Anatomy
Disorders/Etiologies
Referrals
Symptoms and Stuff
FUN CATEGORY
100
Patch of tissue which sits at the very back of the nasal passage. Keep the body healthy by trapping harmful bacteria and viruses that we breathe in or swallow.
Adenoids
100
the lungs and the airways (bronchi) are damaged, causing tissue destruction (dysplasia) in the tiny air sacs of the lung (alveoli)
what is Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
100
Reasons to refer to ENT
poor sleep, snoring, pain with swallowing, stridor/stertor, anything "funky" on oral mechanism exam, "failed" MBS without correlating etiology!!!!
100
A group of flamingoes
What is a flamboyance
200
Soft part of the "roof" of your mouth, which separates the oral and nasal cavity
What is the soft palate
200
signs consistent with Macroglossia
- Noisy, high-pitched breathing (stridor).
- Snoring or low-pitched breathing (stertor).
- Difficulty eating or drinking (dysphagia).
- Drooling
- Sleep apnea
- Obviously large tongue
200
ENT, specifically request laryngeal imaging (e.g., flexible laryngoscopy) and cite concern for laryngomalacia
200
Dizziness
What is a reason to refer to pulmonology?
200
Kyle's dog's name
Summer
300
that lil' dangly thing that swing in the back of my throat
Uvula
BONUS: why do we care to look at this?
300
micrognathia, glossoptosis, and airway obstruction
What are the 3 components of Pierre-Robin Sequence?
BONUS: Why is it called a SEQUENCE and not a SYNDROME?
300
Reasons to refer to pulmonology
-chronic cough
-chest tightness
-rapid breathing
-frequent respiratory illness
300
There is no consensus definition
What is the consensus definition of tongue tie?
300
Horrendous, tremendous, hazardous, and stupendous
What are the only 4 English words that end in -dous
400
a fold of mucus membrane under the tongue
lingual frenulum
BONUS: what makes it a "tongue tie" (ankyloglossia) vs. just a normal frenulum?
400
Signs consistent with Paradoxical Vocal Fold Movement
- Noisy inhalation.
- Difficulty getting air "in"
- Feeling of throat closing.
- Feeling of being "strangled"
- Intermittent shortness of breath.
- Chronic cough.
- Voice change/Inability to speak
- Higher performing child
400
Noisy breathing which occurs above the larynx, vs. noisy breathing that occurs at the level of the larynx or below
400
The first president to wear long trousers rather than knee breeches to his inauguration
John Quincy Adams
500
Where signs of aspiration may be observed on a chest x-ray
right lower or middle lobe
500
an abnormal connection between two important tubes
What is tracheoesophageal fistula
500
Reasons to refer to ADC
-2 "failed" swallow studies without explained etiology
-laryngeal/airway disorders requiring surgical interventions
500
3 y.o. child with a history of the following:
laryngomalacia s/p supraglottaplasty, prolonged NGT use, frequent ear infections, enlarged tonsils s/p partial removal, hyponasal speech, poor weight gain
What might you discover in your evaluation?
-selective eating
-poor OM skills
-open mouth posture at rest
-snoring
-facial aversion
-etc.
500
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