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SUR 103 ENT Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
what laser safety precautions are used for laryngoscopies? Answer: eye
protection, ET tube insulation

what is the difference between an indirect and direct laryngoscopy? Answer:
direct - examination of pharynx

indirect - examination of nasopharynx and laryngopharynx

what is an acoustic neuroma? which cranial nerve does it affect? Answer:
benign tumor from brain to inner ear; 8th

how is epistaxis controlled? Answer: packing and electrosurgery (nasal cautery)

what are the paranasal sinuses and where are each of them located? Answer:
frontal - behind eyebrows

ethmoid - between eyes

sphenoid - behind nose at center of skull

maxillary - below eyes

define meniere's disease Answer: causes dizziness and tetanus

define bell's palsy and cranial nerve affected Answer: dropping on one side of
the face, #7

define trigeminal neuralgia and cranial nerve affected Answer: facial pain
lasting minutes to hours, #5

what procedures are performed on the paranasal sinuses? Answer: killian,
caldwell luc, FESS, ethmoidectomy, sphenoidectomy

how are tracheostomies performed? Answer: incision into tracheal wall
between 3rd and 4th ring

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what is a radical neck dissection? Answer: removal of cervical lymph nodes,
jugular vein, and sternocleidomastoid muscle for cancer

how is sound transmitted through the ear? Answer: ossicles

what do the external, middle, and inner ear consists of? Answer: external -
pinna, external canal

middle - tympanic membrane, ossicles, opening of eustachian tube

how may loss of hearing occur? Answer: congenital, trauma, aging process

what is the difference between air conduction and bone conduction? Answer:
air - sound is sent to inner ear via microphone

bone - sound is sent through bones of the skull via oscultation (vibration)

why is a stapedectomy or stapes mobilization performed? Answer: otosclerosis

why does otosclerosis produce hearing loss? Answer: bones are not allowed to
vibrate

a myringotomy is an incision into the? Answer: tympanic membrane

during a parotidectomy, which structure must be identified? Answer: facial
nerve

which position is utilized to provide access to the head and neck? Answer:
reverse trendelenberg

corrects vertigo Answer: labrinythectomy

which instrument is used to retract the tonsillar pillar? Answer: hurd

which ronguers are used to expand the antrostomy in a caldwell-luc procedure
? Answer: kerrison

what is done FIRST when performing a myringotomy? Answer: visualization -
removal of cerumen

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