Chapter 17 - Eye and Ear - Symptoms and Pathologic Conditions

Question 1

Acoustic neuroma

Answer 1

benign tumor arising from 8th cranial nerve, causes tinnitus, vertigo, dizziness, and decreased hearing

Question 2

Cholesteatoma

Answer 2

skin cells and cholesterol in a sac in the middle ear (cyst-like mass associated with chronic infections)

Question 3

Deafness

Answer 3

loss of ability to hear

Question 4

Ménière disease

Answer 4

disorder of the labyrinth with elevated endolymph pressure in the cochlea and semicircular canals

Question 5

What can causes when you have Ménière disease?

Answer 5

causing tinnitus, sensitivity to sound, progressive hearing loss, headache, nausea, and vertigo

Question 6

Otitis media

Answer 6

inflammation of the middle ear

Question 7

Suppurative otitis media

Answer 7

– a bacterial infection of the middle ear, pus formation occurs.

Question 8

Serous otitis media

Answer 8

– is a noninfectious inflammation with accumulation of fluid in the middle ear

Question 9

Otosclerosis

Answer 9

hardening of bony tissue in the labyrinth

Question 10

Tinnitus

Answer 10

sensation of noises (ringing, buzzing, whistling, booming) in the ears

Question 11

Vertigo

Answer 11

sensation of irregular motion (whirling) from disease of the inner ear or nerve carrying messages from the semicircular canals