Ears

Question 1

Structures of the external ear?

Answer 1

Auricle
Pinna
External Auditory Canal

Question 2

Structures of the middle ear?

Answer 2

Tympanic Membrane

Question 3

Three auditory ossicles?

Answer 3

Incus
Mallues
Stapes

Question 4

Ear pain?

Answer 4

Otalgia

Question 5

Aer drainage?

Answer 5

Otorrhea

Question 6

Pain caused by a fungal ear infection?

Answer 6

Swimmer’s Ear

Question 7

Two types of ear infection?

Answer 7

Otitis Media
Otitis Externa

Question 8

Ringing in the ears?

Answer 8

Tinnitus

Question 9

True spinning motion?

Answer 9

Vertigo

Question 10

Often referred to as swimmer’s ear?

Answer 10

Otitis Externa

Question 11

Is a flashlight-type viewer used to visualize the eardrum and external ear canal?

Answer 11

Otoscope

Question 12

Is a congenital deformity in which the external ear and sometimes the ear canal are not fully developed?

Answer 12

Microtia

Question 13

Is a congenital excessive enlargement of the external ear?

Answer 13

Macrotia

Question 14

The client reports lateralization of sound to the poor ear?

Answer 14

Conductive Hearing Loss

Question 15

The client reports lateralization of sound to the good ears?

Answer 15

Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Question 16

Abnormalities of the external eat and ear canal?

Answer 16

Malignant lesion
Polyp
Exostosis
Microtia
Build Up Cerumen in Ear Canal
Tophi

Question 17

Growth on inside the ear canal due to chronic ear infection or a skin cyst inside the ear?

Answer 17

Polyp

Question 18

Known as surfer’s ear abnormal bone growth within the ear canal due to chronic irritation heredity or unknown reasons?

Answer 18

Exostosis

Question 19

Congenital abnormality where the external ear does not fully develop?

Answer 19

Microtia

Question 20

Hard external ear nodules associated with deposit of uric acid crystals in advanced gout?

Answer 20

Tophi

Question 21

Abnormal Findings of the Tympanic Membrane?

Answer 21

Acute Otitis Media
Blue/Dark Tympanic Membrane
Perforated Tympanic Membrane
Serous Otitis Media
Scarred Tympanic Membrane
Retracted Tympanic Membrane

Question 22

Note the red bulging membrane; decreased or absent light reflex?

Answer 22

Acute Otitis Media

Question 23

Indicates blood behind eardrum due to trauma?

Answer 23

Blue/Dark Red Tympanic Membrane

Question 24

Perforation results from rapture caused by increased pressure, usually untreated infection or trauma?

Answer 24

Perforated Tympanic Membrane

Question 25

Note the yellowish, bulging membrane bubbles behind?

Answer 25

Serous Otitis Media

Question 26

White spots and streaks indicates scaring from infection?

Answer 26

SCARRED TYMPANIC MEMBRANE

Question 27

Prominent landmarks are caused by negative air pressure due to obstructed eustachian tube or chronic otitis media?

Answer 27

Retracted Tympanic Membrane