HEAD AND NECK ASSESSMENT

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT CONSIDERED A SUBJECTIVE DATA UNDER THE ASSESSMENT OF HEAD AND NECK?

• History of Head or Neck Surgery

• Epistaxis

• Headache

• Dizziness

This is a term that denotes a round symmetric skull that is

appropriately related to body size.

• Hydrocephalus

• Macrocephaly

• Microcephaly

• Normocephalic

This term is used to describe a light-headed, swimming sensation or feeling of fainting or falling caused by decreased blood flow to brain or heart irregularity causing decreased cardiac output.

• Pre-syncope

• Vertigo

• Dizziness

• Retching

______________ is true rotational spinning often from labyrinthine-vestibular disorder in inner ear.

• Dizziness

• Nausea

• Syncope

• Vertigo

________ is a shakiness or instability when walking

related to musculoskeletal disorder or multisensory deficits.

• Disequilibrium

• Fasciculations

• Pre-syncope

• Headache

With migraines people lie down to feel better, whereas with cluster headaches they need to move to feel better.

• True

• False

_________ results after a direct blow to the skull causes the brain to shift rapidly back and forth inside.

• Hydrocephalus

• Craniotomy

• Concussion

• Ecchymosis

Migraine is not a heredo-familial disease.

• True

• False

Difficulty of swallowing is termed as?

• Dysarthria

• Dysphagia

• Odynophagia

• Dysrhythmia

Tenderness in the neck suggests acute infection.

• True

• False