Structures of the Ear
Disease and Disorders
Word Parts
Surgical Terms
Diagnostic Terms
100
The semitransparent membrane that separates the external auditory canal and the middle ear cavity.
What is Tympanic membrane
100
Discharge from the ear (may be serous, bloody consisting of pus, or containing cerebrospinal fluid).
What is otorrhea.
100
hearing
What is Audi/o
100
Labyrinthectomy
What is excision of the labyrinth.
100
Record of the ear
What is audiogram
200
Is snailed-shaped and contains the organ of hearing. It connects to the oval window in the middle ear.
What is cochela
200
Pain in the ear.
What is otalgia.
200
cochle/o
What is chochlea
200
Incision of the mastoid bone.
What is Mastoidotomy.
200
Instrument used to measure hearing.
What is audiometer
300
Short tube that ends at the tympanic membrane.
What is the external auditory canal (meatus).
300
Inflammation of the ear and the mastoid bone.
What is Otomastoiditis.
300
myring/o
What is tympanic membrane (eardrum)
300
Excision of the mastoid bone
What is Mastoidectomy
300
Tympanometer
What is an instrument used to measure middle ear (function).
400
Located in the skull bone behind the external auditory canal.
What is mastoid bone and cells
400
Inflammation of the tympanic membrane (eardrum).
What is myringitis.
400
middle ear
What is tympan/o
400
Myringoplasty
What is surgical repair of the tympanic membrane.
400
Instrument used for visual examination of the ear.
What is Otoscope
500
Connects the middle ear and the pharynx.
What is eustachian tube
500
Hardening of the ear (stapes) (caused by irregular bone development and resulting in hearing loss).
What is otosclerosis.
500
aur/i
What is ear
500
Incision into the tympanic membrane.
What is Myringotomy.
500
Process of recording the electrical activity in the cochlea.
What is Electrocochleography.