A patient comes to the clinic complaining of neck and shoulder ...

[folubunmi]

A patient comes to the clinic complaining of neck and shoulder pain and is unable to turn her head. The nurse suspects damage to CN ______ and proceeds with the examination by _____________.
 
  a. XI; palpating the anterior and posterior triangles
  b. XI; asking the patient to shrug her shoulders against resistance
  c. XII; percussing the sternomastoid and submandibular neck muscles
  d. XII; assessing for a positive Romberg sign

Question 2

When examining the face of a patient, the nurse is aware that the two pairs of salivary glands that are accessible to examination are the ___________ and ___________ glands.
 
  a. Occipital; submental
  b. Parotid; jugulodigastric
  c. Parotid; submandibular
  d. Submandibular; occipital

[nmyers]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
The major neck muscles are the sternomastoid and the trapezius. They are innervated by CN XI, the spinal accessory. The innervated muscles assist with head rotation and head flexion, movement of the shoulders, and extension and turning of the head.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Two pairs of salivary glands accessible to examination on the face are the parotid glands, which are in the cheeks over the mandible, anterior to and below the ear; and the submandibular glands, which are beneath the mandible at the angle of the jaw. The parotid glands are normally nonpalpable.

[folubunmi]

Excellent

[zacnyjessica]

Great answer, keep it coming