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Laryngology is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders, diseases and injuries of the larynx, colloquially known as the voice box.Laryngologists treat disorders of the larynx, including diseases that affects the voice, swallowing, or upper airway.
Instrument Uses Head Mirror with head band: to focus light into the cavity under inspection; mirror is concave and is used with a Chiron lamp to produce a parallel beam of light; doctor views through the hole (average diameter of mirror is 3 & 1/2" & that of hole is 1/4")
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An electrolarynx, sometimes referred to as a "throat back", is a medical device used to produce clearer speech by those people who have lost their voice box, usually due to cancer of the larynx.
Laryngectomy is the removal of the larynx.In a total laryngectomy, the entire larynx is removed (including the vocal folds, hyoid bone, epiglottis, thyroid and cricoid cartilage and a few tracheal cartilage rings) with the separation of the airway from the mouth, nose and esophagus. [1]
In 1903, it was renamed again to reflect its nationwide membership as the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology (AAOO). [ 1 ] By 1962, there was recognition that the specialties of ophthalmology and otolaryngology were diverging enough to warrant separate professional associations. [ 1 ]
In the human larynx, the vocal process is the anterior angle of the base of the arytenoid cartilage, as it projects horizontally forward and gives attachment to the vocal ligament.
M. Major alar cartilage; Malleus; Mandibular nerve; Mandibular setback surgery; Marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve; Mastoid antrum; Mastoid canaliculus