCLEROSIS
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THIS IS WHEN THE DRUM IS PULLED MEDIALLY, AWAY FROM THE EXAMINER'S EYE, AND THE MALLEOLAR FOLDS ARE TIGHTENED INO SHARP OUTLINES
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RETRACTED DRUM
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THE TYPICAL CAUSE OF SEROUS EFFUSIONS
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USUALLY VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS OR BY SUDDEN CHANGES IN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AS FROM FLYING
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SYMPTOMS OF SEROUS EFFUSION
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FULLNESS AND POPPING SENSATIONS IN THE EAR, MILD CONDUCTION HEARING LOSS, AND PERHAPS SOME PAIN
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WHAT CAUSES ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA WITH PURULENT EFFUSION?
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BACTERIAL INFECTION
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SYMPTOMS OF OTITIS MEDIA
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EARACHE, FEVER, HEARING LOSS
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SIGNS OF OTITIS MEDIA
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REDNESS OF EARDRUM, LOSS OF LANDMARKS, AND BULGES LATERALLY
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VIRAL INFECTION CHARACTERIZED BY PAINFUL HEMORRHAGIC VESSELS THAT APPEAR ON THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE, THE EAR CANAL, OR BOTH
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BULLOUS MYRINGITIS
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SYMPTOMS OF BULLOUS MYRINGITIS
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EARACHE, BLOOD TINGED DISCHARGE FROM THE EAR, AND HEARING LOSS OF THE CONDUCTIVE TYPE
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WHAT TYPE OF DISORDERS IMPAIR SOUND CONDUCTION TO THE INNER EAR?
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EXTERNAL OR MIDDLE EAR DISORDERS
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CAUSES OF CONDUCTIVE LOSS
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FOREIGN BODY, OTITIS MEDIA, PERFORATED EARDRUM, AND OTOSCLEROSIS OF OSSICLES
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IF THERE IS CONDUCTIVE HEARING LOSS, WHAT HAPPENS WITH WEBER TEST
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SOUND LATERALIZES TO IMPAIRED EAR- ROOM NOISE IS NOT HEARD WELL SO DETECTION OF VIBRATIONS IMPROVES
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WHAT HAPPENS WITH RINNE TEST IF THERE IS CONDUCTIVE HEARING LOSS?
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BONE CONDUCTION WILL BE LONGER THAN OR EQUAL TO AIR CONDUCTION; WHEN THE EXTERNAL OR MIDDLE EAR IS IMPAIRED, THE VIBRATIONS THRU BONE BYPASS THE PROBLEM AND REACH THE COCHLEA
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WHAT PART OF EAR IS INVOLVED WHEN THERE IS SENSORINEURAL LOSS?
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INNER EAR (COCHLEAR NERVE AND NEURONAL IMPULSE TRANSPORT TO THE BRAIN ARE INVOLVED)
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CAUSES OF SENSORINEURAL LOSS
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LOUD NOISE EXPOSURE, INNER EAR INFECTIONS, TRAUMA, TREMORS, CONGENITAL AND FAMILIAL DISORDERS, AND AGING
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WHAT HAPPENS IN WEBER TEST IN SENSORINEURAL LOSS?
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SOUNDS LATERALIZES TO THE GOOD EAR
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WHAT HAPPENS WITH RINNE TEST WHEN THERE IS SENSORINEURAL LOSS?
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AIR CONDUCTION IS LONGER THAN BONE CONDUCTION; INNER EAR IS LESS ABLE TO TRANSMIT IMPULSES REGARDLESS OF HOW VIBRATIONS REACH THE COCHLEA
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WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA?
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BACTERIAL INFECTION
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CONDITION WHERE THE AURICLE MAY PROTRUDE FORWARD AND THE AREA OVER THE MASTOID BONE IS RED, SWOLLEN, OR TENDER
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MASTITIS
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WHAT DISEASE IS BEING DESCRIBED? ---SUDDEN ONSET, RECURRENT, EPISODES LAST SEVERAL HOURS TO ONE DAY, SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS THAT EVENTUALLY PROGRESSES, PRESENT AND FLUCTUATING TINNITUS, PRESSURE AND FULLNESS IN AFFECTED EAR, NAUSEA, VOMITING, AND NYSTAGMUS
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MENIERE'S DISEASE
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WHAT TYPE OF VERTIGO IS MENIERE'S DISEASE?
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PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
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GINGIVAL MARGINS ARE REDDENED AND SWOLLEN, AND THE INTERDENTAL PAPILLAE ARE BLUNTED, SWOLLEN, AND RED; COMMON IN TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS
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MARGINAL GINGIVITIS
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UNCOMMON FORM OF GINGIVITIS SUDDENLY IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS WHICH IS ACCOMPANIED BY FEVER, MALAISE, AND ENLARGED LYMPH NODES; FOUL BREATH, ULCERS, AND NECROSIS OCCUR
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ACUTE NECROTIZING ULCERATIVE GINGIVITIS
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A THICKENED WHITE PATCH ANYWHERE IN THE ORAL MUCOSA; MAY LEAD TO CANCER
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LEUKOPLAKIA
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REDDENED THROATS WITHOUT EXUDATE; SORE THROAT CAUSED BY SEVERAL TYPES OF VIRUSES AND BACTERIA
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PHARYNGITIS
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RED THROAT WITH WHITE EXUDATE ON TONSILS; FEVER AND ENLARGED CERVICAL NODES WOULD INCREASE LIKELIHOOD THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY MONO OR STREP
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EXUDATIVE TONSILLITIS
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YEAST INFECTION ON PALATE OR ANYWHERE IN MOUTH; THICK WHITE PLAQUES ARE SOMEWHAT ADHERENT TO UNDERLYING MUCOSA; PREDISPOSING FACTORS ARE ANTIBIOTICS AND AIDS
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CANDIDIASIS
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IN THIS CONDITION, THE SKIN OF THE EAR CANAL IS OFTEN THICKENED, RED, AND ITCHY
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CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA
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OBSTRUCTION OF THE EARDRUM BY CERUMEN IMPACTION CAN CAUSE WHAT?
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UNILATERAL CONDUCTIVE HEARING LOSS
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PAIN IN THE EXTERNAL EAR ASSOCIATED WITH RESPIRATORY INFECTION
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OTITIS EXTERNA
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ANOTHER NAME FOR AN APHTHOUS ULCER ON THE MUCOSA OF THE MOUTH
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COLD SORE
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BLEEDING GUMS ARE MOST OFTEN CAUSED BY?
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GINGIVITIS
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GROWTHS ON THE LINING OF NASAL MUCOSA; COMMON IN THOSE WITH ALLERGIC RHINITIS OR ASTHMA
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NASAL POLYPS
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WHEN THIS CN IS PARALYZED, THE SOFT PALATE FAILS TO RISE AND THE UVULA DEVIATES TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE
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CRANIAL NERVE X
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WHAT DO MASSES IN THE NECK OR TRACHEAL DEVIATION SIGNIFY?
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TRACHEAL DEVIATION MAY SIGNIFY IMPORTANT PROBLEMS IN THE THORAX, SUCH AS MEDIASTINAL MASS, ATELECTASIS, OR A LARGE PNEUMOTHORAX
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WHAT IS THE GENERAL TERM FOR AN ENLARGED THYROID GLAND?
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GOITER
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ASSESSMENT OF THYROID FUNCTION DEPENDS ON WHAT?
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NOT ONLY THE SIZE, SHAPE, AND CONSISTENCY OF THE GLAND, BUT ALSO ON LAB TESTS, SIGNS, AND SYMPTOMS
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ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES, RESERPINE, GUANETHIDINE, AND ALCOHOL MAY CAUSE WHAT?
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STUFFINESS
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RHINITIS MEDICAMENTOSA
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WORSENING OF SYMPTOMS CAUSES BY EXCESSIVE USE OF DECONGESTANT
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SYMPTOMS APPEAR AFTR A URI, PAIN ON BENDING FORWARD OR MAXILLARY TOOTHACHE, FEVER OR LOCAL HEADACHE, TENDERNESS OVER SINUSES
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BACTERIAL SINUSITIS
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IF THE PATIENT'S NASAL CONGESTION IS LIMITED TO ONE SIDE, CONSIDER WHAT?
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TUMOR, FOREIGN BODY, OR DEVIATED NASAL SEPTUM
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EPISTAXIS
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BLEEDING FROM THE NOSE
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LOCAL CAUSES OF EPISTAXIS
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TRAUMA, NOSE PICKING, INFLAMMATION, DRYING AND CRUSTING OF THE NASAL MUCOSA, TUMORS, AND FOREIGN BODIES
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WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OF STREP PHARYNGITIS OR STREP THROAT?
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FEVER, PHARYNGEAL EXUDATES, ANTERIOR LYMPHADENOPATHY, ESP IN ABSENCE OF COUGH
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WHAT ARE THE TWO COMMON CAUSES OF SORE TONGUE?
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LOCAL LESIONS LIKE A COLD SORE OR SYSTEMIC ISSUE LIKE SORE SMOOTH TONGUE OF NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY
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WHAT ARE THE MOST LIKELY CAUSES OF HOARSENESS?
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OVERUSE OF THE VOICE AND ACUTE INFECTIONS
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WHAT ARE CAUSES OF CHRONIC HOARSENESS?
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SMOKING, ALLERGY, VOICE ABUSE, HYPOTHYROIDISM, CHRONIC INFECTIONS LIKE TB AND TUMORS
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IS THYROID FUNCTION INCREASED, DECREASED, OR NORMAL WITH GOITER?
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IT COULD BE ANY OF THESE
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ASK ABOUT TEMPERATURE INTOLERANCE AND SWEATING WHEN EVALUATING WHAT?
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THYROID FUNCTION
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INTOLERANCE TO COLD AND DECREASED SWEATING MAY SUGGEST WHAT?
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HYPOTHYROIDISM
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INTOLERANCE TO HEAT, PALPITATIONS, AND INVOLUNTARY WEIGHT LOSS MAY SUGGEST WHAT?
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HYPERTHYROIDISM
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FINE HAIR ACCOMPANIES WHAT?
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HYPERTHYROIDISM
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COARSE HAIR IS FOUND IN WHAT?
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HYPOTHYROIDISM
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REDNESS AND SCALING OF THE SCALP MAY INDICATE WHAT?
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SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS OR PSORIASIS
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AN ENLARGED SKULL MIGHT SUGGEST WHAT TWO DISEASES?
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HYDROCEPHALUS OR PAGETS DISEASE OF THE BONE
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TENDERNESS AND STEP OFFS ON THE SKULL ARE COMMON AFTER WHAT?
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TRAUMA
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HIRSUTISM
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EXCESSIVE FACIAL HAIR THAT OCCURS IN SOME WOMEN (OFTEN WITH POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME)
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MOVEMENT OF THE AURICLE AND TRAGUS MAY CAUSE PAIN IN WHAT CONDITION
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IN OTITIS EXTERNA, BUT NOT IN OTITIS MEDIA
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NONTENDER NODULAR SWELLINGS COVERED BY NORMAL SKIN DEEP IN THE EAR CANAL SUGGEST WHAT?
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EXOSTOSES (NONMALIGNANT OVERGROWTHS WHICH MAY OBSCURE THE DRUM)
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DESCRIBE APPEARANCE OF THE CANAL IN OTITIS EXTERNA
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CANAL IS OFTEN SWOLLEN, NARROWED, PALE, MOIST AND TENDER
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WHAT DOES TENDERNESS OF THE NASAL TIP OR ALAE SUGGEST?
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LOCAL INFECTION SUCH AS A FURUNCLE
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IN VIRAL RHINITIS, WHAT COLOR IS THE NASAL MUCOSA?
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REDDENED AND SWOLLEN
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IN ALLERGIC RHINITIS, WHAT COLOR IS THE NASAL MUCOSA?
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PALE, BLUISH, OR RED
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PALE, TRANSLUCENT MASSES THAT NORMALLY COME FROM THE MIDDLE MEATUS OF THE NOSE
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POLYPS
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SIGNS OF ACUTE SINUSITIS
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LOCAL TENDERNESS OF SINUSES, WITH PAIN, FEVER, AND NASAL DISCHARGE
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BRIGHT RED EDEMATOUS MUCOSA UNDERNEATH A DENTURE SUGGESTS WHAT?
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ULCERS OR PAPILLARY GRANULATION TISSUE
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WHAT WILL BE SEEN ON GINGIVA IN LEAD POISONING
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BLACK LINES
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BENIGN MIDLINE BONY GROWTH IN THE HARD PALATE
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TORUS PALATINUS
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SECOND MOST COMMON CANCER OF THE MOUTH
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CANCER OF THE TONGUE
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MOST COMMON CANCER OF THE MOUTH
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LIPS
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WHERE DOES TONGUE CANCER MOST OFTEN OCCUR?
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ON THE SIDE OF THE TONGUE
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WHAT CN IS PARALYZED IF THE SOFT PALATE FAILS TO RISE AND THE UVULA DEVIATES TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE
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CN X
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ANTERIOR TRIANGLE
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MANDIBLE ABOVE, STERNOMASTOID LATERALLY, AND THE MIDLINE OF TH NECK MEDIALLY
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POSTERIOR TRIANGLE
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STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE, THE TRAPEZIUS, AND THE CLAVICLE
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WHERE IS THE POSTERIOR CERVICAL CHAIN?
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ALONG THE ANTERIOR EDGE OF THE TRAPEZIUS
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WHERE IS THE DEEP CERVICAL CHAIN?
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DEEP TO THE STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID
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WHERE IS THE SUPERFICIAL CERVICAL NODES?
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SUPERFICIAL TO STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID
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IF A TONSILLAR NODE SEEMS TO BE PULSATING, WHAT IS IT?
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THE CAROTID ARTERY
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WHAT DOES ENLARGEMENT 0F A SUPRACLAVICULAR NODE, ESPECIALLY ON THE LEFT, SUGGEST?
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SUGGESTS POSSIBLE METASTASIS FROM A THORACIC OR ABDOMINAL MALIGNANCY
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TENDER NODES SUGGEST ___________, HARD OR FIXED NODES SUGGEST _____________.
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INFLAMMATION; MALIGNANCY
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WHAT DOES DIFFUSE LYMPHADENOPATHY SUGGEST?
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SUSPICION OF HIV/AIDS
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THE SPACES ON EACH SIDE OF THE TRACHEA BETWEEN IT AND THE STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID SHOULD BE ___________
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SYMMETRICAL
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THE THYROID GLAND WILL BE ______ IN GRAVES DISEASE.
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SOFT
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THE THYROID GLAND WILL BE _______ IN HASHIMOTO'S THYROIDITIS.
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FIRM
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A LOCALIZED SYSTOLIC OR CONTINUOUS BRUIT MAY BE HEARD IN ______________.
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HYPERTHYROIDISM
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PRESYNCOPE
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A NEAR FAINT FROM FEELING FAINT OR LIGHTHEADED
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UNSTEADINESS OF IMBALANCE WHEN WALKING, ESP. IN OLDER PATIENTS
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DYSEQUILIBRIUM
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INCREASED ADRENAL CORTISOL PRODUCTION IN THIS SYNDROME CAUSES ROUND OR MOON FACE WITH RED CHEEKS, AS WELL AS EXCESSIVE FACIAL HAIR GROWTH
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CUSHING'S SYNDROME
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FACIE WHERE FACE IS EDEMATOUS AND OFTEN PALE; EYE MAY BECOME SLITLIKE WHEN SWELLING IS SEVERE
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NEPHROTIC SYNDROME
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PATIENT WITH SEVERE HYPOTHYROIDISM HAS DULL, PALE FACE THAT DOES NOT PIT WITH PRESSURE; EYEBROWS MAY ALSO BE DRY AND THINNED
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CALLED MYXEDEMA AND FOUND IN SEVER HYPOTHYROIDISM
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