Anatomy
Antibiotics
Otitis Media
Meningitis & URTI
Physiology & More Anatomy
100
Sebacious glands produce this secretion
What glands secrete Cerumen?
100
Class of antibiotic that clavulanic acid belongs to
What is an example of a beta-lactamase inhibitor?
100
The clinical word for earache
What is otalgia?
100
This type of meningitis typically considered the most serious and urgent to treat
What is bacterial meningitis?
100
Name of the apical projections of the sensory hair cells of the basilar membrane
What are stereocillia?
200
Name of the air-filled spaces surrounding the nasal area
What are the paranasal sinuses
200
Two advantages of syrup over tablet formulation of paracetamol for children
What are better compliance (better taste, less likely to throw away), less chance of choking (airway obstruction), lowered risk of overdose (lower concentration, doesn't look like a lolly, harder to get into- childproof cap) advantages for? [Other reasonable answers acceptable]
200
A type of otitis media associated with earache, fever, irritability, and a bulging tympanic membrane
What is Acute Otitis Media?
200
The "triad" of symptoms is most common in meningitis
What are headache, neck stiffness, and fever symptoms of typical symptoms of?
200
Type of the joint between occipital and sphenoid bones in children (hint: same type as the 1st sternocostal joint)
What is a synchondrosis?
300
Name of the 3 layers of the meninges
What are the dura, arachnoid, and pia mater?
300
Three strategies of bacterial resistance to antibiotics
What are binding site alteration, enzymatic inactivation of antibiotics & up/down regulation of efflux/influx pumps strategies of?
300
The strongest risk factor for otitits media
What is significance of being an infant for otitis media?
300
Vertebral location is where lumbar puncture is performed
What is L4/5? [L3/4 & L5/1 also acceptable]
300
Name of the muscle complex which encircle the mouth
What is the Orbicularis oris?
400
Nerve innervating the middle ear
What is the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)?
400
Name of a pain reliever which could induce wheezing in a child with asthma
What is ibuprofen?
400
The three bacteria most commonly involved in Otitis Media. (Savi, don't answer!)
What are Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenza & Moraxella catarrhalis?
400
Two factors that might make a person more susceptible to AURTI
What are immunosuppression and reduced commensal bacteria populations?
400
Initial flow of this ion (& direction of flow) causes the depolarisation of the sensory hair cells on the basilar membrane.
what does K+ inflow from the endolymph into the hair cells do?
500
Name of one of the 2 main nerves innervating the skin of the auricle
What are the great auricular and/or auriculotemporal nerves
500
Class of drugs only used in life-threatening situations & the reason for this
What is Aminoglycoside? - potential toxicity (specifically ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity)
500
Three mechanisms involved in bacterial interference
What are preventing colonisation, producing antagonistic substances and nutrient competition mechanisms of?
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