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Surgical Technology

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1. The orifice of each eustachian tube enters the nasal cavity ________to the turbinates - warming and filtering inspired air and allows for cellular respiration.






2. 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.






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






4. May affect the pharyngeal - palatine - or lingual tonsils. Usually refers to the palatine tonsils and it is the palatine tonsils that are removed during the procedure - tonsillectomy. Most often caused by streptococcal organisms.






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






6. Windpipe - joins the cricoid cartilage of the larynx to the main stem or primary bronchi leading to each lung.






7. The ________is the largest of the 3 glands located on the _______sides of the face anterior to the external ear.






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






9. ___________bleeding is more profuse and more difficult to control. Packing and electrosurgery may need to be performed.






10. This cranial nerve carries information related to the equilibrium to the cerebral cortex.






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






12. Cochlear implants have 2 components - What are they ______ - ______






13. 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






14. The inner ear or 1. ______ - consists of two main sections. The are 2. _____ - or perilymphatic labyrinth and the 3. ______.






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






16. 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 ___________






17. 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






18. The eustachian tubes enter the nasopharynx - and it houses the _________






19. The _____ or ______ - is the separation between the outer and middle ear






20. What is the significant concern when perfoming surgery on the parotid gland?






21. Anterior nose bleeds are easily controlled by _____






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






23. Other canal causing hearing impairment may be_______ and ______






24. May be perforated due to carcinoma - chronic infection - intractable picking - occupational chemical exposure - or substance (cocaine) abuse






25. It is divided into 3 regions - the nasopharynx - oropharynx - and the laryngopharynx






26. The septal cartilage is also known as the _______






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






28. A feeling of fullness - dizziness - and tinnitus aka ______ - maybe symptoms of ear obstructions






29. Used to remove hypertrophic turbinate - usually inferior. It is also achieved with a submucosal approach. The nasal mucosa along the edge of the edge of the affected turbinate is incised. All or some of the bones of the turbinate are removed. The muc






30. The eithmoid air cells are destroyed and all affected tissue is removed






31. Is inflammation of the pharyngeal tonsils. Usually bacterial - although it may be viral or due to allergies.






32. Damage to the _____ of the middle ear can be a continuation of a perforation. The complaints will include pain - hearing loss - drainage - and dizziness.






33. Is nitrous oxide restricted during reconstructive ear surgery?






34. The three components of the osseous labyrinth are the : 1. _____ - 2. ______ - and the 3. ____ - which are named according to their shapes.






35. Internal nose: the nasal cavity is the interior chamber of the nose and is lined with _________.






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






37. Another word for a nosebleed






38. ______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.






39. The_________extends from the pinna to the ________






40. What are the two common ear obstructions






41. A soft tissue graft is used to repair the eardrum. The damage is limited to the tympanic membrane - All content of the middle ear are intact.






42. 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






43. The lymphoid elements (pharyngeal - palatine - and lingual tonsils - and the pharyngeal band) contained with the pharynx are collectively known as

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44. Internal nose:The ____________are the openings from the nasal cavity into the pharynx.






45. Infections and abscesses may affect the pinna and the canal - otis externa - which would apply to any general inflammation of the __________






46. Maybe benign or malignant. Evidence may include changes in voice quality and pain. May arise form any structure within the larynx and is not limited to the vocal coreds. Laryngectomy - radical neck dissection - radiation therapy.






47. Often the disease affecting the middle ear has extended into the mastoid sinus. This will require a combination procedure of a ________ and a ________






48. The palatine tonsils and adenoids are often removed in a combination procedure called a






49. An incision made into the trachea through the neck below the larynx to gain access to the airway.






50. Ear ache - headache - purulent discharge from the ear - hearing loss - dizziness - and weakness of the facial muscle due to damage of the ______ cranial nerve are evidence of _______