General survey for health assessment fundamental of nursing. 1  1. General survey ANILKUMAR BR , LECTURER MSN. 2  2. Introduction ïµ Assessment begins when the nurse First meets the client. ïµ The nurse determines the reason the client is seeking health care.
Tonsil stones, tonsils. The tonsils (palatine tonsils) are a pair of soft tissue masses located at the rear of the throat (pharynx). Each tonsil is composed of tissue similar to lymph nodes, covered by pink mucosa (like on the adjacent mouth lining). Running through the mucosa of each tonsil are pits, called crypts.
Medical Definition of Tonsil stone. Tonsil stone: A tiny stone (calculus) in the tonsils. These stones, called tonsilloliths, are found within little pockets (crypts) in the tonsils that typically form in chronic recurrent tonsillitis and harbor bacteria. The stones are foul-smelling. They tend to contain high quantities of sulfa.