Ear Anatomy
The 3 tiny bones in the ear as a whole are called this...
What is the ossicular chain?
This is the medical term for earwax. It is used to protect, clean, and lubricate the ear canal. Also provides minimal protection against infection and water entry.
Another word for earache or a pain in the ear
What is otalgia?
Method of distinguishing conductive from sensorineural heating loss
What is the Rinne Tuning Fork Test?
The overall term for drugs that are applied to the ear canal; includes solutions, suspensions, or ointments.
What are otics?
This is the outer portion of the ear.
What is the pinna or the auricle?
These 2 parts of the labyrinth give information on equilibrium and balance.
What is the vestibule and the semicircular canals?
Dizziness; Abnormal sensation of movement when there is no movement. Can be due to the middle eat infection or toxic effects of medications, alcohol, or sunstroke.
What is vertigo?
Method of testing auditory acuity utilizing a tuning fork
What is the Weber Tuning Fork Test?
Medications that relieve congestion associated with a cold, allergies, or sinus pressure. Can be a nasal spray or oral medication.
What are decongestants?
The 3 bones that make up the ossicular chain in order are....
1. Malleus
2. Incus
3. Stapes
This part of the labyrinth gives information on hearing.
What is the cochlea?
Cystic mass composed of epithelial cells and cholesterol. Mass may destroy adjacent hearing bones.
What is a cholesteatoma?
An implanted device that assists those with hearing loss by electrically stimulating the cochlea
What is the cochlea implant?
Medications that soften or break down earwax
What are cerumenolytics?
The journey of sound.....
1. Pinna/auricle
2. External auditory meatus
3. External auditory canal
4. Tympanic Membrane
5. Ossicular chain (Malleus, Incus, Stapes)
6. Oval window
7. Labyrinth
8. Vestibule, Semicircular, Cochlea (Nerve to brain)
This anatomy part allowed the fluid in the cochlea to be displaced when the oval window is pushed inwards by the stapes.
What is the round window?
Loss of hearing common in old age
What is presbycusis?
Surgical repair of the eardrum with or without ossicular chain reconstruction. May require a prosthesis for one or more ossicles.
What is a tympanoplasty?
Medications that treat bacterial infections. Examples include amoxicillin or cipro otic.
What are antibiotics?
A mucous membrane lined connection between the ear and throat that equalizes the pressure within the middle ear
What are the Eustachian tubes aka pharyngotympanic tubes?
This is a flexible membrane covered opening of the upper part of the cochlea. The stapes of the middle ear rests against it which transmits the vibrations felt within the fluid contained in the cochlea.
What is the oval window?
Chronic condition of the inner ear characterized by vertigo, hearing loss, and tinnitus. Cause unknown.
What is Meniere disease?
What is the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Test?
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