trivia and eponyms

Question 1

Who is the first man to view the functioning larynx in a living human?

Answer 1

Manuel Garcia

Question 2

Who first described the direct visualization of the vocal cords?

Answer 2

Alfred Kirstein

Question 3

What is the nerve of galen?

Answer 3

communicating branch between the internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve and the recurrent laryngeal nerve

Question 4

What is the Hilton sac?

Answer 4

laryngeal saccule

Question 5

What is the Merkel filtrum vernticuli

Answer 5

groove between 2 prominences, in each lateral wall of the vestibule of the larynx formed by cuneiform and arytenoid cartilages

Question 6

What is the Morgagni ventricle?

Answer 6

laryngeal ventricle

Question 7

What is the Cartilage of wrisberg?

Answer 7

cuneiform cartilage

Question 8

What is the communicating branch between the internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve and the recurrent laryngeal nerve?

Answer 8

nerve of galen

Question 9

What is the laryngeal saccule also known as (eponym)?

Answer 9

Hilton sac

Question 10

What is the laryngeal ventricle also known as (eponym)?

Answer 10

Morgagni ventricle

Question 11

What is the cuneiform cartilage also known as (eponym)?

Answer 11

Cartilage of wrisberg

Question 12

What is the groove between 2 prominences, in each lateral wall of the vestibule of the larynx formed by cuneiform and arytenoid cartilages?

Answer 12

Merkel filtrum vernticuli

Question 13

This technique is used in endotracheal intubation to try to reduce the risk of regurgitation.

Answer 13

Sellicks maneuver

application of pressure to the cricoid cartilage at the neck, thus occluding the esophagus which passes directly behind it

Question 14

This is the application of pressure to the cricoid cartilage at the neck, thus occluding the esophagus which passes directly behind it.

Answer 14

Sellicks maneuver

technique is used in endotracheal intubation to try to reduce the risk of regurgitation