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1
Q

What is the gold standard investigation for an Acoustic Neuroma

A

MRI

2
Q

The nasal artery is a terminal branch of which artery

A

Ophthalmic artery

3
Q

What would pain + swelling after eating make you think of

A

Sialolithiasis

4
Q

What causes oral hairy leukoplakia and who does it tend to affect

A

EBV

tends to affect HIV patients

5
Q

When would lemon juice be squeezed into a patients mouth

A

To test for a sialolith

The lemon juice stimulates the salivary glands to produce saliva, thus causing pain due to the blockage

6
Q

Which auditory ossicle is affected by otosclerosis

A

Stapes

7
Q

How can amitriptyline cause a dry mouth

A

Can act as an anticholinergic

8
Q

Exposure to which chemical is a risk factor for septal perforation

A

Chromium

9
Q

What is another name for the Conus Elasticus and what is it attached to

A

Cricothyroid membrane

it is attached to the cricoid cartilage

10
Q

What is the anterior attachment of the vocal cord

A

The thyroid cartilage

11
Q

The quadrangular membrane passes from both sides of the epiglottis to attach to what

A

The anterior border of the arytenoid cartilage

12
Q

The recurrent laryngeal nerve supplies all the vocal cords muscles except which one

A

Cricothyroid muscles

tense the vocal cords and increase pitch

13
Q

What is the nerve supply to the cricothyroid muscles

A

Superior laryngeal nerve

14
Q

What is Ludwig’s Angina and how serious is it

A

Symmetrical swelling of floor of mouth and neck due to a dental infection. Life-threatening infection

15
Q

When would antibiotic cover be required for epistaxis

A

if postnasal space packing is performed

16
Q

What would Reed-Sternberg cells on biopsy suggest

A

Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

17
Q

What neck swelling will contain cholesterol crystals

A

Branchial cyst