Sanitize hands. Hello, ______ my name is ____ and I
will be assessing you today. I need you sitting up for the exam.
I
will begin by inspecting your face, and I don't see any discolorations, or
any lesions and your head is midline and symmetrical.
I
will palpate your lymph nodes. First, I will begin with the preauricular
lymph nodes, right in front of the ear, and posterior auricular, right behind
the ear. Then I will palpate your occipital lymph nodes in the back of
the head. And then I will move forward and palpate your tonsillar lymph
nodes.
Come under the jawline, the submandibular lymph nodes, and the
submental. Now I will go to the anterior cervical lymph nodes, and the
posterior cervical lymph nodes. And I will end with the supraclavicular
lymph nodes right about the clavicles. I do not feel any enlargement,
and they are equal bilaterally
I
will test the trigeminal nerve, which is cranial nerve number five. It
has a motor component, and I will palpate over the masseter muscle as you clench
your jaw. And I don't feel any distortions, and you have great strength
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