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Surgery Of Ear Nose Pharynx And Larynx
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1. A procedure in which the tonsils - uvula - and portion of the soft palate are removed to reduce and stiffen axcess oropharyngeal and oral cavity tissue in patient with obstructive sleep apnea
Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPP)
Nasolaryngoscope
Periosteum
Cholesteatoma
2. Tissue overlying the bone that provides its vascular and nervous supply
Polyp
Hypertrophy (Hypertrophic)
Periosteum
Innervation
3. Fluid in the middle ear
Papilloma
Ossicles
Polyp
Effusion
4. Literally - 'across or through the phenoid bone.' Surgery of the pituitary gland may be prformed by approaching it this way
Otisis media
Polyp
Ototoxic
Tanssphenoidal
5. A symptom rather than a disease - it is a general term referring to sensory disturbances in which the patient is unable to maintain balance or has the perception of spinning - falling or the environment turning
Otisis media
Cerumen
Vertigo
Paresis
6. The bones of the middle ear that conduct sound (malleus - incus - and stapes)
Keratin
Ossicles
Sensorineural hearing loss
Ototoxic
7. A method of applying a dressing to a body cavity
Ototoxic
Packing
Ossicles
Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPP)
8. Hearing impairment arising from the cochlea - auditory nerve - or central nervous system
Tanssphenoidal
Cerumen
Hypertrophy (Hypertrophic)
Sensorineural hearing loss
9. A defect in the tympanic membrane caused by trauma or infection
Goiter
Perichondrium
Polyp
Perforation
10. Middle ear infection
Hypertrophy (Hypertrophic)
Sensorineural hearing loss
Polyp
Otisis media
11. A tub that is place in a myringotomy to produce aeration of the middle ear
Tympanostomy tube
Hypertrophy (Hypertrophic)
Tanssphenoidal
Nystagmus
12. A term for the region under the tongue - Which is highly vascular
Sublingual
Goiter
Paresis
Ossicles
13. Air cells surrounding or on the periphery of the nasal cavities (maxillary - ethmoid - sphenoid - and frontal)
Paranasal sinuses
Vertigo
Ototoxic
Otisis media
14. To turn outward or inside out
Periosteum
Epistaxis
Evert
Otisis media
15. Vibration of the vocal cords duing speaking or vocalization
Tanssphenoidal
Phanation
Ossicles
Evert
16. A benign epithelial tumor characterized by a branching or lobular tumor
Keratin
Perichondrium
Papilloma
Canalplasty
17. The supplying of a body part or organ with nerves or nervous stimuli
Nasolaryngoscope
Paranasal sinuses
Innervation
Vertigo
18. Parallysis of a structure
Phanation
Papilloma
Paresis
Nasolaryngoscope
19. A substance produced by the cerumen glands of the ear
Vertigo
Innervation
Perforation
Cerumen
20. A procedure in which the external auditory canal is reconstructed
Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPP)
Phanation
Ototoxic
Canalplasty
21. A flexible endoscope tht is passed through the nose to visualize the larynx
Ototoxic
Paresis
Nasolaryngoscope
Cerumen
22. Benign enlargement of the tyroid gland
Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPP)
Goiter
Otisis media
Keratin
23. Rapis oscillation of the eye - a symptom of certain nervous system diseases
Polyp
Vertigo
Nystagmus
Innervation
24. A substance that can injure the ear
Innervation
Ototoxic
Packing
Ossicles
25. Excessive proliferation of the mucosal epithelium
Polyp
Canalplasty
Phanation
Hypertrophy (Hypertrophic)
26. Bleeding arising from the nasal cavity
Keratin
Phanation
Epistaxis
Sublingual
27. A substance created by the squamous epithelium
Keratin
Effusion
Paresis
Goiter
28. The tympanic membrane
Ototoxic
TM
Polyp
Paresis
29. Enlargement of an organ or tissue
Vertigo
Evert
Ossicles
Hypertrophy (Hypertrophic)
30. A benign tumor of the middle ear caused by shedding of keratin in chronic otitis ear
Nystagmus
Ototoxic
Cholesteatoma
Effusion
31. Tissue overlying the cartilage that provides its vascular and nervous supply
Periosteum
Effusion
Polyp
Perichondrium