Structures
Definitions
Drug Highlights
Abbr.
Combin. F
100
The three structures of the outer ear ? 
What is auricle, external acoustic meatus, tympanic membrane 
100
Audiometer
What is medical instrument used to measure hearing ? 
100
Analgesic 


What is used to relieve pain without causing loss of consciousness ? 
100
OM 
What is otitis media ?
100
Mast/o 
What is mastoid process, breast-shaped ? 
200
The three specialized small bones of the middle ear 
What is malleus, incus, and stapes ? 
200
Complete or partial loss of ability to hear 
What is deafness ? 
200
Agent that reduces fever 
What is antipyretic ? 
200
db, dB
Decibel 
200
Land snail 
What is cochle/o ? 
300
Cerumen 
What is yellowish substance secreted by the glands in the auditory canal of the external ear; earwax ? 
300
Myringotome 
What is surgical instrument used for cutting the eardrum ? 
300
Penicillins 
What is act by interfering with bacterial cell wall synthesis among newly formed bacterial cells ? 
300
Hz
What is cycles/second ? 
300
Presby/o 
What is old ? 
400
Narrow tubes between the middle ear and throat 
What is eustachian tubes ?  
400
Instrument used medically in a hearing test, which, when struck at the forked end, vibrates, producing a musical tone, and thus can be heard and felt
What is a tuning fork ? 
400
Act by inhibiting bacterial cell wall synthesis, thereby promoting the death of developing miccroorganisms 
What is cephalosporins ? 
400
Electronystagmography 
What is ENG ? 
400
Staped/o 
What is stapes, stirrup ? 
500
What does the bony labyrinth consist of ? 
What is cochlea, vestibule, and the semicircular canals ? 
500
An abnormality of the inner ear causing a host of symptoms, including tinnitus, vertigo, fluctuating hearing loss, and the sensation of pressure or pain in the affected ear
What is Ménière disease ? 
500
Drugs used for vertigo 
What is anticholinergics, antihistamines, and antidopamines ? 
500
AOM 
What is acute otitis media ? 
500
Maze, inner ear 
What is labyrinth/o ? 
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