MCQ Collection
ENT Foundations MCQs
Practice ENT Foundations questions with answers and explanations.
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Correct Answer: B. A disorder with episodic vertigo, fluctuating hearing loss, tinnitus and aural fullness.
Explanation:
Ménière disease is a disorder with episodic vertigo, fluctuating hearing loss, tinnitus and aural fullness.
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Correct Answer: B. Hearing impairment caused by cochlear or auditory nerve dysfunction.
Explanation:
Sensorineural hearing loss is hearing impairment caused by cochlear or auditory nerve dysfunction.
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Correct Answer: D. Hearing impairment caused by cochlear or auditory nerve dysfunction.
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Sensorineural hearing loss is hearing impairment caused by cochlear or auditory nerve dysfunction.
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Correct Answer: A. A disorder with episodic vertigo, fluctuating hearing loss, tinnitus and aural fullness.
Explanation:
Ménière disease is a disorder with episodic vertigo, fluctuating hearing loss, tinnitus and aural fullness.
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Correct Answer: C. Brief positional vertigo caused by displaced otoconia in a semicircular canal.
Explanation:
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is brief positional vertigo caused by displaced otoconia in a semicircular canal.
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Correct Answer: D. Bleeding from the nasal cavity.
Explanation:
Epistaxis is bleeding from the nasal cavity.
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Correct Answer: B. Bacterial infection of a paranasal sinus following impaired drainage.
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Acute bacterial sinusitis is bacterial infection of a paranasal sinus following impaired drainage.
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Correct Answer: D. Inflammation of the palatine tonsils, usually infectious.
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Tonsillitis is inflammation of the palatine tonsils, usually infectious.
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Correct Answer: A. A collection beside the tonsil causing severe sore throat, muffled voice and uvular deviation.
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Peritonsillar abscess is a collection beside the tonsil causing severe sore throat, muffled voice and uvular deviation.
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Correct Answer: C. A harsh high-pitched respiratory sound caused by upper-airway narrowing.
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Stridor is a harsh high-pitched respiratory sound caused by upper-airway narrowing.
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Correct Answer: D. Impaired movement of a vocal fold due to nerve or muscle dysfunction.
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Vocal-cord palsy is impaired movement of a vocal fold due to nerve or muscle dysfunction.
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Correct Answer: A. Partial or complete blockage of the airway by an inhaled object.
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Foreign body airway obstruction is partial or complete blockage of the airway by an inhaled object.