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WHERE IS THYROID LOCATED?
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FRONT OF NECK BELOW TRACHEA
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WHAT ARE THYROID'S LANDMARKS
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UPPER AND LOWER POLES
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WHERE IS UPPER POLE LOCATED?
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HIDDEN BENEATH UPPER END OR STERNOTHYROID MUSCLE
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WHAT'S LOCATION OF LOWER POLE
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EXTENDS TO LOWER TRACHEAL RINGS
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WHAT ENCLOSES THYROID
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PRETRACHEAL FASCIA
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POSTERIOR SURFACE OF ISTHMUS IS ADHERENT TO WHAT
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ANTERIOR SURFACE OF TRACHEAL RINGS
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WHAT EXTENDS UPWARD FROM ISTHMUS
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PYRAMIDAL LOBE
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WHAT SUTURE MIGHT BE USED TO MARK INCISION FOR THYROIDECTOMY
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2-0 OR 0 SILK
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IN NECK PROCEDURES WHAT COMPLICATIONS SHOULD ONE BE AWARE OF & WHY
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SWELLING MAY INDICATE HEMORRHAGE OR HEMATOMA
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BLOOD SUPPLY TO THYROID ORIGINATES WHERE
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EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY AND SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY
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SUBLCLAVIAN ARTERY BRANCHES TO BECOME WHAT?
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INFERIOR THYROID ARTERY
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EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY BRANCHES INTO WHAT?
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SUPERIOR THYROID ARTERY
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NAME VEINS THAT DRAIN THE THYROID GLAND
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SUPERIOR, INFERIOR, AND MIDDLE THYROID VEIN
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MIDDLE THYROID VEIN ALSO KNOWN AS WHAT
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INTERNAL JUGULAR
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WHY SHOULD CARE BE TAKEN WHEN RETRACTING LARYNGEAL NERVE?
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MAY RESULT IN HOARSENESS OR PERMANENT LOSS OF VOCAL CORDS IF DAMAGED
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THYROID ISN'T VITAL TO LIFE, BUT IS IMPORTANT FOR WHAT?
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MAINTAINING HOMEOSTASIS OF METABOLIC RATE
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PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THYROID GLAND?
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IODINE METABOLISM
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LACK OF IODINE CAUSES WHAT?
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GOITER
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HOW MANY PARATHYROID GLANDS
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4
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WHAT DO PARATHYROID GLANDS SECRETE
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PTH=PARATHYROID HORMONE
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PTH IS ANTAGONIST TO?
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CALCITONIN
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PTH AND CALCITONIN WORK TOGETHER TO MAINTAIN WHAT?
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PROPER CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS
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CALCIUM IS NEEDED IN BLOOD WHY?
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TO GET INTO BONES
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THYROID HORMONES REGULATE WHAT?
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ORGANIC METABOLISM AND ENERGY BALANCE, ACTIVITY OF NERVOUS SYSTEM, AND GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
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WHAT ARE THE 2 TYPES OF CELLS IN THYROID?
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FOLLICULAR AND PARAFOLLICULAR
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WHAT ROLE DO T-3 AND T-4 HORMONES PLAY?
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REGULATION OF THE BASAL METABOLIC RATE
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FOLLICULAR CELLS PRODUCE, STORE, & RELEASE WHAT?
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T-3 & T-4 HORMONES
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PARAFOLLICULAR CELLS SECRETE?
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CALCITONIN
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WHAT DOES CALCITONIN DO
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HELPS MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS ALONG WITH PTH
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WHAT IS TSH AND WHERE IS IT MADE
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THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE; MADE BY FOLLICULAR CELLS
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WHAT IS RAIU
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RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE UPTAKE; A THYROID TEST INVOLVING THE INJECTION OF DYE
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LIST 4 TYPES OF THYROID TESTS
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UPTAKE, RAIU, SERUM T4, AND SERUM T3
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THYROID ISOTOPES ARE CLASSIFIED AS WHAT?
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COLD OR HOT NODULES
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IN ISOTOPE TESTING, COLD SPOTS INDICATE WHAT?
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LACK OF ABSORPTION OF DYE INDICATING CYSTS, CANCER, &/OR HYOFUNCTIONING THYROID
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HOT SPOTS INDICATE?
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ISOTOPES SOAKING UP ALL DYE INDICATING HYPERFUNCTIONING OF THYROID, INCREASED BENIGN ADENOMAS, &/OR TOXIC GOITER
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HOW IS A SWOLLEN LUMP IN THYROID GLAND EVALUATED
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PALPATION, ULTRASOUND, SWALLOW TEST
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WHAT IS THE DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF THYROID TESTING
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EVALUATION OF SWELLING OF LUMP IN THYROID GLAND, TO ASCERTAIN SYMPTOMS OF EXCESSIVE OR DEFICIENT THYROID HORMONE LEVELS, TO MONITOR RESPONSE OF THYROID DISEASE TO THERAPY, & TO SCREEN NEWBORNS FOR CRETINISM-HYPOSECRETION
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*****MAIN FUNCTION OF THYROID?******
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HELPS GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
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CLINICAL SYMPTOMS OF CRETINISM
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DWARFISM AND MENTAL RETARDATION
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CRETINISM-HYPOSECRETION, IF TESTED EARLY IS TREATABLE WITH THYROID HORMONES. WHAT IS THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO TREAT IT?
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BETWEEN 3 MOS. AND 2 YRS.
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SYMPTOMS OF CRETINISM
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RETARDED SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT, YELLOWISH SKIN COLOR, ROUND FACE, THICK NOSE, LARGE THICK PROTRUDING TONGUE, RESPIRATORY DIFFICULTY, AND HOARSE CRY
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WHAT IS A GOITER
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AN ENLARGEMENT OF THYROID GLAND
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2 TYPES OF GOITERS & WHAT PROBLEM MIGHT THEY CAUSE
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STERNAL OR RETROSTERNAL; DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING
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WHAT'S THYROIDITIS
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INFLAMMATORY CONDITION OF THYROID GLAND
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WHAT IS THYROIDITIS RELATED TO?
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BACTERIAL OR VIRAL INFECTION
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CHRONIC THYROIDITIS MAY LEAD TO WHAT?
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HASHIMOTO'S DISEASE
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WHAT'S HASHIMOTO'S DISEASE
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INFLAMMATORY DISORDER WITH PROGRESSIVE DESTRUCTION OF THYROID GLAND (AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE KILLING YOUR OWN THYROID GLAND)
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THYROIDITIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPO OR HYPERTHYROIDISM?
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HYPO
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WHAT ARE SYMPTOMS OF THYROIDITIS/HYPOTHYROIDISM
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PALE SKIN, COLD, COARSE BRITTLE HAIR, HAIR LOSS, WEIGHT GAIN, DYSPNEA (DUE TO GOITER), HYPOGLYCEMIA, DRY SKIN, ENLARGED HEART, BRADYCARDIA
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LEFT UNTREATED, THYROIDITIS CAN LEAD TO WHAT? IN SEVERE CASES WHAT MIGHT OCCUR
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MAXODEMA (HYPOTHYROIDISM); CARDIOVASCULAR COLLAPSE OR EVEN COMA
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HYPERTHYROIDISM IS A.K.A.
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GRAVES DISEASE
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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HYPERTHYROIDISM
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NERVOUSNESS, FINE TREMORS, WIGHT LOSS, FATIGUE, BREATHLESSNESS, PALPATATIONS, HEAT INTOLERANCE, INCREASED METABOLIC RATE, INCREASED GI MOTILITY, BLURRED VISION, EXOPTHALMIA
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WHAT TEST IS DONE FOR DIAGNOSIS OF HYPERTHYROIDISM?
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THERE IS NONE
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TREATMENT OF HYPERTHYROIDISM
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ANTITHYROID DRUGS, DIET, REST, SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY, & RADIOACTIVE IODINE THERAPY
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WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY
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REDUCES METABOLISM BY 40%
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WHAT IS A THYROID STORM
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CRISIS CAUSED BY RELASE OF THYROID HORMONE INTO THE BLOODSTREAM IN INCREASED AMTS. SYMPTOMS ARE SIMILAR TO MALIGNANT HYPOTHERMIA. CONDITION CAN BE FATAL.
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NAME TYPES OF THYROIDECTOMIES
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TOTAL, SUBTOTAL, AND SUBSTERNAL THYROIDECTOMY
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DESCRIBE A SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY
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LEAVE POSTERIOR PORTION OF THYROID GLAND
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DESCRIBE A SUBSTERNAL THYROIDECTOMY
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EXCISION OF GOITER IN SUBSTERNAL OR INTRATHORACIC REGION
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WHAT IS THE OTHER TERM FOR A SUBSTERNAL THYROIDECTOMY
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INTRATHORACIC THYROIDECTOMY
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WHAT IS A GLOSSECTOMY
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PROCEDURE TO REMOVE CANCER OF OROPHARYNX OR TONGUE BASE
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DEFINE MEDIALIZE
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TO MOVE TO MIDLINE
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REASON TO PERFORM THYROPLASTY
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TO MEDIALIZE A PARALYZED VOCAL CORD
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REASON FOR PARTHYROIDECTOMY
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TO REMOVE ONE OR MORE DISEASED OR MALFUNCTIONING PARATHYROID GLANDS; MOST OFTEN TO TREAT HYPERPARATHYROIDISM AND ADENOMA OF PARATHYROID
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WHY WOULD A THYROIDECTOMY BE PERFORMED
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TO TREAT VARIOUS DISEASES OF THYROID, SUCH AS HYPERTHYROIDISM AND CANCER UNTREATABLE BY CHEMOTHERAPY
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IN A TRACHEOTOMY OR TRACHEOSTOMY, WHERE IS THE INCISION MADE
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BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD OR THIRD AND FOURTH TRACHEAL RINGS
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T/F: TRACHEAL RINGS MOVE EASILY
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TRUE
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WHAT REASONS WOULD INDICATE NEED FOR SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND EXCISION
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CHRONIC INFECTION, STONE FORMATION, OR NEOPLASM
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WHY IS A PAROTIDECTOMY PERFORMED
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TO REMOVE A MASS OF THE SUPERFICIAL OR DEEP LOBE OF THE PAROTID GLAND
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REASON FOR NECK DISSECTION
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TO REMOVE AFFECTED LYMPH NODES AND HALT THE SPREAD OF DISEASE
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WHAT ARE THE 3 TYPES OF NECK DISSECTIONS
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RADICAL, MODIFIED RADICAL, AND SELECTIVE
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DEFINE RADICAL NECK DISSECTION
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REMOVAL OF ALL CERVICAL LYMPH NODES AND SURROUNDING STRUCTURES, INCLUDING SPINAL ACCESSORY NERVE, INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN, AND STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE
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DEFINE MODIFIED RADICAL NECK DISSECTION
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EXCISION OF ALL LYMPH NODES WITH PRESERVATION OF ONE OR MORE OF THE NONLYMPHATIC STRUCTURES
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DEFINE SELECTIVE NECK DISSECTION
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ONE OR MORE CHAINS OF CERVICAL LYMPH NODES ARE PRESERVED AND ALL NONLYMPHATIC STRUCTURES ARE PRESERVED
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DEFINE LARYNGECTOMY
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PRODCEDURE PERFORMED TO REMOVE THE LARYNX AND TO PRODUCE A WATERTIGHT PHARYNX
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3 REASONS FOR LARYNGECTOMY
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CANCEROUS LESIONS OF THE LARYNX, DIVERSION FOR TOTAL SEPERATION OF RESPIRATORY AND DIGESTIVE TRACTS, AND CHONDRORADIONECROSIS OF THE LARYNGEAL FRAMEWORK
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DEFINE CHONDRORADIONECROSIS
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NECROSIS OF CARTILAGE RESULTING FROM RADIATION
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PROCEDURES OF HEAD AND NECK INVOLVE WHAT STRUCTURES
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TRACHEA, SALIVARY GLANDS, AND NECK
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PROCEDURES OF HEAD AND NECK MAY BE PERFORMED BY WHO
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OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGISTS OR GENERAL SURGEONS
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TRACHEA EXTENDS FROM WHERE TO WHERE
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CRICOID TO MEDIASTINUM
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LARGEST SALIVARY GLAND
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PAROTID
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TAIL OF PAROTID GLAND EXTENDS TO WHERE
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BELOW MANDIBLE INTO UPPER NECK
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WHERE DOES FACIAL NERVE ENTER AND EXIT PAROTID GLAND
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ENTERS INTO POSTERIOR ASPECT, BRANCHES, AND EXITS FROM ANTERIOR ASPECT
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THE FACIAL NERVE SEPERATES WHAT STRUCTURES OF PAROTID GLAND
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SUPERFICIAL (OR LATERAL) LOBE AND DEEP LOBE
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THE PRIMARY NERVE OF CONCERN IN THE NECK
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RECURRENT LAYNGEAL NERVE
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TRIANGLES OF THE NECK
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POSTERIOR, ANTERIOR, AND SUBMANDIBULAR
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EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS REQUIRED IN PRODCEDURES OF HEAD AND NECK
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BASIC MINOR AND MAJOR INSTRUMENTS AND ADDITION OF TRACHEAL INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING CRICOID HOOKS AND TRACHEAL SPREADER
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PREP REQUIRED IN HEAD AND NECK PROCEDURES
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BETADINE PAINT AND SCRUB
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AREA OF PREP IN HEAD AND NECK PROCEDURE
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LEVEL OF NOSE TO UMBILICUS, INCLUDING BEHIND SHOULDERS AND EARS TO LEVEL OF BED LATERALLY
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WHAT IS DONE DURING PREP IF ET TUBE IS PRESENT
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IT IS ALSO PREPPED
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