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Otolaryngology Flashcards

1
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Cauliflower deformity
Boxer
Repeated trauma

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Perichondritis

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2
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Painful vesicles on ear

Neuropathic pain

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Herpes zoster

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3
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Painful ear infection

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External otitis

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Painless ear infection

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Otitis media

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5
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Most common organism that causes otitis externa

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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6
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Causes swimmer’s ear

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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7
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Herpes zoster oticus complication

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Ramsay Hunt Syndrome

Facial paralysis

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8
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Obstructed apopilosebaceous unit ob lateral 1/3 of posterosuperior canal by Staph aureus

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Furunculosis

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9
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Otomycosis is caused by

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Aspergillus flavus, nigra (immunocompetent)

Candida (immunocompromised DM, steroids)

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10
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Cottonball appearance on otoscopy

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Otomycosis

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11
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Perichondritis is caused by

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Necrosis of ear cartilage

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12
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Atresia of external auditory canal

Complete absence of middle ear cleft and profound sensorineural deafness

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Microtia

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13
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Hereditary Deafness
Glomerular Nephritis
defect in Type IV Collagen (Basement membrane)

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Alport syndrome

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14
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Ears which stand out from side of head due to inc angle from posterior auricle and skull
Loss of antihelical fold

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Lop Ear deformity

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15
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Most common inherited syndrome causing hearloss

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Branchio-oto-renal Syndrome

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16
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Bilateral in 25-50%

5x risk of general population for permanent hearing impairment

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Pre auricular sinus/pits

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17
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Tensor tympani In

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Trigeminal V

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18
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Stapedius in

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Seventh Facial

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19
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Hyperacusis in Bell’s is bec of

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Involvement of Facial n that supply stapedius. Foot plate of stapes communicates with oval window

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20
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Ruptured tympanic membrane

Otorrhea

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Stage 3 Suppuration OM

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21
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Mastoid
Decalcification, osteoclastic reaction
Mastoid coalescence
Mastoiditis

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Stage 4 Coalescence OM

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22
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OM Complications

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Mastoiditis
Choleastoma
Meningitis

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23
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Stage 5 OM

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Resolution

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24
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Coalescence
Extra or intracranial complication
Temporal brain abscess

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Stage 6 Complication OM

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25
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Frontal lobe abscess

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Recurrent sinusitis

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26
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COM etiologic agent

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Pseudomonas
Proteus
Strep

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27
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Waldeyer’s ring (6)

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Paired
Palatine/Faucial
Tubal/Gerlach

Unpaired
Adenoids
Lingual

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28
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Protrusion of both sides of tongue

Depression of tongue

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Genioglossus

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29
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Retraction of tongue

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Styloglossus

Hyoglossus

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30
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Epithelium in oral cavity

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Stratified squamous

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31
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Tongue of men

90% of oral cavity cancer

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SCC of tongue

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32
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In tongue SCC assess

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Mobilitt
Ability to cross midline
Location (base)

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33
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Tonsils virtually in contact with each other

Kissing tonsils

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Brodsky Grade 4

Airway obstruction

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34
Q

Pathogen causing 20% of common colds

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Rhinovirus

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35
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Causes 5% of colds

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Coronavirus

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36
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Bacterial pathogen tonsilltis 15-30%

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Group A Beta Hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes

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37
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Group A Beta Hemolytic Strep causes

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Rheumatic fever

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38
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Causes 5% of most bacterial pathogenic tonsillitis

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Streptococcus Group C

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39
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Dangerous Triangle of Face

Arteries

A

Superior labial mouth
Angular
Facial

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40
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Infection arising from danger triangle of face

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Cavernous sinus thrombosis

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41
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Trigeminal nerve V1

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Ophthalmic:
Nasociliary - tip of nose
External nasal
Infratrochlear

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42
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Nerve for facial nerve grafting

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Sural nerve

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43
Q

Dangerous space in pharynx

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Retropharyngeal space

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44
Q

Fracture of walls of floor of orbit

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Blow out fracture

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45
Q

Pathognomonic of orbital floor fracture

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Tear drop sign

Orbital fat or muscle that herniates into maxillary sinus

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46
Q

Lefort I

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Horizontal
Maxillary
Guerin fracture

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47
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Lefort II

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Pryamidal fracture

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48
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Lefort III

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Crosses orbital sockets
Craniofacial dysfunction
Calvarium separates from facial bone
Pan face deformity

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49
Q

Tripod Malar Fracture (3)

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Orbital floor fx
Fx of lateral wall of maxillary antrum
Zygomatic arch fx

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50
Q

Most common site of mandibular fracture

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Condylar fracture (36%)

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51
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Most common fractured facial bone

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Nasal

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52
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Deviated septum

Epistaxis

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Nasal fracture

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53
Q

Cavernous sinus content (5)

A 
CN III
CN IV
CN V1, V2
CN VI
ICA
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54
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Cavernous sinus thrombosis pathway

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Inferior ophthalmic/Labial vein
Facial vein
Dangerous area of face
CVS

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55
Q

V1 exits on

A

Superior orbital foramen

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56
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V2 exits on

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Foramen Rotundum

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57
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V3 exits on

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Foramen ovale

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58
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Blood supply of nose

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Sphenopalatine artery

59
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Sphenopalatine artery gives rise to

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Kiesselbach’s plexus Anterior

Woodruff’s plexus Posterior

60
Q

Site of bleeding during epistaxis

A

Kiesselbach’s plexus

61
Q

Most common site of nasopharyngeal CA

A

Fossa of Rosenmuller

62
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Fossa of Rosenmueller is also

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Posterolateral recess

63
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Innervation of Parotid Gland

64
Q

Parotid gland secretion

65
Q

Koplik’s spots

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Stensen’s duct of parotid gland

66
Q

Paranasal sinuses (4)

A

Sphenoidal
Ethmoidal
Frontal
Maxillary

67
Q

Sinus at birth

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Maxillary

Ethmoid

68
Q

Largest sinus

69
Q

Paranasal sinus fxn (2)

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Resonance of sound

To make bones of skull lighter

70
Q

Drainage of tears

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Nasolacrimal duct

Inferior nasal and meatus

71
Q

Removes levels I to V CLN
Spinal Accessory
IJV
SCM

A

Radical Neck Dissection

72
Q

Removes same level of lymphatics as in radical

Preserves CN XI, IJV and SCM

A

Modified Radical Neck dissection

73
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Most common benign salivary tumor

A

Pleorphic adenoma

74
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Tumor of only the Parotid Gland

A

Warthin’s tumor

75
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Most common malignant salivary gland tumor

A

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

76
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Most common submandibular and minor salivary gland malignancy

A

Adenoid cystic carcinoma

77
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Kiesselbach’s plexus

A

Great palatine
Anterior ethmoidal
Sphenopalatine
Superior labial

78
Q

Woodruff’s plexus

A

Ascending pharyngeal
Sphenopalatine
Posterior nasal

79
Q

Common to Kiesselbach’s and Woodruff’s

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Sphenopalatine

80
Q

Most common site of nasopharyngeal tumor

A

Fossa of Rosenmuller

Poserolateral recess

81
Q

MC presentation of NPCA

Rf

A

Epistaxis

Smoking
EBV

82
Q

Troublesome bleeding after tonsillectomy is caused by

A

damage of external palatine vein lateral to tonsils at tonsillar fossa

83
Q

Rima Glottidis

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Opening between true vocal cord and arytenoid

84
Q

Paired tonsils

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Adenoid

Lingual

85
Q

Infection from deep neck space enters mediastinum through

A

substernal space of Burns

between superficial and deep fascia

86
Q

Nerve supply of parotid gland

87
Q

Nerve that dissects parotid gland to superficial and deep lobes

88
Q

Sinuses present at birth

A

Ethmoid

Maxillary

89
Q

Sphenoid sinus forms at

90
Q

Frontal sinus forms at

91
Q

Nasolacrimal duct drains at the

A

Inferior nasal conchae

92
Q

Largest sinus

present at birth

93
Q

Paired brachial arches and clefts form at

94
Q

From second arch

A

Reichart’s cartilage

95
Q

Reichart’s cartilage differentiates into

A 
Stapes
Styloid p
Stylohyoid ligament
Lesser horn of the hyoid
Superior part of body of hyoid
96
Q

Second arch muscular derivative

A 
Muscles of scalp and face
Platysma
Stylohyoid
Stapedius
Posterior belly of digastric
97
Q

Vascular element of second arch

A

Stapedial artery

98
Q

Arch 1

A

Meckel’s cartilage

99
Q

Arch 2

A

Reichert’s cartilage

100
Q

Precancerous whitish patch

A

Leukoplakia

101
Q

Precancerous biopsy finding of oral lesion

102
Q

Most oral cavity CA are

A

epidermal in origin

103
Q

Most common type of oral cavity cancer

A

squamous cell carcinoma

104
Q

Leukoplakia is strongly assoc with

105
Q

Virus that causes oral hairy leukoplakia

106
Q

Factors to predispose oral cavity CA

A 
Cigarette
Betel nut chewing
Alcohol
Poor oral hygiene
Ill fitting denture
107
Q

Oral cavity cancer sx

A 
Pain
LOM of tongue
Bleeding
Lump in neck
Dysphagia or odynophagia
Leukoplakia
Tumor w or w/o ulcerarion
Cervical LAD
Neuro signs: CN XII (motor) Mental nerve (sensory)
108
Q

Anterior 2/3 sensory innervation

A

Facial nerve

Mental nerve

109
Q

Oral cavity cancer dx

A

Panoramic radiograph - sockets, teeth, mandibular border
CT scan
Biopsy

110
Q

Oral cavity cancer Surgery tx

A

1-2cm margin

Neck dissection

111
Q

Oral cavity cancer chemotherapt

A

Cisplatin

5-FU

112
Q

Cisplatin causes

A

Ototoxicity

Nephrotoxicity

113
Q

5-FU inhibits

A

thymidilate synthase

114
Q

M>F
75% occur after 50
85% SCC

115
Q

M>F
95% after 40
80% SCC

A

Paranasal sinus ca

116
Q

Nasal ca sx

A 
Nasal obstruction
Foul smelling
Nasal d/c
Lymph node metastasis
Epistaxis 
Bulging cheek
117
Q

Nasal ca risk factor

A

Smoking
Occupational (woodworker, learher tanning and mining)
Chronic sinusitis - metaplasia

118
Q

Bacteria for pretanning of leather

119
Q

Nasal ca dx

A

CT scan

biopsy

120
Q

Nasal ca tx

A

Maxillectomy
Orbital exenterartion
Lymphatic metastasis

121
Q

Nasal ca poor prognosis

A

Advance stage
Complex anatomy
Spread beyond the sinus

122
Q

Angiomas are found in

A

septum

inferior turbinate

123
Q

Nasal polyp with interstitial fluid, connective and vascular tissue

A

Hemangiomatous polyp

124
Q

Benign tumor un adolescent males

A

Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma

125
Q

Vascular tumor tx

A 
Surgical excision
Radiation
Cryosurgery
Hormonal therapy
Selective thromboembolism
126
Q

Largest salivary gland
Serous
Duct: Stensen’s
Opens into oral vestibule opposite upper second molar tooth

A

Parotid gland

127
Q

Post gustatory sweating due to damage to auriculotemporal and great auricular nerve from trauma

A

Frey syndrome

128
Q

Frey syndrome nerve

A

Auriculotemporal

Great auricular nerve

129
Q

Arnold’s nerve is auricular branch of the

130
Q

Stimulus intended for saliva production results to sweating

A

Frey syndrome

131
Q

Floor of the mouth
Serous> mucous

Duct: Wharton’s

A

Submandibular gland

132
Q

Smallest
Mixed secrerion mucous>serous

Ducts: rivinu and bartholin

A

Sublingual

133
Q

Throughout oral cavity, nasopharynx, sinus, trachea and bronchi

A

Minor salivary

134
Q

Anterior to tongue

A

Gland of blandin

135
Q

Connected to circumvalate papillae

A

Gustatory glands of Ebner

136
Q

75-85% of Parotid tumors are

137
Q

Malignant salivary tumors occur in

A

Minor (46%)

Sublingual (85%)

138
Q

Most common benign salivary gland tumor (85%) of parotid gland

A

Pleomorphic

Warthin (10)

139
Q

Most common malignant salivary tumor (33%)

A

Mucoepidermoid

Adenoid cystic

140
Q

Stigma of malignant salivary tumor

A

Facial nerve paralysis
Rapid growth
Lymphadenopathy
Induration/fixation

141
Q

Second most common benign salivary gland tumor

95% parotid, 3% bilateral

A

Warthin’s tumor

142
Q

The more the lens bends light rays the greater the

Measured in

A

refractive power

diopters

143
Q

Total refractive power

A

2/3 cornea

1/3 lens

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