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1. TM - malleus - and incus are affected. The replacement tympanium is placed directly against the intact stapes - permitting the transmission of sound to the oval window. In addition to the damaged tympanic membrane - both the malleus and incus have be
Hypertrophied turbinates
Virus
Type 3: Tympanoplasty
Vestibulocochlear nerve
2. Can be used as a diagnostic procedure - or can be considered functional. The paranasal sinuses can be accessed with the endoscope using an intrancasal approach or external incisions. The main advantages is that the surgery can be focused on the area
Sinus endoscopy
External trauma or excess pressure from within the middle ear.
Acute epiglottitis
Olfactory; smell
3. The _______ opens posteriorly into the mastoid sinus and the _______ aka auditory or pharyngotympanic tube connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx.
Tympanic Antrum; Eustachian
Type 4: Tympanoplasty
External auditory canal; tympanic membrane
1. vestibular apparatus 2. ampullae 3. utricle 4. saccule
4. Foreign bodies also cause rhinitis. This is generally ________rhinitis and often is not given any further consideration until a purulent discharge appears.
Auditory
Oval
Unilateral
Ringing in the ear
5. Bronchitis - may be acute(virus) or chronic (irritants)
Tracheitis
Auricle: External auditory meatus
Oval
Rhinitis
6. The only cartilage in the upper digestive tract to form a complete circle and is found at the base of the larynx. It is the most inferior of the laryngeal cartilages and attaches to the trachea.
Rhinoplasty
Frontal
Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy (T&A)
Cricoid cartilage
7. Sinuses located between the eyes and have a honeycomb appearance.
Children
External auditory canal; tympanic membrane
Cristae; cupula
Ethmoid
8. The footplate of the stapes rests upon the _____window.
Eustachian tubes
Cottonoids
Adenoiditis
Oval
9. Pinna consists of 2 parts
Myringoplasty
Auricle and the external auditory canal (meatus)
Auricle: External auditory meatus
Stapedotomy
10. Auditory or Pharyngotympanic - enter the nasopharynx from the middle ear. Their function is to equalize the pressure on both sides of the tympanic membrane - preventing rupture of the TM. Opens during yawning - chewing and swallowing and blowing the
Sphenoid
Eustachian tubes
Sinus endoscopy
Sleep apnea
11. The organs of hearing aka _____ or _____ are contained within the cochlea.
Perforation; tympanotomy
Spiral organs or organs of Corti
Olfaction: olfactory epithelium
Waldeyer's ring
12. Does the surgical tech need to stay sterile until the patient leaves the room after nasal and oral surgery?
Direct vision - otoscope
Vestibulocochlear nerve
Quadrilateral cartilage
Yes....because the patient may have hemorrhage bleeding and need suction to create an airway.
13. Failure to treat chronic tonsillitis can lead to...
Peritonsillar abscess formation
External trauma or excess pressure from within the middle ear.
External component of cochlear implants
Posterior
14. An incision made into the trachea through the neck below the larynx to gain access to the airway.
Otis media; nasopharynx
Pedicle
Haemophilus influenzae
Tracheotomy
15. ______a very common acute inflammatiion of the middle ear - usually initiated by blockage of the eustachian tube causing an accululation of fluid - which would normally be drained into the _________ - this would lead to severe ear pain.
True vocal cords (lower)
External auditory canal; tympanic membrane
Otis media; nasopharynx
Vestibule
16. The ________is the tip of the cranial nerve 1.
Olfactory bulb
Tracheitis
Ethimoid and vomer
Nasopharynx
17. Commonly referred to as the throat. Serves the respiratory tract by receiving air from the nose and mouth - and the digestive system as a passageway for food and liquids.
Cartilaginous
Dynamic equilibrium
1. 3 2. epithelium 3. fibrous connective tissue 4. mucous membrane
Pharynx
18. The ______separated the cochlea from the semicircular canals and is centrally located.
Ringing in the ear
Internal and external
Sensorineural deafness
Vestibule
19. Posteriorly - the septum has bony attachments to the ________ and _______ bones.
Sclerosing agent
1. epithelium 2. ceruminous glands 3. earwax
Ethimoid and vomer
External auditory canal
20. A fluid called __________fills the spaces of the bony labyrinth - Which is linked by a thin membrane that houses another fluid called _____.
Perilymph; endolymph
Direct pressure
Panendoscopy
Dynamic equilibrium
21. Anterior nose bleeds are easily controlled by _____
Stapedotomy
Direct pressure
Dynamic equilibrium
Yes....because the patient may have hemorrhage bleeding and need suction to create an airway.
22. External nose: The ______is between the root and the tip - with the bridge being the upper portion.
Ostia
Dorsum
External auditory canal
Type 5: Tympanoplasty
23. ____are clusters of sensitive hair cells embedded in a gelatin like substance called ____.
Cristae; cupula
Sinustitis
Waldeyer's ring
Ethimoid and vomer
24. Possesses several electrodes which enter and circle around inside the cochlear. Implanted under the patients skin behind the ear. The electrodes receive signals transmitted from the external portion of the devise to the cochlea activating fibrs of th
Rhinoplasty
Internal component of cochlear implants
Conductive-type deafness
Radial neck dissection
25. TM and malleus - malleus is removed and TM graft is placed directly against the remaining portion of the malleus of the incus.The destructive process extends beyond the damaged tympanic membrane to include the malleus
Cottonoids
1. 3 2. epithelium 3. fibrous connective tissue 4. mucous membrane
Type 2: Tympanoplasty
Unilateral
26. What is the 8th cranial nerve?
Carina
Vestibulocochlear
Earwax and presence foreign body
Vestibulocochlear nerve
27. Local anesthetics (with or without epinephrine). Gelfoam - bone wax - anitibotics (systemic and topical-wound irrigation - ointments drops - or suspension) and antiflammatory agents are a variety of ___________
Pharmaceutical agents that may be used during ear surgery
Mastiodectomy
Trachea
Oval
28. Removal of the bony partitions that form the mastoid aire cells. Would be indicated for cholesteatoma or mastoidits. You will need a microscope - power drill - and microscopic instruments.
Dynamic equilibrium
Middle ear
Mastiodectomy
Waldeyer's ring
29. The tympanic cavity houses a series of 3 small bones called the ____ossicles.
Auditory
Type 2: Tympanoplasty
Tonsillitis
Vestibulocochlear
30. The ________is the largest of the 3 glands located on the _______sides of the face anterior to the external ear.
Uvula
Septal perforation
Parotid gland; lateral
Internal component of cochlear implants
31. Often the disease affecting the middle ear has extended into the mastoid sinus. This will require a combination procedure of a ________ and a ________
Tympanoplasty and mastoidectomy
Tracheotomy
Septoplasty
Cochlear implants
32. Not breathing. Numerous - brief interruptions in respiration during sleep - leaving the patient feeling sleepy during the day. Life threatening - can lead to irregualr hear beats - high blood pressure - heart attach and stroke. Pharmacologic treatmen
Temporalis fascia
Children
Type 1: Tympanoplasty
Sleep apnea
33. Done for patients with otosclerosis. Under local with a complaint patient so that the surgeon using either voice commands or a tuning fork may access hearing restoration. Involves removal of the fixed stapes through a transaural or retroauricular inc
Osseus ridges
Pharynx
Ethimoid and vomer
Stapedectomy
34. The_________extends from the pinna to the ________
Sinustitis
Laryngeal neoplasm
Ethmoid
External auditory canal; tympanic membrane
35. During swallowing - the superior movable portion of the epiglottis fold over the opening into the larynx is called the _____. The superior opening into the larynx is the _______( space between true vocal cords).
Septal perforation
Glottis
Conductive-type deafness
Nerve stimulator
36. Permanent enlargement of the turbinates or nasal conchae may occur as a result of chronic rhinitis.
Dorsum
Haemophilus influenzae
Hypertrophied turbinates
Frontal
37. Beginning at the posterior nares - the nasopharynx extends inferiorly to the _______
1. fibrous ring 2. annulus 3. pars flaccida 4. umbo 5. tympanic membrane
Thyroid cartilage - Adam's Apple
Seventh - cholesteatoma
Uvula
38. The most inferior tracheal cartilage is called the ______ - Which bifurcates into the 2 primary larynx.
External component of cochlear implants
Type 2: Tympanoplasty
Carina
Stapedectomy
39. The pinna consists of _____ _____ that is covered with thick skin.
Flexible cartilage
Rhinoplasty
Yes - patients head is placed at the foot of the table - allowing space under the foot portion of the table to accomodate the seated team member's legs to allow for equipment placement.
Direct pressure
40. Similar to 4. the reamianing foot plate of the stapes is fixed. All ossicles are removed. A window is made into the horizontal semicircular canal and the tympanic graft seals offf the middle ear and provides protection for the oval window.
Type 5: Tympanoplasty
Pharyngeal tonsils
Sinustitis
Perilymph; endolymph
41. Internal nose: the nasal cavity is the interior chamber of the nose and is lined with _________.
Pharmaceutical agents that may be used during ear surgery
Mucous membrane
Unilateral
Internal maxillary artery
42. 'Nerve deafness'. Involves the cochlear portion of the inner ear and /or the cochlear division of the acoustc (vestibulocochlear- 8th cranial nerve)
Thyroid cartilage - Adam's Apple
Eardrum
Sensorineural deafness
Posterior
43. Indicates that the mucous membrance lining the nasal cavity will be incised - and the underlying perichondrium or periosteum lifted.
Laryngitis
Mastiodectomy
SMR/NSR (Submucous Resection)
Laryngeal neoplasm
44. Excision of a portion or all of the parotid gland. Common disorfer is the formation of stones that block Steno's duct. Very important to identify the facial nerve during a paratidectomy. Have facial nerve identifiers ready for surgeon.
Paratidectomy
Septal perforation
Zenker's diverticulum
Uvula
45. The lymphoid elements (pharyngeal - palatine - and lingual tonsils - and the pharyngeal band) contained with the pharynx are collectively known as
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46. What is cranial nerve 1? it is the sense of?
Tympanoplasty and mastoidectomy
Ostia
Olfactory; smell
Vestibulocochlear nerve
47. Consists of a microphone - a speech processor that converts sound onto electrical impulses - and connecting cables.
Carina
External component of cochlear implants
Bronchoscopy
1. epithelium 2. ceruminous glands 3. earwax
48. The _______is the portion of the ear that is visible on each side of the head: it encircles the opening into the ________________.
Dorsum
1. labyrinth 2. bony osseous 3. membranous labyrinth
Eardrum
Auricle: External auditory meatus
49. Internal nose: each nasal cavity - or fossa - has a series of 4 bony projections - that increase the surface area of the nose - called the...
Sphenoid
Conchae or turbinate
Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy (T&A)
Dorsum
50. The canal is covered with 1.___________ - lined with fine hairs - and houses the 2._________ - which secrete a substance called cerumen - aka 3. ______
Olfactory bulb
1. epithelium 2. ceruminous glands 3. earwax
Swimmers ear
Quadrilateral cartilage
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