head and neck terms

• exophthalmos; moon face


  bulging eyeballs, caused by thyroid eye disease
• TMJ

  tempormandibular joint
• ROM

  range of motion
• lymphadenopathy


  swelling of lymph nodes
• lymphoma


  type or cancer

  when abnormal white cells grow
• torticollis


  twisted neck
• goiter


  enlargement of thyroid
• goiter


   irregular cell growth that forms one or more lumps (nodules) in the thyroid
• occipital nodes


  lymph nodes:

  back of the head at the base of the skull
• post-auricular nodes


  lymph nodes:

  behind the ears
• pre-auricular nodes


  lymph nodes:

  in front of the ears
• tonsillar nodes


  lymph nodes:

  angle of the jaw
• submandibular nodes 


  lymph nodes:

  under the mandible
• submental nodes


  lymph nodes:

  under the tip of the chin
• superficial cervical nodes


  lymph nodes:

  upper portion of the sternocleidomastoid muscle
• posterior cervical nodes


  lymph nodes:

  posterior triangle behind the sternocleidomastoid muscle
• deep cervical nodes


  lymph nodes:

  sternocleidomastoid muscle
• supraclavicular nodes


  above the clavicle
• infraclavicular nodes


  lymph nodes:

  below the clavicle