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The principal organ of equilibrium is the...   vestibular apparatus.  
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Selective deafness is also known as...   functional deafness.  
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How many prongs does a tuning fork have?   2  
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Deafness is defined as:   any reduction of hearing, no matter how slight.  
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The auditory ossicles are the...   malleus, incus, and stapes.  
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The malleus can often be visualized behind the...   tympanic membrane.  
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Another name for earwax is...   cerumen.  
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The external ear is comprised of the...   pinna and external auditory canal.  
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During a myringotomy, the ossicles should be passed off the field...   at the end of the case.  
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The ossicles are not passed off the field until the end of the case because...   they may be reused.  
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Stapedectomy is performed under...   local anesthetic.  
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A Hough hoe is a type of...   elevator.  
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Who must be certain the graft material, from a source other than the patient, has been secured in advance?   STSR  
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Before passing the PE tube to the surgeon, the STSR should...   stabilize the PE tube in the jaws of an alligator forcep, without touching it.  
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How many classifications of tympanoplasty are there?   V  
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Which laser is especially useful in the middle ear for stapedectomy?   Argon  
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During a tympanoplasty the surgeon begins with a large bur, and progressively changes to a smaller sizes...   as the nerve is approached.  
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For procedures on pediatric patients, specialized anesthesia equipment is utilized, and the temperature of the OR may be...   raised.  
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Is a myringotomy considered a sterile procedure?   No.  
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The nasal septum is typically straight...   at birth.  
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The tip of the nose is referred to as the...   apex.  
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Patients should be forewarned that nasal packing will be inserted as...   part of the procedure.  
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The sense of smell is called the...   olfactory sense.  
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The sense of smell is processed in the olfactory cortex of the...   temporal lobe.  
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Procedures performed through the nose are not considered...   sterile procedures.  
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The main source of blood supply to the nose is the...   internal maxillary artery.  
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Nasal polyps are usually diagnosed by...   direct vision.  
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Does instrumentation for rhinoplasty differ from the instrumentation for internal nasal and sinus surgery?   Yes.  
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Carcinoma, chronic infection, intractable picking, occupational chemical exposure, or substance abuse may cause...   septal perforation.  
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What type of sinuses are located between the eyes, and have a honeycomb appearance?   Ethmoid sinuses.  
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Internal nasal splints may be inserted and sutured in place for a...   Septoplasty.  
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An incision along the inferior edge of the eyebrow, and along the anterior and lateral aspects of the nasal bone is used to drain...   the frontal sinus.  
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Is nasal surgery considered sterile?   No.  
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A Weder tongue blade has a heart-shaped end, and is used to retract the tongue...   downward.  
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Procedures of the nose are most often done to...   restore function.  
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What procedure is most often done to straighten a deviated nasal septum?   SMR/Septoplasty.  
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The incision for a Caldwell-Luc procedure is through the...   canine fossa.  
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The main advantage to sinus endoscopy is that the surgery can be focused on the area of concern without damage to...   surrounding tissue.  
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The trachea is located anterior to the...   esophagus.  
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Laryngitis is usually caused by...   a virus.  
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Which tonsils are located within the folds of two bands of tissue that descend from the soft palate to the base of the tongue?   Palatine tonsils.  
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The death rate for epiglottitis is...   20%.  
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An examination used to diagnose sleep    
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