1. Q 1. What technological advancement in the 1950s made it possible for Wullstein to describe the different types of tympanoplasty? A: Zeiss surgical microscope 13/08/20151Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

2. Q2. Which Irish otologist was the first to recognise and document genetic deafness as a major cause of early-onset deafness and also has an incision named after him? A: Sir William Robert Willis Wilde (1815-1876). 13/08/20152Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

3. Q3. Name the 2 doctors who won the nobel prize 2004 in Physiology and Medicine for their work on olfactory receptors? A: Linda Buck and Richard Axel 13/08/20153Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

4. Q 4. Which micro-organism is associated with rhinophyma? A: Demodex Follicularis 13/08/20154Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

5. A patient gets vertigo when her alarm clock rings. Q5. What is the name of this phenomenon and what is the most likely diagnosis? A: Tullio’s. Superior Semi-circular Canal Dehisence Syndrome. 13/08/20155Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

6. Q 6. What is the most common tumour of the middle ear? A: Glomus tympanicum 13/08/20156Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

7. Q 7. What is the name of the tissue plane of the face composed of fibrous and/or muscle tissue that is continuous with platysma and lack direct bony insertion? A: SMAS (superficial musculoaponeurotic system) 13/08/20157Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

8. Q8. What is the medical name for bat ears and what is the most common abnormality? A: Promin auris. Underdevelopment of the anti-helix. 13/08/20158Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

9. Q9. Which type of BCC commonly resembles a scar and usually requires MOHS micrographic surgery? A: Morpheaform (other types: nodular, cystic, superficial multicentric and keratotic) 13/08/20159Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

10. Q10. What is the most common hormonal deficiency following radiotherapy for NPC? A: Growth Hormone 13/08/201510Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

11. Q 11. What is the most common tumour of the parotid gland in (a) adults & (b) children? A: (a) Pleomorphic adenoma & (b)Haemangioma 13/08/201511Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

12. Q12. What genetic mutation is associated with medullary thyroid cancer? A: Mutation of RET proto-oncogene 13/08/201512Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

13. Q 13. What is the antigen for c-ANCA and what does c-ANCA stands for? A: PR3 protein. cytoplasmic anti-neutrophil antibodies. 13/08/201513Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

14. Q 14. Which nerve may be divided in the surgical management of Frey’s syndrome? A: Jacobson 13/08/201514Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

15. Q 15. Where are the cell bodies of the chorda tympani nerve? A: Geniculate ganglion 13/08/201515Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

16. Q 16. Which cells are unique to Hodgkin’s lymphoma? A: Reed-Sternberg cells 13/08/201516Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

17. Q 17. Which salivary gland tumour is described as having a swiss cheese appearance? A: Adenoid cystic carcinoma 13/08/201517Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

18. Q 18: Which syndrome is characterised by uveitis, parotid swelling and facial nerve palsy and what medical condition it usually associated with? A: Heerfordt’s. Sarcoidosis 13/08/201518Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

19. Q 19. What is the name of the part of the cochlear labyrinth where the scala tympani and the scala vestibule meet and is the main component of the cochlear apex? A. helicotrema 13/08/201519Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

20. Q20. Which is the only muscle that opens the Eustachian tube? A: Tensor Veli Palatini muscle 13/08/201520Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

21. Q 21. Which neck dissection incision results in the best cosmetic outcome? A: MacFee 13/08/201521Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

22. Q 22. Which salivary gland tumour has the highest propensity for perineural spread? A: Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma 13/08/201522Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

23. Q 23. What is the name given to the reddish hue on the promontory associated with otosclerosis? A: Schwartze’s sign 13/08/201523Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

24. Q 24. What structure separates the superior vestibular nerve from the facial nerve (and is the place where otologists have a pint : ) A: Bill’s Bar 13/08/201524Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)

25. END 13/08/201525Fundamentals of ENT (ICH/SMH)