objective

• neurologic disorders may cause horizontal jerking movement
• involuntary nodding movement may be seen in clients with aortic insufficiency
• head tilted to one side may indicate unilateral vision, hearing deficiency, or shortening of sternocleidomastoid
• drooping, weakness, or paralysis on one side of the face may result from a stroke and usually seen with paralysis or weakness of other part on that side of the body

  cerebrovascular accident
• drooping, weakness, or paralysis on one side of the face may result from a neurologic condition

  bell palsy
• Limited range of motion, swelling, tenderness, or crepitation may indicate TMJ syndrome
• trachea may pulled to the affected side in cases of large atelectasis, fibrosis, or pleural adhesions
• trachea is pushed to unaffected sis in case of a tumor, enlarges thyroid lobe, pneumothorax, or with an aortic aneurysm
• soft, blowing, swishing sound auscultated over the thyroid lobes is often heard in hyperthyroidism because of an increase in blood flow thru the thyroid arteries