OTOLARYNGOLOGY Word Scramble
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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) |
OTALGIA | THROBBING EARACHE PAIN. OT/O - EAR, ALG/O-PAIN |
OTIS MEDIA | ACUTE OR CHRONIC BACTERIAL INFECTION OF THE MIDDLE EAR |
MASTOIDITIS | INFECTION OF THE MASTOID PROCESS OF THE TEMPORAL BONE. FILLED WITH AIR. ACTS AS THE "LOOKOUT" FOR INFECTION |
AURICLE/PINNA | THE EXTERNAL EAR. AUR/I - EAR -CLE = SMALL THING |
OSSICLES | THE MALLEUS, THE INCUS AND STAPES - SMALL BONES OF THE MIDDLE EAR (OSSIC/O - BONE) |
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) |
EPISTAXIS | NOSE BLEED |
TINNITUS | CONSTANT RINGING, BUZZING OR HISSING IN THE EAR |
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 |
PHARYNGITIS | PHARYNG/O - PHAYRNX (THROAT). BACTERIAL OR VIRAL INFECTION OF THE THROAT. BACTERIA = STREPTOCOCCUS (STREP THROAT) NEEDS ANTIBIOTICS TO PREVENT HEART DISEASE |
NASAL SPECULUM | INSTRUMENT USED TO WIDEN THE OPENING OF THE NOSTRIL |
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