OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
A rongeur that contains two-hinges would be called what type of rongeur? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Double-action rongeur.
Why would a surgeon choose to use a rongeur that contains two-hinges? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Allows the surgeon enough leverage to cut bone.
What transmits the vibration of the tympanic membrane (TM) and the other ossicles to the inner ear? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Stapes.
What are the names of the 3 pairs of salivary glands? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Parotid (Largest)
2. Submandibular
3. Sublingual (Smallest)
What salivary gland would be removed due to chronic infection, stone formation, or neoplasm? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Submandibular gland.
The frontal sinuses are located where? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Within the frontal bone.
What instruments would the surgeon need during a tonsillectomy? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1.
Mouth gag
2. Hurd tonsil dissector/ Pillar retractor
3. Fischer knife handle #7
4. #12 blade
5. Tonsil tenaculum/ Long allis
6. Schnidt
7. Yankauer tip with tubing
, What structure is commonly referred to as the "throat"? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Pharynx.
If the surgeon was making an incision into the tympanic membrane it would be called what procedure? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Tympanotomy.
What suction tip is used during otological procedures? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Frazier suction tip.
When a Panendoscopy is performed, what structure would be viewed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1.
Esophagus
2. Stomach
3. Duodenum
When performing a Rhinoplasty what instrument would be needed to remove the septal cartilage? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Jansen- Middleton forcep.
A Zenker's diverticulum would be found where? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Esophagus.
Otosclerosis is used to describe what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Fixation of the Stapes.
Cerumen is also called? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Ear wax.
What instruments would be needed to perform a Myringotomy? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Ear
speculum
2. Ear curette
3. Myringotomy knife
4. Frazier suction tip with tubing
5. Alligator forceps
What is the name of the fluid that fills the spaces of the bony labyrinth? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Perilymph.
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
A rongeur that contains two-hinges would be called what type of rongeur? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Double-action rongeur.
Why would a surgeon choose to use a rongeur that contains two-hinges? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Allows the surgeon enough leverage to cut bone.
What transmits the vibration of the tympanic membrane (TM) and the other ossicles to the inner ear? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Stapes.
What are the names of the 3 pairs of salivary glands? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Parotid (Largest)
2. Submandibular
3. Sublingual (Smallest)
What salivary gland would be removed due to chronic infection, stone formation, or neoplasm? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Submandibular gland.
The frontal sinuses are located where? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Within the frontal bone.
What instruments would the surgeon need during a tonsillectomy? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1.
Mouth gag
2. Hurd tonsil dissector/ Pillar retractor
3. Fischer knife handle #7
4. #12 blade
5. Tonsil tenaculum/ Long allis
6. Schnidt
7. Yankauer tip with tubing
, What structure is commonly referred to as the "throat"? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Pharynx.
If the surgeon was making an incision into the tympanic membrane it would be called what procedure? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Tympanotomy.
What suction tip is used during otological procedures? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Frazier suction tip.
When a Panendoscopy is performed, what structure would be viewed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1.
Esophagus
2. Stomach
3. Duodenum
When performing a Rhinoplasty what instrument would be needed to remove the septal cartilage? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Jansen- Middleton forcep.
A Zenker's diverticulum would be found where? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Esophagus.
Otosclerosis is used to describe what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Fixation of the Stapes.
Cerumen is also called? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Ear wax.
What instruments would be needed to perform a Myringotomy? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Ear
speculum
2. Ear curette
3. Myringotomy knife
4. Frazier suction tip with tubing
5. Alligator forceps
What is the name of the fluid that fills the spaces of the bony labyrinth? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Perilymph.
