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7. Syphilis-chancre
8. RAS-vitamin deficiencies
19. Tonsilloliths- concentration of varying size and consistency within the substance of the
tonsils
20. Burning mouth syndrome- intraanal pain d/o that frequently associated with dysgenesia
26. Raccoon eye- bilateral periorbital swelling can indicate fracture of the box of the skull
28. Breslow depth- distance from the granular cell layer to the base of the tumor. This depth
form of gingivitis
1. Hyoid bone- Greater cornua
2. Posterior pillar-palatopharyngeal
3. Cheiloplasty-cleft lip
5. Diptheria-carrier state
6. Laryngotracheobronchitis-croup
16. True- Swallowing occupies a dominant position over respiration in the arrangement of
19. False- cleft lip occurs very late in pregnancy-between the 4th-7th week of gestation when
20. False- traumatic granuloma of the larynx occurs frequently in men (infraglottic injuries)
21. True-B-hemolytic streptococci cause 15-20% of pharyngeal infections
22. True-Quincy is the most common space occupying infection in the head
23. True- laryngiomalacia accounts for atleast 90% of all congenital laryngeal disorders in
infants
25. True- the nose usually bleeds only from the one place at time except in nasal fractures or
26. True-Ca of the auricle most often has it onset in the 6th or 7th decade with about 80%
occurring in males
27. False-the frontal sinus is the most frequently involved of the paranasal sinuses with
28. A newborn baby boy was diagnosed to have cleft lip EXCEPT:
b. the chance for a child to have cleft lip, with or without cleft palate, if
one sibling has cleft palate and one parent has cleft is 14%.
c. the clearance for a child to have cleft palate,w/out a cleft lip, if one’s
e. lips are more frequently cleft unilaterally when combined with cleft palate
Absolute indication for tonsillectomy:
1. Development of cor pulmunale by chronic airway obstruction
2. Tonsillitis associated with persistent with streptococcal cultures
3. Tonsil hyperplasia with functional obstruction
4. Hyperplasia and obstruction remaining 6 more after infections mononucleoisis
5. Rheumatic fever history with heart damage associated with chronic vasculitis and
poor antibiotic
Distinct entities of croup syndrome:
1. viral croup
2. spasmatic croup
3. acute infectious laryngitis
4. cute epiglotittis
Classification of carcinoma of the larynx
1. Glottic cancer
2. supraglottic cancer
3. Transglottic cancer
4. Marginal carcinoma
5. Hypolaryngeal cancer
Types of Tounge Papillae
1. circumvallate papillae
2. Fungiform papillae
3. Filiform papillae
4. Foliate papillae
Components of Hutchinson’s triad
1. dental hypoplasia
2. interstitial keratitis
3. 8th nerve deafness
Conus elasticus- is a tough, fibrous band extending from the vocal ligament to the inferior
border of the cricoid cartilage.
Laryngeal ventricle (Ventricle of Morgagni)-is a laterally directed sulcus separating to true
and false cords.
Medium rhomboid glossitis- is due to embryonic failure of the lateral lingual tubercle cover the
tuberculum impair with subsequent entrapment between the 2 halves of the fused tounge.