Intro to HENT

Question 1

What is the attenuation reflex?

Answer 1

muscles “tense up” middle ear bones to make them less mobile under loud sound stress

Question 2

build up of ___________ occurs in Meniere disease with what effects/symptoms?

Answer 2

Build up of endolymphatic pressure occurs, with hearing loss, vertigo, tinnitus

Question 3

pitch reception vs. perception

Answer 3

Reception - different frequencies received by different parts of the basilar membrane

-Perception is how the brain processes the signals from the cochlea

Question 4

why is rhino sinusitis very common

Answer 4

sinuses, nasopharynx, middle ear are all contiguous and have the same infectious organisms

Question 5

How are sinuses normally maintained sterile?

Answer 5

mucociliary clearance

Question 6

Infection is almost always secondary to…

Answer 6

impaired mucociliary clearance (inflammation, viral infections, allergies, abnormal anatomy)

Question 7

xerostomia

Answer 7

dry mouth, feature of autoimmune disorder Sjogren symdrome

Question 8

mucocele

Answer 8

most common lesion of the salivary glands

-results from blockage or rupture of a salivary gland duct