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Surgical Technology

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1. Anterior nose bleeds are easily controlled by _____






2. External nose: The _____includes the openings or nares and the _____joins the nasal bones to the skull _______.






3. The polyp is connected to the mucous membrane by a _________






4. Internal nose: The _______and ______ palate form the anterior and posterior floor of the nasal cavity.






5. Another word for a nosebleed






6. The ______separated the cochlea from the semicircular canals and is centrally located.






7. All of the ossicles are affected - in addition to the perforated tympanum. The only remaining natural structure of the middle ear is the intact and mobile footplate of the stapes. Only an air pocked remains as protection for the round window - as the






8. Sinuses located within the frontal bone behind the eyebrows - and may be on cavity or divided.






9. Secretes saliva - 3 glands - parotid - submandibular - and sublingual






10. 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






11. Posteriorly - the septum has bony attachments to the ________ and _______ bones.






12. Does the surgical tech need to stay sterile until the patient leaves the room after nasal and oral surgery?






13. Growth that originate from mucous membrane - most often develop in patients suffering from allergic rhinitis. They can multiple and in some cases - the size and number may cause complete obstruction of the nose. The sense of olfaction is often impair






14. What surgical intervention is the only option to correct cholesteatoma?






15. The external auditory canal can easily become obstructed - especially in ____






16. Bronchitis - may be acute(virus) or chronic (irritants)






17. Internal nose: each nasal cavity - or fossa - has a series of 4 bony projections - that increase the surface area of the nose - called the...






18. Voice box - is located between the pharynx and the trachea.






19. Pinna consists of 2 parts






20. _____ are capable of vibration when air passes through them during exhalation to produce sound. Fibrous bands that stretch across the hollow interior of the larynx.






21. The most commonly used autograft for Tympanoplasty is the _____________because it is easily accessible and provides a think - well vascularized graft that easily epithelializes.






22. Occurs when there is an interference with the transmission of sounds from the external or middle ear - preventing sound waves from entering the inner ear. Ex. a peanut in the ear - perforated 'TM' - fluid in middle ear






23. Foreign bodies also cause rhinitis. This is generally ________rhinitis and often is not given any further consideration until a purulent discharge appears.






24. Referes to a procedure that may involve inspection of several portions of the upper aerodigestive tract.






25. Is a benign cyst or tumor that fills the mastoid cavity and erodes the mastoid air cells. Formed when epithelial cells that would normally be shed throught the eustachian tube are unable to migrate out the middle ear cavity due to a blockage of the a






26. The ______is a facial feature that serves as the organ for the sense of smell and as the upper portion of the ___________.






27. 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.






28. Internal nose: The ending of the soft palate is the _________.






29. The ______come together to form the utricle.






30. Is considered cosmetic and is performed by the plastic/reconstructive surgeon to change the external appearance of the nose.






31. The _____normally is _____ and has a diameter of about 1cm.






32. What is controlled by the cristae during movement?






33. The ossicles have moveable _______joints between them.






34. The footplate of the stapes rests upon the _____window.






35. Removal of the palatine or faucial tonsils.






36. Removal of pharyngeal tonsils that have become enlarged. Done under general anesthesia - patient in supine - with neck hyperextedned by a roll placed under the shoulders. An adult patient may receive a local anesthetic and will be placed in teh sitti






37. The ________is the tip of the cranial nerve 1.






38. The most common cause of sinusitis is the _______that causes the commom cold.






39. The _______ opens posteriorly into the mastoid sinus and the _______ aka auditory or pharyngotympanic tube connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx.






40. Sinuses below the eyes and lateral to the nasal cavity.






41. Failure to treat chronic tonsillitis can lead to...






42. The conchae are ________ ________ on the lateral walls of the cavity. Their names are indicative of their location--supreme - superior - middle - and inferior.






43. The largest and most superior of the single cartilage is the ______

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44. The chemoreceptors for _______ are located in the __________ __________ in the most superior region of each nasal cavity just above the superior turbinate near the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone.






45. What are the 3 small bones named according to their shape and are from lateral to medial.






46. What is cranial nerve 1? it is the sense of?






47. Is defined as any reduction of hearing - no matter how slight.






48. A _______should be available for identification of the facial and vestibulocochlear nerves.






49. A type of Tympanoplasty - has 5 classifications - which are determined by the extent of the damage to the eardrum and the middle ear.






50. External nose: flared lateral wings of the external nose are referred to as _____