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.
The presence of a tonsil stone itself, though, may cause you to feel pain or discomfort in the area where it is lodged. White debris. Some tonsil stones are visible in the back of the throat as a lump of solid white material. This is not always the case. Often they are hidden in the folds of the tonsils.