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Cerumen Management: Mechanical Removal

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1.  The buck curette consists of a metal rod with a tip that resembles an O consists of a metal rod with a small wire loop at the end resembles a pair of scissors with a grasping mechanism at the end of the tip resembles small vacuum device resembles none of the above

2.  Alligator forceps consists of a metal rod with a tip that resembles an O consists of a metal rod with a small wire loop at the end resembles a pair of scissors with a grasping mechanism at the end of the tip resembles small vacuum device resembles none of the above

3.  The Billeau ear loop consists of a metal rod with a tip that resembles an O consists of a metal rod with a small wire loop at the end resembles a pair of scissors with a grasping mechanism at the end of the tip resembles small vacuum device resembles none of the above

4.  Three things that influence the selection of instrumentation for mechanical cerumen removal are thickness of the instrument's tip, degree of cerumen impaction, consistency of cerumen length of the instrument's tip, degree of cerumen impaction, consistency of cerumen thickness of the instrument's tip, degree of cerumen impaction, color of cerumen thickness of the instrument's tip, pain threshold of patient, consistency of cerumen none of the above

5.  A cerumen plug in the ear canal tends to be thinner in the superior aspect in the inferior aspect in the anterior aspect in the posterior aspect in the medial aspect