ENT Foundations MCQs

Stridor is a harsh high-pitched respiratory sound caused by upper-airway narrowing.

Vocal-cord palsy is impaired movement of a vocal fold due to nerve or muscle dysfunction.

Foreign body airway obstruction is partial or complete blockage of the airway by an inhaled object.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a malignant tumour arising in the nasopharynx, sometimes presenting with neck nodes or ear symptoms.

Ménière disease is a disorder with episodic vertigo, fluctuating hearing loss, tinnitus and aural fullness.

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is brief positional vertigo caused by displaced otoconia in a semicircular canal.

Epistaxis is bleeding from the nasal cavity.

Acute bacterial sinusitis is bacterial infection of a paranasal sinus following impaired drainage.

Tonsillitis is inflammation of the palatine tonsils, usually infectious.

Peritonsillar abscess is a collection beside the tonsil causing severe sore throat, muffled voice and uvular deviation.

Acute otitis media is acute infection or inflammation of the middle ear, common in children.

Otitis externa is inflammation of the external auditory canal, often painful with tragal movement.