Caps 391 Flashcards
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What part of the ear has no cartilage?
The ear lobe has no cartilage
About how big is the External acoustic meatus? Where does it start and end?
It is about one inch, and it starts at eh auricle and ends at the ear drum.
What is the purpose of the ear wax?
Ear wax prevents insects from entering the ear.
The middle ear is in the _________ bone and ______ to the ear drum.
The middle ear is in the temporal bone and medial to the ear drum.
The tympanic membrane is about a 2 squared cm. True or False
False the tympanic membrane is about a square centimeter.
Is the ear drum convex or concave to the middle ear?
The tympanic membrane is convex to the middle ear.
The cavity of the middle ear can also be referred to as tympani cavity. True or false
true, the middle ear can be referred to as the tympani cavity.
What is attached to the tympanic ear drum?
the handle of the malleus is attached to the tympanic membrane.
Right the order of how the middle ear is attached (conveys sound)?
The tympanic membrane is convex to the middle ear and attached to the handle of the malleus, which is then attached to the incus, and the incus is attached to eh stapes.
the synovial joints of the middle ear bones are the least vulnerable joints. True or False
False, the joints are actually the most vulnerable to develop arthritis, because of how much they are used.
What happens as you develop arthritis in the middle ear?
As the joints become less able to carry sound, you loose your hearing. As they become more solid the more hearing you loose.
Why is infection of the middle ear taken so seriously?
An infection of the middle ear can cause you to loose your hearing, because the three bones (malleus, stapes and incus) start to fuse.
If the bones are broken you only loose up to 60% of your hearing. True or false
False, if this system is broken by arthritis or head injury, you will only loose 40% of your hearing.
What are the two windows of the middle ear? and which is superior (connected to the stapes)?
The two windows of the middle ear are the oval and the round window. The round window is inferior to the oval window, which is attached to the stapes.
What muscle is attached to the malleus, that when activated it tenses the tympanic membrane?
The tensor tympani is the muscle attached to the ear drum , and when activated it tenses it.
What is the purpose of tensing the ear drum?
The purpose of tensing the ear drum is to target what frequency of sound it wants to receive.
What is the purpose of the stapedius?
This is quite a large muscle, that doesn’t appear large because the rest is hidden in another cavity. The muscle is attached to the stapes and pulls it away from the the oval window, thereby minimizing the vibrations on the window, and protecting all the delicate receptors in the inner ear.
Name both the muscles of the middle ear and state their innervation.
The stapedius and the tensor tympani are the muscles of the middle ear. Both are innervated by cranial nerve seven (facial nerve).
The middle ear is connected to the pharynx via the _____ tube.
The middle ear is connected to the nasopharynx via the auditory tube.
What part of the sephnoid is quite thin?
The petrous covering the middle ear is quite thin.
The ducts of the inner ear are in the __________ ___________.
the ducts of the inner ear are in the membranous labyrinth.
The cochlea, semicircular canals and ________ make up the inner ear.
The cochlea, semicircular canals, and the vestibule make up the inner ear.
The vestibule can be found in what?
The vestibule is within the boney labyrinth.
What two main parts form the vestibule of the membranous labyrinth?
The utricle and the saccule form the vestibule of the membranous labyrinth.