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30 Cards in this Set
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Sutures
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adjacent cranial bones unite at meshed immovable joints
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palpebral fissure
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opening between the eyelids
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nasolabial fold
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creases extending from the nose to each corner of the mouth
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submandibular gland
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midway between angle of jaw and tip of chin
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preauricular
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in front of the ear
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posterior auricular
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superficial to the mastoid process, behind the ear
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occipital
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at the base of the skull
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jugulodigastric
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under the angle of the mandible
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anterior superficial cervical chain
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anterior to the sternoclydomastoid muscle
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submental
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under the chin
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posterior cervical
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in the posterior triangle along the trapezius muscle
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supraclavicular
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just above and behind the clavicle, at the sternoclydomastoid muscle
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normocephalic
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a round symmetric skull that feels symmetric and smooth.
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microcephaly
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abnormally small head
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macrocephaly
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abnormally large head (hydrocephaly, acromegaly, paget's disease)
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hydrocephalus
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obstruction of drainage of cerebrospinal fluid results in excessive accumulation, increasing pressure and enlargement of the head
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Paget's Disease
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bone disease of unknown etiology that softens and thickens and deforms bone, acorn shaped cranium
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acromegaly
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excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary after puberty, creates enlarged skull, note elongated head, massive face, prominent nose and lower jaw
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torticollis
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hematoma in on esternomastoid muscle, results in head tilt and limited neck rom to the opposite side
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pilar cyst (wen)
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smooth, firm, fluctuant swelling on the scalp, tense pressure of the contents causes overlying skin to be shiny and taut, benign growth
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fetal alchol syndrome
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facial malformations, narrow palpebral fissures, epicanthal folds, and midfacial hypoplasia
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down syndrome
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chromosomal aberration (trisomy 21), upslanting eyes with inner epicanthal folds, flat nasal bridge, protruding thick tounge
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atopic facies
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chronic allergies, exhausted face, blue shadows below eyes, central face pallor, open mouth breathing
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Parkinson's Syndrome
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flat and expressionless face, masklike, with elevated eyebrows, staring gaze, oily skin and drooling
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Cushing's Syndrome
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excessive secretion of the corticotropin hormone (ACTH), moonlike face, prominent jowls, red cheecks, hirsutism upper lip, lower cheek and chin
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scleroderma
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hardening of the skin
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myxedema (hypothyroidism)
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deficiency of thyroid hormone, causes nonpitting edema
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Bell's Palsy
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lower motor neuron lesion producing CN 7 paralysis, whic is almost always unilateral
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brain attack or cva
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upper motor neuron lesion, "stroke", caused by obstruction of a cerebral vessel
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cachectic
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wasting appearance
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