Lac's tongue depressor

Lac’s tongue depressor
In the examination of oral cavity it is imperative on the part of the examiner to depress the tongue. Depression of the tongue is usually performed by lac’s tongue depressor. It is usually held in the non dominant hand while leavin the dominant hand free.
Used in oral cavity examination
Used during posterior rhinoscopy
Laryngeal mirror
This mirror was first used by singer Manuel Garcia to examine his vocal folds.
This mirror is available in different sizes.
This mirror is used to perform indirect laryngoscopy.
The mirror is slide under the uvula while holding the tongue under a pair of gauze.
The image seen in the mirror is a reflected one and shows antero-posterior inversion.
The vocal cords appear shortened in the mirror view
Post nasal mirror
•This mirror is angulated normal angle 120- 130 degree
•The mirror is smaller in size when compared to laryngeal mirror
•After depressing the tongue using a tongue depressor this mirror is slide underneath the soft palate thereby visualizing the reflection of post nasal space