Instruments
In Myringotomy, the tube to facilitate drainage is placed into the tympanic membrane with a/an:
a. Alligator Forceps
b. Castroviejo
c. wire loop curette
d. Tobey forceps
A. Alligator Forceps
Which sinus is entered during an intranasal antrostomy (antral window)?
a. Ethmoid
b. Sphenoid
c. Maxillary
d. Frontal
The procedure performed to improve nasal airflow caused by congestion and rhinorrhea is:
a. rhinoplasty
b. SMR
c. closed reduction of a nasal fracture
d. turbinectomy
D. Turbinectomy
Which of the following medications would be used as a topical anesthetic before nasal surgery?
a. Numorphan
b. Codeine
c. Cocaine
d. Marcaine
C. Cocaine
Which dressing is used after nasal surgery?
a. Collodion
b. Moustache
c. Pressure
d. Telfa
B. Moustache
A forceps used in nasal surgery is a/an:
a. bayonet
b. Russian
c. rat-tooth
d. alligator
The majority of benign salivary gland tumors occur in which gland?
a. Sublingual
b. Submaxillary
c. Parotid
d. Submandibular
C. Parotid
The procedure performed for sensory neural deafness is:
a. trigeminal neuralgia
b. cochlear implants
c. microvascular decompression
d. Both A and C
B. Cochlear implants
Which medication is found on a tracheostomy setup to reduce the coughing reflex at tube insertion?
a. Cocaine 4%
b. Lidocaine 1%
c. Cocaine 10%
d. Lidocaine 10%
B. Lidocaine 1%
One of the most common complications of head and neck surgery is:
a. back pain from positioning
b. laryngeal spasms
c. hemorrhage
d. malignant hyperthermia
B. laryngeal spasms
Nasal polyps are removed with either a polyp forceps or a/an:
a. Antrum rasp
b. Coakley curette
c. Freer elevator
d. nasal snare
What is the facial bone that makes up the chin?
a. Frontal
b. Zygomatic
c. Maxilla
d. Mandible
D. Mandible
Total laryngectomy includes all of the following EXCEPT:
a. soft palate
b. strap muscles
c. hyoid bone
d. larynx
During ear surgery, pledgets generally used to control bleeding are soaked in:
a. saline
b. heparin
c. thrombin
d. epinephrine
The graft used for a tympanoplasty procedure is taken from the:
a. middle ear
b. pinna
c. temporalis fascia
d. pars tensa
C. temporalis fascia
What instrument is used to effect removal of the septal cartilage in a rhinoplasty?
a. Knight nasal scissor
b. Joseph nasal scissor
c. Jansen-Middleton forceps
d. Freer septum knife
The vocal cords are located in the:
a. larynx
b. pharynx
c. windpipe
d. trachea
A. Larynx
Surgical correction of a deviated septum is known as a/an:
a. antrostomy
b. submucous resection
c. rhinoplasty
d. turbinectomy
B. Submucous resection
The most common topical anesthetic agent used in ENT surgery is:
a. Xylocaine
b. Procaine
c. Cocaine
d. Surfacaine
C. Cocaine
What type of facial fracture is associated with the leakage of cerebrospinal fluid into the nasal sinus?
a. Le Fort I
b. Le Fort II
c. Le Fort III
d. Le Fort IV
B. Le Fort II
An instrument used to elevate the thyroid lobe during surgical excision is a:
a. Babcock
b. Lahey
c. Green
d. Jackson
B. Lahey
The winding, cone-shaped tube of the inner ear is the:
a. vestibule
b. semicircular canal
c. labyrinth
d. cochlea
D. Cochlea
Cholesteatoma is treated by doing a:
a. tympanoplasty
b. myringotomy
c. stapedectomy
d. mastoidectomy
D. Mastoidectomy
a. methylene blue
b. Technetium 99
c. radioactive iodine
d. Both A and B
D. Both A and B
Which position is used following a tonsillectomy?
a. Dorsal recumbent
b. On side, horizontally
c. Reverse Trendelenburg
d. Supine
B. On side, horizontally