ENT

Instruments

100

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

200

A forceps used in nasal surgery is a/an:

a. bayonet

b. Russian

c. rat-tooth

d. alligator

a. bayonet

300

Nasal polyps are removed with either a polyp forceps or a/an:

a. Antrum rasp

b. Coakley curette

c. Freer elevator

d. nasal snare

D. nasal snare

400

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

C. Jansen-Middleton forceps

500

An instrument used to elevate the thyroid lobe during surgical excision is a:

a. Babcock

b. Lahey

c. Green

d. Jackson

B. Lahey

Anatomy

100

Which sinus is entered during an intranasal antrostomy (antral window)?

a. Ethmoid

b. Sphenoid

c. Maxillary

d. Frontal

C. Maxillary

200

The majority of benign salivary gland tumors occur in which gland?

a. Sublingual

b. Submaxillary

c. Parotid

d. Submandibular

C. Parotid

300

What is the facial bone that makes up the chin?

a. Frontal

b. Zygomatic

c. Maxilla

d. Mandible

D. Mandible

400

The vocal cords are located in the:

a. larynx

b. pharynx

c. windpipe

d. trachea

A. Larynx

500

The winding, cone-shaped tube of the inner ear is the:

a. vestibule

b. semicircular canal

c. labyrinth

d. cochlea

D. Cochlea

Procedures

100

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

200

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

300

Total laryngectomy includes all of the following EXCEPT:

a. soft palate

b. strap muscles

c. hyoid bone

d. larynx

A. soft palate

400

Surgical correction of a deviated septum is known as a/an:

a. antrostomy

b. submucous resection

c. rhinoplasty

d. turbinectomy

B. Submucous resection

500

Cholesteatoma is treated by doing a:

a. tympanoplasty

b. myringotomy

c. stapedectomy

d. mastoidectomy

D. Mastoidectomy

Medications/Solutions

100

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

200

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%

300

During ear surgery, pledgets generally used to control bleeding are soaked in:

a. saline

b. heparin

c. thrombin

d. epinephrine

D. epinephrine

400

The most common topical anesthetic agent used in ENT surgery is:

a. Xylocaine

b. Procaine

c. Cocaine

d. Surfacaine

C. Cocaine

500

When performing a Thyroid scan they use radiotracers to determine the size, shape, and position of the gland, these include:

a. methylene blue

b. Technetium 99

c. radioactive iodine

d. Both A and B

D. Both A and B

Miscellaneous

100

Which dressing is used after nasal surgery?

a. Collodion

b. Moustache

c. Pressure

d. Telfa

B. Moustache

200

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

300

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

400

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

500

Which position is used following a tonsillectomy?

a. Dorsal recumbent

b. On side, horizontally

c. Reverse Trendelenburg

d. Supine

B. On side, horizontally