Exam 1 - HEENT Exam questions and answers all correct

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Otitis media Correct Answer: Middle ear infection Sensorineural hearing loss Causes? Correct Answer: Problem 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? Correct Answer: External 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 Correct Answer: Line between lips and face skin Isthmus Correct Answer: The middle of the thyroid's lobes Normal HEAD exam example (charting) Correct Answer: - NC/AT (normocephalic/atraumatic) - Non-tender to palpation at lymph nodes. Normal EYE exam example (charting) Correct Answer: - 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) Correct Answer: - Acuity good to finger rubbing - Weber midline - AC>BC - TM's with good cone of light [Show More]

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