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  2. List of instruments used in otorhinolaryngology, head and ...

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    used in adenoid surgery.held in dagger holding fashion and passed behind soft palate. Yankauer's nasopharyngoscope: for a direct access or look at the nasopharynx: Yankauer suction tip: double bent sucker; used as a sucker in operations of the mouth Lichtwitz antrum-puncture trocar and canula

  3. Vocal cords - Wikipedia

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    The results show that the vocal fold mucosae were hypoplastic, and rudimentary, and like newborns, did not have any vocal ligament, Reinke's space, or layered structure. Like newborns, the lamina propria appeared as a uniform structure. Some stellate cells were present in the macula flava, but started to show some signs of degeneration. The ...

  4. Thyroplasty - Wikipedia

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    It is a surgical procedure used in conditions like adductor spasmodic dysphonia (a condition in which there is distortion of the voice due to excessively tight closure of the glottis on phonation). Generally, lateralization thyroplasty is intended to prevent this tight closure of the glottis at the terminal stage of phonation by lateralizing ...

  5. Anatomography - Wikipedia

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    Anatomography is an interactive website which supports generating anatomical diagrams and animations of the human body. The Anatomography website is maintained by the DBCLS (Database Center for Life Science) non-profit research institute located at the University of Tokyo.

  6. List of instruments used in anatomy - Wikipedia

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    for cutting into the chest of the body by cutting the sternum: Dissecting knife: sharp cutting instruments Toothed forceps: for tearing or holding structures Mallet: used as a hammer: Skull key: a T-shaped chisel used as a lever while removing skull cap [1] Large knife: to cleanly cut the brain into anatomical sections Rib shears

  7. Laryngectomy - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. Vocal cord paresis - Wikipedia

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    Unilateral vocal fold paresis is the term used when there is damage to the RLN on one side of the body. [7] In unilateral vocal fold paresis, there is a lack of nerve supply to one side of the vocal fold's PCA muscle. [5] [7] This lack of nerve supply renders the arytenoid cartilage immobile. [5] [7] The RLN may be damaged during surgical ...

  9. Instruments used in radiology - Wikipedia

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    to visualize the interior of the body in slices (traditionally showing horizontal slices); video link: Magnetic resonance imaging alias Nuclear magnetic resonance : high strength (0.15 to 1.5 teslas) [4] are used to excite protons that produce the record results (like CT scan). It can show particular tissues more clearly than CT.; [4] video link