This is described in distinct divisions; the external, the middle and the inner portions
What is the ear?
100
This is a medical instrument that conveys sound to the auditory nerve through teeth or bone.
What is audiphones?
100
This is a sensation of instability and loss of equilibrium
What is vertigo?
100
This combining form or root term means 'maze'.
What is labyrinth/o?
100
This is a spiral-shaped bony structure resembling a snail shell.
What is cochlea?
200
The inner ear consists of a network or mazelike network of canals called__________.
What is labyrinths?
200
This is the medical term for earwax.
What is cerumen?
200
This is the medical term for pertaining to the eardrum.
What is tympanic?
200
Pertaining to the sense of hearing.
What is acoustic?
200
The exterior ear parts are also called ___________.
What is auricle or pinna?
300
Balance and body positions are maintained by this inner-ear region.
What is semicircular canals?
300
Pertaining to the ear and pharynx.
What is otopharyngeal?
300
This is impairment of hearing that occurs with aging.
What is presbycusis?
300
This means pertaining to within the ear.
What is endaural?
300
What is the medical term for eardrum?
What is tympanic membrane?
400
This is the medical term for pus in the ear.
What is otopyorrhea?
400
This is the medical term for the sensation of ringing or roaring sounds in one or both ears.
What is tinnitus?
400
This is the inflammation of the ear.
What is otitis?
400
This is clear fluid (lymph) contained within the labyrinth of the ear.
What is endolymph?
400
These are a part of the inner ear which contain nerve endings in the form of hair cells that note changes in the position of the head and reports movement to the brain through fibers
What is semicircular canals?
500
Pain in the bony process behind the ear caused by an extension of otitis media.
What is mastoidalgia?
500
This is the medical instrument used to examine the ear.
What is otoscope?
500
This is an abnormality of the inner ear causing a host of symptoms, including sever dizziness or vertigo, a roaring in the ears or tinnitus and hearing loss.
What is Meniere's Disease?
500
This is the tube which connects the tympanic cavity to the nasopharynx area.
What is eustachian tube?
500
This transmits sound vibrations from the tympanic membrane to the cochlea.