Review S9 +

Question 1

Answer 1

Question 2

Answer 2

Question 3

Answer 3

Question 4

Answer 4

Question 5

Most common gland calculi

Answer 5

submandibular gland health

Question 6

Answer 6

Question 7

Glossopharyngeal is predominantly

Answer 7

sensory nerve (only one muscle which is stylopharyngeus)

Question 8

Glossopharyngeal gives sensory to

Answer 8

oropharynx, tonsil, Eustachian tube, middle ear, tympanic membrane

Question 9

Sensory to larynx and motor to muscles of soft palate

Answer 9

Vagus

Question 10

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Question 11

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Question 12

Through which bone does a drill need to go through to access the pituitary

Answer 12

sphenoid only

Question 13

How to stop a nosebleed

Answer 13

Lean forward and pinch soft part of nose

Question 14

Which cranial nerves are affected by cavernous sinus thrombosis

Answer 14

3 4 5a+b 6

Occulomotor
Trochlear
Trigeminal
Abducens

Question 15

Signs of anterior cranial fossa fracture

Answer 15

Periorbital ecchymosis, CSF rhinorrhoea

Question 16

Signs of fracture involving petrous bone of middle cranial fossa (basilar skull fracture)

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Haemotympanum
Battle’s sign
CSF otorrhoea

Question 17

Important anatomical relations of nasal cavity

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Paranasal air sinuses
Anterior cranial fossa
Nasopharynx
Lacrimal apparatus

Question 18

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Question 19

Which bones form the roof of the nasal cavity

Answer 19

Nasal
Frontal
Cribiform plate of ethmoid
Sphenoid

Question 20

Which bones form medial wall of nasal cavity

Answer 20

Vomer
Perpendicular plate of ethmoid

Question 21

To which part of the ear does the Pharyngotympanic tube connect

Answer 21

Middle ear

Question 22

What is top left arrow

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Question 23

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Question 24

Thyroid isthmus crosses over respiratory tract at what level

Answer 24

Tracheal rings

Question 25

Thyroid gland crosses where

Answer 25

below cricoid cartilage

Question 26

Damage to which nerve would cause difficulty reaching higher pitched notes

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External branch of superior laryngeal Cricothyroid muscle increases tension in true vocal cord

Question 27

signs of pharyngeal cancer

Answer 27

neck lump secondary to cervical mets Dysphagia Odynophagia Unexplained otalgia (due to sensory ear by vagus)

Question 28

Larynx and laryngopharynx are innervated by

Answer 28

vagus nerve motor and sensory

Question 29

Parasympathetic innervation of parotid gland

Answer 29

Glossopharyngeal

Question 30

What moves up when swallowing

Answer 30

Thyroid goitre Thyroglossal cyst (also when stick tongue out)

Question 31

Pain from tumour in the piriform fossa will be conveyed by

Answer 31

Vagus

Question 32

Initial investigations for laryngeal cancer

Answer 32

biopsy and endoscopy