Deck 1: Ear, Nose, and Throat Medical

Question 1

The external auditory canal is

A)l- shaped
B)t- shaped
C)s- shaped
D)u- shaped

Answer 1

s- shaped

Question 2

Otomycosis becomes very common in the

A)summer season
B)winter season
C)rainy season
D)spring season

Answer 2

rainy season

Question 3

Narrowing of external auditory canal is

A)keratosis obturans
B)meatal stenosis
C)laryngotracheal stenosis
D)otosclerosis

Answer 3

meatal stenosis

Question 4

Van der Hoeve's syndrome is characterised by

A)conductive deafness
B)blue sclera
C)brittle bones
D)all of above

Question 5

In patients having perforated ear drum the ear discharge usually is

A)serous
B)mucoid or mucopurulent
C)foul smelling
D)watery

Question 6

Speech discrimination is good in

A)conductive deafness
B)sensori-neural deafness
C)deaf-mutism
D)mixed deafness

Question 7

The cause of deaf-mutism is

A)rhesus incompatibility
B)consanguineous marriages
C)ototoxic drugs
D)all of above

Question 8

Cause of non-pathological vertigo is

A)heights
B)spinning movements
C)sudden change of floor texture
D)all of above

Question 9

This disease is characterised by momentary vertigo

A)meniere\s disease
B)benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
C)vestibular neuronitis
D)acoustic neuroma

Question 10

Unilateral purulent blood-stained discharge from nose in a child is pathognomic of

A)malignancy
B)old foreign body in the nose
C)vestibulitis
D)hypertension

Question 11

S.M.R (Submucous Resection of the Nasal Septum) operation is usually performed after the age of

A)5 yrs
B)10 yrs
C)17 yrs
D)12 yrs

Question 12

Rhinosporidiosis is commonly seen in

A)farmers
B)teachers
C)lawyers
D)doctors

Question 13

This condition manifests as pain in the frontal and maxillary region as the aircraft or driver descends

A)chronic frontal sinusitis
B)barotraumatic sinusitis
C)chronic maxillary sinusitis
D)rhinolith

Question 14

The cause of Blood-stained nasal discharge may be

A)old foreign bodies
B)malignancy
C)rhinolith
D)all of above

Question 15

Perverted sense of smell, where the person gets non-existent foul smell

A)cacosmia
B)parosmia
C)anosmia
D)hyposmia

Question 16

The most frequently infected paranasal sinus is

A)maxillary sinus
B)spenoidal sinus
C)anterior ethmoidal sinus
D)frontal sinus

Question 17

Malignancy of this paranasal sinuses is most common

A)spenoidal sinus
B)anterior ethmoidal sinus
C)maxillary sinus
D)frontal sinus

Question 18

These are the functions of tonsils EXCEPT

A)vocal resonance
B)immunity
C)lymphocyte formation
D)antibodies formation

Question 19

In investigation report of patient with Sjogren's syndrome which of the following is NOT true

A)esr is raised
B)rheumatoid factor is negative
C)ssa, ssb antigens are elevated
D)antinuclear antibodies are present

Question 20

Hot potato speech is seen in

A)malignant tumours of the tonsils
B)papilloma
C)chronic laryngitis
D)quinsy

Question 21

This is a speech disorder due to lesion affecting the cortical speech centre

A)aphasia
B)dysphasia
C)dysarthria
D)stammering

Question 22

Fatigue of phonatory muscles or vocal strain is called as

A)phonoaesthesia
B)pubophonia
C)dysphonia
D)rhinolalia

Question 23

The contra-indication of emergency tracheostomy is

A)diabetes mellitus
B)there is no contra-indication
C)hypertension
D)general debilty

Question 24

This is used for examining the upper part of the oesophagus and for removal of foreign bodies

A)cricopharyngoscope
B)bronchoscope
C)laryngoscope
D)oesophagoscope

Question 25

In radiographs of the paranasal sinuses, Water's view is utilised for examining the

A)anterior ethmoidal sinus
B)spenoidal sinus
C)frontal sinus
D)maxillary sinus