Keywords

Question 1

Four functions of the larynx

Answer 1

Phonation, Conduction, Protection, Closure

Question 2

VDphysical =

Answer 2

VDanat/2 + VDtube
VDanat = 2.2ml/kg
VDtube = 3.14 * r^2 * h

Question 3

Cervical level of cricoid cartilage

Answer 3

C6

Question 4

Crackling sound

Answer 4

Crepitus

Question 5

Name the three components of the nasal septum

Answer 5

Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid, vomer, septal cartilage

Question 6

Name the three phases of deglutination

Answer 6

Oral, Pharyngeal, Esophageal

Question 7

When does the nasopharynx occlude during degluttition?

Answer 7

Pharyngeal phase

Question 8

Function of the human airway

Answer 8

Protection, conduction, air conditioning (heat/humidification)

Question 9

Innervation of the trachea

Answer 9

Vagus (CNX)

Question 10

The eustachian tube connects what to what

Answer 10

Nasal cavity to middle ear

Question 11

Horizontal displacement between teeth is called

Answer 11

Overjet

Question 12

Vertical displacement between teeth is called

Answer 12

Overbite

Question 13

How do you adjust the laryngeal axis of a patient?

Answer 13

Sheets

Question 14

Putting sheets under a patient’s occipitus causes what action of the lower cervical vertebrae?

Answer 14

Flexion

Question 15

what is responsible for first 50% of TMJ movement?

Answer 15

Inferior compartment (rotation)

Question 16

what is responsible for the second 50% of TMJ movement?

Answer 16

Superior compartment (gliding)

Question 17

Name the last constrictor muscle before food goes into the esophagus

Answer 17

Inferior pharyngeal constrictor

Question 18

Order of axial alignment

Answer 18

LPO (Laryngeal, Pharyngeal, and Oral)

Question 19

Fulcrum point

Answer 19

Hyoid bone

Question 20

What instrument can cause epistaxis, laryngospasm, etc?

Answer 20

Nasal airway

Question 21

Deglutition: oral phase

Answer 21

moistened food = bolus; tongue = trough; palataoglossal arches relax; moves to oropharynx

Question 22

Deglutition: pharyngeal phase

Answer 22

nasopharynx occludes; larynx closes; breathing/coughing/sneezing/vomiting inhibited; hypopharynx rises; superior, middle, and inferior contrictors = peristalsis

Question 23

Deglutition: esophageal phase

Answer 23

food moves to stomach; pharynx/larynx at rest

Question 24

What surgical complication could cause vocal cord paralysis?

Answer 24

bilateral RLN damage

Question 25

How to tell posterior from anterior on FOB

Answer 25

anterior = cartilage rings