EAR

Question 1

The sense organ of hearing and equilibrium.

Answer 1

Ear

Question 2

3 distinct parts of ear

Answer 2

Outer, Middle, Inner

Question 3

curve about 2.5cm (1 inch) long in the adult and ends in the tympanic membrane.
- Many fine hairs, glands,

Answer 3

External Auditory Canal

Question 4

a wax like substance that keeps the tympanic membrane soft.

Answer 4

cerumen

Question 5

Atranslucent,pearlygrayappearance
-Servesasapartition

Answer 5

tympanic membrane

Question 6

what are the distinct landmarks?

Answer 6

Pars Flaccida
Umbo
Short process and handle of malleus
Pars tensa
Incus
Cone of Light
Annulus

Question 7

Small air-filled chamber in the temporal bone.

Answer 7

Tympanic cavity

Question 8

what are the 2 openings?

Answer 8

Oval and round openings

Question 9

These are responsible for transmitting sound waves from the eardrum to the inner ear through the oval window

Answer 9

3 auditory canals:
Malleus (hammer)
Incus (anvil)
Stapes (stirrups)

Question 10

Painful auricle or tragus is associated with_____

Answer 10

Otitis Externa or a Postauricular Cyst

Question 11

Tenderness over the mastoid process suggests

Answer 11

mastoiditis

Question 12

Tenderness behind the ear may occur with

Answer 12

otitis media.

Question 13

Stabilizes the air pressure between the
external atmosphere and the middle ear, thus
Preventing the rapture of the tympanic membrane and discomfort produced by
marked pressure difference.

Answer 13

Eustachian Tube

Question 14

Is a fluid filled and made up of the bony labyrinth and an inner membranous labyrinth.

Answer 14

labyrinth or inner ear

Question 15

3 parts of inner ear

Answer 15

Cochlea, Vestibule, Semicircular canals

Question 16

contains the spiral organs of corti, which is the sensory organ for hearing.
- Sea shell-shaped structure essential for sound transmission and hearing.

Answer 16

Cochlea

Question 17

It is membranous which contain the organ of equilibrium

Answer 17

Semicircular Canals

Question 18

it is where the sensory receptors are located

Answer 18

Vestibule

Question 19

Mechanism of sound transmission

Answer 19

Conductive and Sensorineural hearing loss

Question 20

transmissionofsoundwavesthroughthe
external and middle ear

Answer 20

Conductive Hearing loss

Question 21

transmission of sound waves in the inner
ear

Answer 21

sensorineural hearing loss

Question 22

is a combination of conduction and sensorineural hearing loss

Answer 22

Mixed Hearing Loss

Question 23

a gradual sensorineural hearing loss due to degeneration of the cochlea or vestibulocochlear nerve. Common after the age of 50 years.

Answer 23

Presbycusis

Question 24

purulentdrainageassociatedwithpain and a popping sensation is characteristic of otitis media with perforation of the tympanic membrane. indicates infection

Answer 24

Ottorhea (drainage)

Question 25

This can occur with ear infections, cerumen blockage, sinus infections, or teeth and gum problems.

Answer 25

Otalgia (earache)

Question 26

This may be associated with excessive ear wax build up, high blood pressure, or certain ototoxic medications(such as streptomycin, gentamycin, kanamycim, neomycin, ethacrynic acid, furosemide, indomethacin, or aspirin)

Answer 26

Tinnitus (ringing in the ears)

Question 27

This may be associated with an inner ear problem. - Subjective vertigo when the client feels that he is spinning around - Objective vertigo when the client feels that the room is spinning around him

Answer 27

Vertigo

Question 28

bluish color of earlobes

Answer 28

Cyanosis

Question 29

frostbite

Answer 29

Palor

Question 30

inflammation or fever

Answer 30

Excessive Redness

Question 31

Absence of Ear

Answer 31

Anotia

Question 32

small ear

Answer 32

Microtia

Question 33

nontender, hard, cream- colored nodules on the helix or antihelix, containing uric acid crystal

Answer 33

Tophi

Question 34

This test helps to evaluate hearing acuity.

Answer 34

Whisper Test

Question 35

The test helps to evaluate the conduction of sound waves through bone to help distinguish between conductive hearing (sound waves transmitted by the external and middle ear) and sensorineural hearing (sound waves transmitted by the inner ear).

Answer 35

Weber’s Test

Question 36

Thiscomparesairandbone conduction sounds.

Answer 36

Rinne Test

Question 37

This test the client’s equilibrium.

Answer 37

Romberg’s Test

Question 38

what cranial nerve does controls hearing and balance?

Answer 38

vestibulocochlear nerve vestibular nerve - balance cochlear nerve - hearing