NSE 13A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sternocleidomastoid Muscle, Thyroid, Trapezius Muscle

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Nursing
• Course: NSE 13A/B
• Professor: Frances Ross

Document Summary

Nse 13 fall week 10 notes: head, face, neck, and lymphatics. Submental: midline, behind the tip of the mandible. Superficial cervical: overlying the sternomastoid muscle. trapezius muscle. Inspect the face: facial structures, the neck: Symmetry: range of motion, lymph nodes, gentle circular motion of fingertips, palpate the lymph nodes. If nodes are palpable, note location, size shape, delimitation, mobility, consistency, tenderness: trachea, trachea is midline, thyroid gland: Sip of water test: thyroid gland should move up, palpation is not testable, enlargement, lumps, tenderness.