Exam 1 Week 2 Flashcards
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What is the structure of the body that is specialized for sound detection?
What are the parts of this structure
- *what parts conduct sound
- *what parts detect sound
EAR
3 PARTS
- OUTER EAR
- funnel shaped structure of cartilage and skin that leads to tympanic membrane
- DIRECTS SOUND (pressure waves in air) toward tympanic membrane
- helps to detect source of sound - MIDDLE EAR
- air filled chamber that contains bones (ossicles) that link tympanic membrane to cochlea
- also contains skeletal muscles that dampen sounds
- middle ear is linked to nasopharync by AUDITORY TUBE (allow for equilibrium of air pressure on inner side of tympanic membrane
- common middle ear infection is OTITIS MEDIA - INNER EAR
- fluid filled chamber in petrous part of temporal bone
- contains cochlea for hearing
- contains vestibular apparatus for gravity detection
* *both innervated by CN VIII - vestibulocochlea
- *Outer and middle ear CONDUCT SOUND
- *Inner ear DETECT SOUND (sensorineural part/cochlea - in petrous part of temporal bone)
1) How can the functioning of inner ear be tested independently
- what is test called?
2) Damage to inner ear called?
3) Damage to middle ear called?
- Clinical test; Inner ear detects transmitted vibrations and can be tested independently by VIBRATIONS TRANSMITTED DIRECTLY THROUGH BONE
- called WEBER TEST; tuning fork on cal various directly causes bone to vibrate, conducted to COCHLEA BY BONE and PERCEIVED AS SOUND by patient - SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS - damage to inner ear (independent of outer and middle ear)
- CONDUCTIVE HEARING LOSS - damage to middle ear (tympanic membrane, auditory ossicles/bones)
The ear is composed of 3 parts which are the outer, middle and inner ear. Identify the respective parts of the outer ear
- elastic cartilage covered with skin
- functions to REFLECT SOUND WAVES
- has 4 parts ? (Why can you safely pierce a part of this structure?)
- tube from auricle to the tympanic membrane
- posterior to parotid and TMJ
- anterior to mastoid process
- AURICLE (pinna)
- 4 parts: helix, antihelix, tragus and lobule
- can safely pierce and suspend decorative metal objects from LOBULE - because cartilage does not extend into lobule - EXTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS
- Outer 1/3rd consist of elastic cartilage (contains hairs, sebaceous glands and ceruminous glands- produce cerumen/ear wax which is insect repellant) *PROTECT TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
- Inner 1/3rd is composed of bone lined with skin
- What is the curvature of the external auditory meatus (children vs adult)
- What is the innervation of the outer ear
* *patient with Bell’s palsy have what sensation
- External auditory meatus is STRAIGHT IN CHILDREN and CURVED AND CURVED ANTERIORLY in adults
**In adults, auricle is pulled up and back to insert otoscope
- Sensory innervation of outer ear is complex and derived from CN: V, VII, IX, X
* Patient with Bell’s palsy can have the sensation of ear ache (pain in outer ear) - somatic sensory (precise sensation)
Identify the part of the ear
- cavity in the petrous portion of the temporal bone that is hard to visualize
- lies below the middle cranial fossa
- *What makes up the boundaries of this part of the ear
1. Separate tympanic cavity from middle cranial fossa
2. Jugular foramen below
3. Opening of auditory tube
4. Leads to mastoid air cells
5. Has oval and round window
5. Tympanic membrane
MIDDLE EAR (Tympanic cavity)
BOUNDARIES
- ROOF - tegmen tympani; thin plate of petrous part of temporal bone that separates tympanic cavity from middle cranial fossa
- FLOOR - jugular foramen lies below cavity; rupture of internal jugular vein can result in hemorrhaging into the tympanic cavity
- ANTERIOR WALL - has opening of auditory tube (posterior 1/3rd of tube is in bony canal, anterior 2/3rd is cartilage)
- POSTERIOR WALL - leads to mastoid air cells in mastoid process (opening is called ADITUS); canal for facial nerve (CN VII) courses in posterior wall (after passing from medial wall)
- MEDIAL WALL - lateral wall of inner ear
* OVAL WINDOW (fenestra vestibuli) - attachment of stapes
* ROUND WINDOW (fenestra cochlea) - other end of coiled cochlea - LATERAL WALL - Tympanic Membrane e
Summarize the main points of otitis media
- Very common MIDDLE EAR INFECTION in children
- Middle ear is the dead space cavity that opens to NASOPHARYNX
- Infection can spread from upper respiratory system - Spread of infection from respiratory system can damage auditory ossicles which lead to HEARING LOSS
- Prolonged infection in Tympanic cavity can spread through tegmen tympani to brain
* *Tx is tympanostomy - tube through tympanic membrane
What happens to the occurrence of otitis media with age?
What 2 factors contribute to this?
**Occurence DECLINES with age of child (rapidly after age 5)
- cranial growth is associated with a change in orientation of the auditory tube (from horizontal to angled inferiorly)
- increase in the size of the lumen
Identify the structure(s) of the middle ear
- link tympanic membrane to oval window and cochlea
- anchored by ligaments
- amplify effect of vibration
AUDITORY OSSICLES
From lateral to medial
- Malleus (hammer)
- Incus (anvil)
- Stapes (stirrup)
- ossicles amplify effect of vibration
- tympanic membrane has 15-20 tines greater area than footplate of stapes (area of oval window); this increases force per unit area and helps transmit sound vibrations from air to fluid in inner ear (impedance matching)
What is seen in otoscope view of tympanic membrane
What is a branch of VII that carry taste to anterior 2/3rd of tongue
- *In OTOSCOPE VIEW - there is a broad attachment of malleus to tympanic membrane
- handle/malleus is attached to upper half of tympanic membrane
- malleus is supported by ligaments linking it to wall of tympanic cavity
- part of tympanic membrane surrounding handle is tense (pars tense)
- upper end is less tense (pars flaccida)
**CHORDA TYMPANI - branch of VII (carry taste fibers to ANTERIOR 2/3rd of tongue)
Identify the muscles of the middle ear
-what is their role?
**paralysis of muscles result in what?
DAMPEN SOUND
1. TENSOR TYMPANI MUSCLE Origin - canal in anterior wall Insertion - handle of malleus Nerve - V3 Action - TENSES/TIGHTENS tympanic membrane (prevent damage to inner ear)
- STAPEDIUS MUSCLE
Origin - posterior wall (landmark is pyramid)
Insertion - neck of stapes
Nerve - VII (facial nerve)
**Both muscles act to DAMPEN MOVEMENTS OF OSSICLES (decrease intensity of sound)
- *Paralysis of muscles produces HYPERACOUSIA (sound seem too loud)
- damage to facial nerve
What is the SENSORY innervation of the MIDDLE EAR
_ what innervates mastoid air sinus and auditory tube (give rise to what?)
- *VISCERAL SENSORY (GVA) from tympanic plexus of CN IX (GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL)
- imprecise sensation, branch of IX that enter tympanic cavity (exit via jugular foramen)
- IX Nerve Forms
1. Tympanic plexus that also innervates (VISCERAL MOTOR) the mastoid air sinus and auditory tube which can give rise to
2. Lesser petrosal nerve; VISCERAL MOTOR (parasympathetic) to parotid gland
Identify the nerve
- leaves posterior cranial fossa via internal auditory meatus (enters facial canal))
- what are the 3 branches
FACIAL NERVE
- GREATER PETROSAL NERVE
- VISCERAL MOTOR parasympathetic to lacrimal gland, mucous glands of nose and palate (visceral sensory to nasopharynx) - STAPEDIAL NERVE
- BRANCHIOMOTOR to stapedius - CHORDA TYMPANI
- Taste to anterior 2/3 of tongue
- Parasympathetics to submandibular, sublingual salivary glands
Identify;
- branch of VII (facial nerve)
- no function in middle ear
- provides taste to anterior 2/3 of tongue
- Parasympathetics to submandibular ganglion - leaves facial canal and passes through tympanic cavity and crosses over upper end of handle of malleus before exiting via petrous panic fissure
**damage lead to what?
CHORDA TYMPANI
**If tympanic membrane is pierced - Damage CHORDA tympani and lose taste to anterior tongue on that side
The neck is compartmentalized into what 3 compartment
- VERTEBRAE AND MUSCLES which support and move head and neck
- VISCERA and rostral continuation GU and respiratory systems
- Blood vessels and nerve (CAROTID SHEATH)
- POSTERIOR compartment
- ANTERIOR compartment
- LATERAL compartment
The posterior compartment of the neck is composed of vertebrae and muscles that support and move head and neck respectively.
What are the types of muscles in the different orientation to vertebrae
- Posterior to vertebrae
- Lateral to vertebrae
- Anterior
- Posterior side
- muscles are continuations of muscles of back (deep muscles) and suboccipital region - Lateral side
- scalene muscles; flex neck LATERALLY - Anterior side
- Prevertebral muscles ; directly anterior to vertebrae; FLEX head and neck
What is the anterior compartment of the neck composed of (2)
- VISCERAL - in lower part of neck; trachea, thyroid gland and esophagus
- PHARYNX - in upper part of neck; pharynx. Pharynx is a tube composed of muscles and facia that is continuous anteriorly with the oral and nasal cavities; the esophagus and the larynx open into the pharynx
The lateral compartment of the neck is lateral and posterior to the pharynx
**what is contained here? (What is in this content? What is not?)
CAROTID SHEATH
Contents
- Carotid arteries (common and internal carotid arteries)
- Internal jugular veins
- Vagus nerve
Not in carotid sheath
1. Sympathetic chain (posterior to carotid sheath)
The muscles of neck and head are divided into:
- muscles not attached to hyoid (2)
- Infrahyoid muscle (4)
- Suprahyoid muscle (4)
- Muscles of pharynx (4)
**2 are not attached to hyoid bone
- STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID
Action
Nerve
- Sternocleidomastoid (2 heads)
Action
- On both sides; flex neck
- Singly; rotate head so face is directed to opposite side
Nerve Accessory nerve (XI)
The muscles of neck and head are divided into:
- muscles not attached to hyoid (2)
- Infrahyoid muscle (4)
- Suprahyoid muscle (4)
- Muscles of pharynx (4)
- 2 muscles are not attached to hyoid bone
2. Scalenus anterior and Scaleus mediums
Action
Flex neck and elevate rib 1
Nerve
Branches of ventral rami of cervical spinal nerves
The muscles of neck and head are divided into:
- muscles not attached to hyoid (2)
- Infrahyoid muscle (4)
- Suprahyoid muscle (4)
- Muscles of pharynx (4)
*There are 4 Infrahyoid muscles
- Omohyoid
(Muscle has 2 bellies connected by an intermediate tendon)
Action
Depresses hyoid bone
Nerve
Ansa cervicalis
The muscles of neck and head are divided into:
- muscles not attached to hyoid (2)
- Infrahyoid muscle (4)
- Suprahyoid muscle (4)
- Muscles of pharynx (4)
- There are 4 Infrahyoid muscles
2. Sternohyoid
Action
Depresses hyoid bone
Nerve
Ansa cervicalis
The muscles of neck and head are divided into:
- muscles not attached to hyoid (2)
- Infrahyoid muscle (4)
- Suprahyoid muscle (4)
- Muscles of pharynx (4)
- There are 4 Infrahyoid muscles
3. Sternothyroid
Action
- Depresses thyroid cartilage
- indirectly depresses hyoid bone, larynx
Nerve
Ansa cervicalis
The muscles of neck and head are divided into:
- muscles not attached to hyoid (2)
- Infrahyoid muscle (4)
- Suprahyoid muscle (4)
- Muscles of pharynx (4)
- There are 4 Infrahyoid muscles
4. Thyrohyoid
Action
- Depresses hyoid bone
- Elevates larynx
Nerve
C1 via branch hitch-hiking with hypoglossal nerve (XII)
The muscles of neck and head are divided into:
- muscles not attached to hyoid (2)
- Infrahyoid muscle (4)
- Suprahyoid muscle (4)
- Muscles of pharynx (4)
- There are 4 Suprahyoid muscles
1. Digastric (has two bellies)
Action
- Elevates hyoid bone
- Depresses mandible
Nerve
Posterior belly - facial nerve (VII)
Anterior belly - trigeminal nerve (V3)