Ears/throat

Question 1

external ear

Answer 1

auricle or pinna, canal

Question 2

middle ear

Answer 2

ossicles, eustachian tube

Question 3

inner ear

Answer 3

labyrinth, vestibule, semicircular canals, cochlea

Question 4

hearing disorders of the external ear cause which kind of hearing loss?

Answer 4

conductive

Question 5

hearing disorders of the inner ear cause which kind of hearing loss?

Answer 5

sensorineural

Question 6

otitis media

Answer 6

infection of ear drum

Question 7

otitis externa

Answer 7

infection of outer ear canal

Question 8

serous otitis

Answer 8

ear drum infection from fluid

Question 9

mastoiditis

Answer 9

infection of mastoid bone which is behind ear

Question 10

conductive hearing loss

Answer 10

external ear problem

Question 11

sensorineural hearing loss

Answer 11

inner ear problem

Question 12

menieres disease

Answer 12

inner ear disorder that causes vertigo

Question 13

perforation

Answer 13

hole in tissue

Question 14

weber test purpose and how do you do it

Answer 14

testing for lateralization, place tuning fork on top of patients head

Question 15

where is sound heard in unlilateral conductive hearing loss when preforming webers test?

Answer 15

sound is heard in the impaired ear

Question 16

Rinne test purpose and how do you do it

Answer 16

comparing air conduction and bone conduction, place tuning fork on the mastoid bone and then at side or ear.

Question 17

Conductive hearing loss results by Rinne test

Answer 17

BC>AC or BC=AC bone conduction is heard longer than air

Question 18

sensorineural hearing loss results by Rinne test

Answer 18

AC>BC air is heard longer than bone

Question 19

Weber and Rinne tests test which cranial nerve?

Answer 19

V111 (8)

Question 20

gag reflex is which cranial nerve?

Answer 20

IX and X

Question 21

Say ahh is which cranial nerve?

Answer 21

X

Question 22

lymph nodes of neck (10)

Answer 22

preauricular
posterior auricular
occipital
tonsillar
submandibular
submental
superficial cervical
posterior cervical
deep cervical chain
supraclavicular

Question 23

what do you have patient do when palpating for thyroid gland? steps to palpating gland

Answer 23

have them flex neck slightly forward, place fingers below cricoid cartilage, swallow and feel thyroid move up