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NSG 302 Assessment Final Exam Review Health Promotion & Assessment, With well drawn and Explained Diagrams,100 % Gauranteed SATISFACTION

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NSG 302 Assessment Final Exam Review Health Promotion & Assessment, With well drawn and Explained Diagrams,100 % Gauranteed SATISFACTION Chapter 13 – Head, Face and Neck, Including Regional Lymphat ... ics Structure and Function o Head: o Skull is rigid box that protects brain and is supported by cervical vertebra o Cranial bones o Frontal o Parietal o Occipital o Temporal o Facial expressions formed facial muscles which are mediated by cranial nerve VII, the facial nerve o What conditions would cause an abnormal assessment of cranial nerve VII? o Stroke, Bell’s Palsy o Two pairs of salivary glands are accessible to examination on the face o Parotid glands are in cheeks over mandible, anterior to and below ear; the largest of salivary glands they are not normally palpable o Submandibular glands beneath mandible at angle of jaw o Third pair, sublingual glands, lie in floor of mouth – this is what “waters” when you are about to vomit o Temporal artery lies superior to temporalis muscle, and pulsation is palpable anterior to ear – if infected, difficult to palpate pulsation and pt will have S&S of Temporal Arteritis o Neck: o Neck delimited by base of skull and inferior border of mandible above, and by manubrium sterni, clavicle, first rib, and first thoracic vertebra below o Think of neck as conduit of many structures o Vessels, muscles, nerves, lymphatics, and viscera of respiratory and digestive systems o Internal carotid branches off common carotid and runs inward and upward to supply brain o External carotid supplies face, salivary glands, and superficial temporal area o Major neck muscles sternocleidomastoid and trapezius are innervated by cranial nerve XI o Sternocleidomastoid enables head rotation and flexion and divides each side of neck into two triangles: anterior and posterior triangles o Two trapezius muscles move shoulders and extend and turn head o Lymphatic System: an extensive vessel system, is major part of immune system, which detects and eliminates foreign substances from body o Vessels allow flow of clear, watery fluid from tissue spaces into circulation [Show More]

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