Assessing the mouth

The roof of the oral cavity of the mouth is formed by the anterior hard palate and the \____.

a)teeth

b) gums

c) muscles

d) soft palate

d) soft palate

An extension of the soft palate of the mouth, which hangs in the posterior midline of the oropharnyx is the \____

a) uvula

b) frenulum

c) taste buds

d) sublingual fold

a) uvula

The tongue is attached to the hyoid bone and styloid process of the temporal bone and is connected to the floor of the mouth by the \____.

a) mandible

b) frenulum

c) gums

d) soft palate

b) frenulum

The submandibular glands open under the tongue through openings called \____.

a) parasinal ducts

b) Stenson ducts

c) Wharton ducts

d) lacrimonasal ducts

c) Wharton ducts

The rich blood supply of the nose serves to \____.

a) help propel moist air into the body

b) propel debris to the throat

c) filter large particles from the air

d) warm the inspired air

d) warm the inspired air

To press up with thumbs on sinuses is \_____

a) method used to palpate maxillary sinuses.

b) method used to test for sinus tenderness

c) method used to test for fluid in the sinuses

a) method used to palpate maxillary sinuses

Transillumination is \_____.

a) method used to palpate maxillary sinuses.

b) method used to test for sinus tenderness

c) method used to test for fluid in the sinuses

c) method used to test for fluid in the sinuses

Palpation and percussion is used to \_____.

a) method used to palpate maxillary sinuses.

b) method used to test for sinus tenderness

c) method used to test for fluid in the sinuses

b) method used to test for sinus tenderness

Grade three tonsils \___.

a) touch the uvula

b) Touch each other

c) Look swollen

a) touch the uvula

The side of the tongue \____.

a) has many fissures in every person

b) most common site of tongue cancer

c) Cracking at the corner of the tongue is seen in riboflavin deficiency

b) most common site of tongue cancer

Cheilosis is \_____

a) touching the uvula with cotton

b) sinuses that are filled with pus

c) Cracking at the corner of the lips seen in riboflavin deficiency

c) cracking at the corner of lip seen in riboflavin deficiency

A significance of a red glow with transillumination is \____.

a) Bleeding of the sinuses

b) Sinus filled with air

c) Sinus filled with pus

b) Sinus filled with air

A method for assessing the internal nose is \____.

a) Inspections using an opthmaloscope

b) Inspections using the fundoscope

c) Inspections using the otoscope

c) Inspection using the otoscope

Palpation and percussion is used for \____.

a) used to test for sinus tenderness

b) used to detect hollow areas such as the stomach

c) used to hear the apical pulse

a) used to test for sinus tenderness

Openings found on buccal mucosa across from second upper molars is called \___.

a) Stenson ducts

b) Wharton ducts

c) lip pits

a) Stenson ducts

Openings found on either side of the frenulum of the floor of the mouth is called \____.

a) Stenson ducts

b) Wharton ducts

c) lip pits

b) Wharton ducts

Normal variations that occur in the crease between the upper and lower lip is called \______.

a) Stenson ducts

b) Wharton ducts

c) lip pits

c) lip pits

During transillumination an absence of a red glow would indicate \___.

a) sinus filled with fluid or pus

b) empty sinuses

c) blood filled cavities

a) sinus filled with fluid or pus

After a nurse examines the frontal sinuses she should then proceed to examine the \____.

a) ethmoidal sinuses

b) laryngeal sinuses

c) maxillary sinuses

d) sphenoidal sinuses

c) maxillary sinuses

A client complains of ulcers in the mouth, the nurse observes a painful ulcer, this should be documented as \_____

a) cancerous lesion

b) candida albicans infection

c) oral ulceration

d) aphthous stomaitis

d) aphthous stomaitis

A nurse observes a rough, crusty, eroded area, the nurse should \___.

a) refer the client to a specialist

b) document the area as herpes

c) ask the clients if his gums bleed

d) document as a canker sore

a) refer the client to a specialist

A patient reports excessive nosebleeds for a month, the nurse should...

a) ask the client if they've had oral surgery recently

b) assess the client's nasal passages for blockages

c) ask the client if they're a smoker

d) refer the client to a specialist

d) refer the client to a specialist

A client is complaining about poorly fitting dentures, the nurse assesses this as a risk for \___.

a) aspiration

b) malocclusion