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Question 1

cerminucus

Answer 1

earwax producing in external ear

Question 2

3 things that go through IAM

Answer 2

facial nerve
cochlear
vestibular nerves

Question 3

how can tonsillitis and pharyngitis mimic ear ache? via which nerve?

Answer 3

CN IX

Question 4

what does normal physiology + loss of hearing suggest

Answer 4

stroke

Question 5

what causes swimmers ear

Answer 5

psueodmona aeruginosa

Question 6

what happened if AOM + mastoid swelling + tenderness

Answer 6

mastoid infection

Question 7

OME vs AOM

Answer 7

OME - inflammation of ear without acute inflammation

AOM = inflammation of ear with acute inflammation (and no fluid)

Question 8

what kind of hearing loss is seen in otosclerosis

Answer 8

mixed

Question 9

what do people with prebycusis say? why?

Answer 9

don’t shout I’m not deaf

can’t hear high frequencies

Question 10

does vestibular schwannoma cause loss of corneal reflex. ? what happens?

Answer 10

yes

touching one cornea causes both eyes to blink

Question 11

how long does Menderes last

Answer 11

30 mins to few hours

Question 12

what kind of hearing loss in menieres

Answer 12

sensorineural

Question 13

is gentamicin otoxic

Answer 13

yes

Question 14

when in gentamicin used for its otoxic properties

Answer 14

Menieres

Question 15

symptoms of bells palsy

Answer 15

bilateral weakness of facial muscles caused by viral infection

Question 16

what does external carotid artery supply

Answer 16

posterior + inferior portion of the nose via superior labial artery, greater palatine artery + sphenopalatine artery

Question 17

what does the internal carotid artery supply

Answer 17

the upper nose via the anterior + posterior ethmoidal arteries

Question 18

when to reset fractured nosed

Answer 18

within 2 weeks once swelling has passed

Question 19

where is the oral cavity

Answer 19

lips to tonsils

Question 20

where is the nasopharynx

Answer 20

posterior nasal openings to soft palate

Question 21

where is the oropharynx

Answer 21

soft palate to tip of epiglottis

Question 22

where is the hypopharynx

Answer 22

tip of epiglottis to cricocartilage

Question 23

para nerve supply to submandibular and sublingual glands?

Answer 23

CN VII via chord tympani

Question 24

what is the CN for sensory + motor to pharynx

Answer 24

CN X

Question 25

why don’t you give amoxicillin to glandular fever

Answer 25

rash