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What are normal findings for salivary glands?
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what are noteable findings of salivary glands?
- swollen or enlarged
- firm, hard consistency
- tender
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What are normal findings of the thyroid gland?
- usually not detectable
- no tenderness
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What are 7 noteable findings of the thyroid gland?
- 1 side bigger than the other
- deviates from the middle of the neck
- asummetrical lobes
- enlarged lobes
- nodules (jelly beans) present
- hard, firm consistency
- fixed to underlying tissue
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normal findings of the TMJ
- smooth motions of:
- opening and closing
- moving jaw from side to side
- moing jaw forward and back
- symetrical movement
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What are 5 noteable findings of the TMJ?
- abnormal sounds
- grating sensations
- asymmetrical movements
- limited range of motion
- pain or tenderness
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location and extent of lesion descriptor
- diagram
- localized
- generalized
- single lesion
- multiple lesion
- coalescing (growing together)
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size and shape lesion descriptor
- length and width
- height
- use probe to measure
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easy to see where lesion begins and ends
well-demarcated
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difficult to see where lesion begins and ends
poorly-demarcated
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uniform border
regularly shaped
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irregularly shaped
border not uniform
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4 lesion pattern types:
- descrete
- grouped
- confluent
- linear
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flat dicolored spot less than 1 cm in size
macule
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flat discolered slpt, larger than 1 cm in size
patch
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solid raised lesion, less than 1 cm in diameter
papule
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superficial raised lesion, larger than 1 cm in diameter
plaque
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marble-like lesion larger than 1 cm in diameter
nodule
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localiezed area of skin edema
wheal
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small blister filled with clear fliud, less than 1 cm in diameter
vesicle
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larger fluid-filled lesion, larger than 1 cm in diameter
bulla
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small raised lesion filled with pus
pustule
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loss of top layer of skin or mucosa
erosion
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crater-like lesion where top two layers of skin or mucosa are lost
ulcer
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