ENT Anatomy
ENT Medical Terminology
ENT Things
Oral/Max Anatomy
Oral/Max Procedures and Instruments
100
This structure can be found at the end of the auditory canal.
What is the tympanic membrane?
100
Procedure that involves using a special camera to look into the throat to view the voice box and vocal cords.
What is laryngoscopy?
100
These instruments would be used to perform what procedure?
What is BMT (bilateral myringotomy with tubes), myringotomy, etc.?
100
The strongest facial bone.
What is the mandible?
100
Surgical instrumentation and fixation used to immobilize the jaw to manage fractures of the mandible and maxilla.
What are arch bars and wires?
200
The middle ear is made up of three bones known as __________.
What are ossicles?
200
Formation of abnormal bone growth within the middle ear that causes hardening and progressive hearing loss.
What is otosclerosis?
200
A type of coblator wand used to shrink these structures inside the nose responsible for moistening and warming the air to help a person breathe easier.
What are turbinates?
200
Thick ridge of bone that the teeth are embedded into.
What is the alveolar process?
200
Name and classification of surgeries that correct deformities of the mid-face and jaw.
What is LeFort I,II, or III?
300
The structure of the nose is made up of what two types of tissue.
What are bone and cartilage tissue?
300
Surgical repair of the eardrum.
What is tympanoplasty?
300
This instrument is used during what type of procedure to help retract the faucial pillars.
What is tonsillectomy?
300
This bone is part of the orbital floor and is the second most commonly fractured facial bone (first are nasal fractures).
What is the zygomatic (cheekbone)?
300
The medical term that means jaw straightening.
What is orthognathic?
400
The cranial nerve responsible for supplying sensory innervation to the face, oral cavity, nose, nasal cavity, and maxillary sinuses as well as providing motor innervations for the muscles of chewing is the ____________.
What is the Trigeminal or 5th cranial nerve?
400
Incision made into the eardrum.
What is myringotomy?
400
Removal of the salivary gland that creates saliva to aid with chewing, swallowing, and digesting food.
What is parotidectomy?
400
Tooth surface that is closest to the tongue.
What is the lingual surface?
400
Steps for fixation when plating the jaw.
What is drill, measure, tap, screw?
500
An oral or nasal airway may be used to prevent the tongue from covering this structure.
What is the epiglottis?
500
Surgical procedure to correct a deviation of the nose when either the right or left nasal passage is smaller than the other.
What is septoplasty?
500
This emergency procedure requires the availability of this particular dilator.
What is tracheal dilator?
500
Tooth surface that is closest to the lips.
What is the labial tooth surface?
500
Common periosteal elevator used in dental surgery.
What is a molt?