Chapter 13

Question 1

ear

Answer 1

organ of hearing

Question 2

external ear

Answer 2

consists of the auricle and external auditory canal

Question 3

auricle

Answer 3

external visible part of the ear

Question 4

external auditory canal

Answer 4

short tube, contains glands that secrete earwax

Question 5

middle ear

Answer 5

consists of tympanic membrance and tympanic cavity-containg ossicles

Question 6

tympanic membrane

Answer 6

semitransparent membrane-separates external auditory canal and middle ear cavity

Question 7

ossicles

Answer 7

bones of the middle ear-carry sounds and vibrations

Question 8

eustachian tube

Answer 8

passage between middle ear and phatynx

Question 9

inner ear

Answer 9

consists of labyrinth and connectors of the vestibular and cochlear nerves

Question 10

labyrinth

Answer 10

bony spaces within temporal bone of skull- cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibule

Question 11

cochlea

Answer 11

coiled portion of inner ear containing sensory organ for hearing

Question 12

semicircular canals and vestibule

Answer 12

sensory organs of balance-receptors and endolymph

Question 13

mastoid bone

Answer 13

portion of temporal bone- posterior and inferior to each auditory canal

Question 14

audi/o

Answer 14

hearing

Question 15

aur/I ot/o

Answer 15

ear

Question 16

cochle/o

Answer 16

cochlea

Question 17

labyrinth/o

Answer 17

labyrinth

Question 18

mastoid/o

Answer 18

mastoid bone

Question 19

myring/o

Answer 19

tympanic membrane

Question 20

staped/o

Answer 20

stapes

Question 21

tympan/o

Answer 21

middle ear

Question 22

vestibul/o

Answer 22

vestibule

Question 23

acoustic neuroma

Answer 23

benign tumor within internal auditory canal

Question 24

cholesteatoma

Answer 24

cyst-like mass composed of epithelial cells and cholesteral

Question 25

meniere disease

Answer 25

chronic disease of inner ear- sensation of spinning, ringing, fullness, and hearing loss

Question 26

otitis externa

Answer 26

inflammation of outer ear

Question 27

otitis media

Answer 27

inflammation of middle ear

Question 28

presbycusis

Answer 28

hearing impairment with old age

Question 29

tinnitus

Answer 29

ringing at the ears

Question 30

vertigo

Answer 30

sense that body is revolving

Question 31

AOM

Answer 31

acute otitis media

Question 32

ENT

Answer 32

ears nose throat- otolaryngologist

Question 33

HOH

Answer 33

hard of hearing

Question 34

OM

Answer 34

otitis media