Ear

Question 1

What part of the ear are cerumen glands in

Answer 1

Outer ear

Question 2

What color is new wax? Old wax?

Answer 2

New- honey colored

Old- darker, black

Question 3

What’s the purpose of earwax

Answer 3

Inhibit bacterial & fungal growth, prevents water from entering skin

Question 4

What is exostosis

Answer 4

Abnormal, benign, boney growth of temporal bone

Question 5

What can cause otitis externa?

Answer 5

Lots of swimming & canal damage from cleaning

Question 6

Do fungal infections cause more pain or more itching?

Answer 6

More itching than pain

Question 7

What does the middle ear consist of?

Answer 7

Eardrum, tympanic cavity, & 3 ossicles

Question 8

What does the eardrum look like

Answer 8

“Pearly gray” membrane, concave, tipped toward examiner

Question 9

What are the two parts of the eardrum

Answer 9

Pars flacida & pars tensa

Question 10

Where does the auditory tube from to/from?

Answer 10

Nasopharynx to middle ear

Question 11

What is the short process of the tympanic membrane

Answer 11

The rounded part of the malleus

Question 12

What is the long process of the tympanic membrane

Answer 12

The handle of the malleus; angles toward posterior

Question 13

What is the light reflex

Answer 13

Triangular shaped reflection of light

Question 14

what are three possible mechanisms responsible for blockage of auditory tube (middle ear problems)

Answer 14

Barotrauma, adenoid hyper trophy, mucosal swelling & excess mucus

Question 15

What are the four fluids that can accumulate in the middle ear

Answer 15

Pus, serrous, mucus, blood

Question 16

Classic signs & symptoms of suppurative otitis media

Answer 16

Earache, fever, trouble sleeping, diminished hearing, red bulging eardrum, dismissed landmarks, pus visible

Question 17

How is the eardrum of a child different

Answer 17

More horizontal, shorter and narrow

Question 18

Suppurative otitis media oftens happens with what?

Answer 18

URIs, allergies

Question 19

What color is serrous fluid?

Answer 19

Yellow

Question 20

What causes cloudy effusions?

Answer 20

Temporal bone fracture or shearing forces

Question 21

What increases chances of getting middle ear effusions

Answer 21

Crowded child care facilities, secondhand smoke, bottle fed infants

Question 22

What is the most common conventional treatment for ear infections

Answer 22

Wait and see prescription

Question 23

Are larger or smaller perforations more likely to heal?

Answer 23

Smaller

Question 24

What is tympanosclerosis?

Answer 24

White calcium patches on the drum from old perforations, chronic inflammation or previous tubes

Question 25

What are cholesteatomas?

Answer 25

Cystic masses composed of epithelial cells & cholesterol in middle ear

Question 26

What is otosclerosis

Answer 26

Abnormal ossification of ossicles especially fixation of stapes to oval window

Question 27

What are classic symptoms of inner ear problems?

Answer 27

Vertigo, tinnitus, sensory hearing loss

Question 28

Lateralization of webers test could mean what two things?

Answer 28

Air conduction loss on that side or sensorineural loss on the opposite side

Question 29

What is the number 1 reason for sensorineural hearing loss?

Answer 29

Age-related hearing loss (presbycusis)

Question 30

What is the second most common cause of sensorineural hearing loss

Answer 30

Noise-induced hearing loss

Question 31

What is tinnitus

Answer 31

Ringing in the ear, only patient hears

Question 32

What is labyrinthitis

Answer 32

Reduced or distorted hearing & vertigo, rarely painful

Question 33

What generally causes labyrinthitis

Answer 33

Viral infection

Question 34

What are some ear red flags

Answer 34

Sudden or rapidly progressive hearing loss, vertigo, unilateral tinnitus, bleeding due to foreign object or pressure change injury

Question 35

How long is the ear canal

Answer 35

1-1 1/2" long