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MP FINAL - OTOLARYNGOLOGY

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OTOLARYNGOLOGY   EARS, NOSE AND THROAT. OT/O - EAR, LARYNG/O - LARYNX (VOICE BOX). THE STUDY OF EARS, NOSE AND THROAT (AND RELATED STRUCTURES)  
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OTALGIA   THROBBING EARACHE PAIN. OT/O - EAR, ALG/O-PAIN  
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OTIS MEDIA   ACUTE OR CHRONIC BACTERIAL INFECTION OF THE MIDDLE EAR  
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MASTOIDITIS   INFECTION OF THE MASTOID PROCESS OF THE TEMPORAL BONE. FILLED WITH AIR. ACTS AS THE "LOOKOUT" FOR INFECTION  
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AURICLE/PINNA   THE EXTERNAL EAR. AUR/I - EAR -CLE = SMALL THING  
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OSSICLES   THE MALLEUS, THE INCUS AND STAPES - SMALL BONES OF THE MIDDLE EAR (OSSIC/O - BONE)  
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FRONTAL SINUSES   SINUSES ABOVE EACH EYEBROW IN THE FRONTAL BONE OF THE CRANIUM (THERE ARE ALSO ETHMOID SINUSES (INSIDE EYE ORBIT) AND MAXILLARY SINUSES (ON THE ZYGOMATIC BONE NEAR THE NOSE)  
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EPISTAXIS   NOSE BLEED  
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TINNITUS   CONSTANT RINGING, BUZZING OR HISSING IN THE EAR  
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TMJ   TEMPORO MANDIBULAR JOINT SYNDROM - DISFUNCTION OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE TMJ...CLICKING OF THE JOINT, PAIN, DIFFICULTY OPENING THE JAW. CAUSED BY CLENCHING THE TEETH OR DUE TO MISALIGNMENT OF THE TEETH  
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PHARYNGITIS   PHARYNG/O - PHAYRNX (THROAT). BACTERIAL OR VIRAL INFECTION OF THE THROAT. BACTERIA = STREPTOCOCCUS (STREP THROAT) NEEDS ANTIBIOTICS TO PREVENT HEART DISEASE  
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NASAL SPECULUM   INSTRUMENT USED TO WIDEN THE OPENING OF THE NOSTRIL  
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