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Unit 4 - Chapter 13, Ear Flashcards

1
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Main functions of the Ear

A

Sensory receptors for hearing and balance

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2
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Four structures of the year

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External ear, middle ear, auricle, inner ear

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3
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Conductive hearing loss

A

Disease or malformation of the outer or middle ear

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4
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Sensorineural hearing loss

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Result of damage or formation of the inner ear/cochlea, or the cochlear nerve

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5
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The study of hearing disorders

A

Audiology

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6
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Carries hearing information

A

Cochlear nerve

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7
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Study of the ear

A

Otology

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8
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Conducts equilibrium information

A

Vestibular nerve

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9
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What is the visible portion of the year and what is its nickname?

A

Auricle, Pinna

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10
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What is the eardrum called?

A

Tympanic membrane

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11
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What is the earwax called that protects and lubricates the ear?

A

Cerumen

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12
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What is the opening into external ear canal?

A

External auditory meatus

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13
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What does the eustachian tube connect?

A

Nasopharynx with middle ear

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14
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Thin membrane covering the opening to inner ear

A

Oval window

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15
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What are the ossicles of the middle ear?

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Three tiny bones, vital to hearing process: malleus, incus, stapes

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16
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What is the sensory organ for hearing?

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Cochlea

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17
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What is the fluid filled cavity of the inner ear?

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Labyrinth

18
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What are the hair cells/sensory receptor cells located in cochlea?

A

Organ of Corti

19
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What is the first structure of the inner ear called?

A

The vestibule

20
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Three Combining forms for hearing.

A

Acous/o, audi/o, audit/o

21
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Three Combining forms for ear.

A

Aur/o, auricul/o, ot/o

22
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Combining form for tympanic membrane

A

Myring/o

23
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Combining form for Auditory/eustachian tube

A

Salping/o

24
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Combining form for stapes

A

Staped/o

25
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Combining form for tympanic membrane

A

Tympan/o

26
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Suffix, meaning hearing

A

-cusis

27
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Suffix, meaning ear condition

A

-otia

28
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Prefix meaning to shut

A

Myo-

29
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Adjective form meaning pertaining to both ears

A

Binaural

30
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Adjective form meaning pertaining to one ear

A

Monaural

31
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Discharge of pus from the ear

A

Otopyorrhea

32
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Ringing in the ears

A

Tinnitus

33
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Rupture of the tympanic membrane

A

Tympanorrhexis

34
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Normal loss of hearing accompanying aging

A

Presbycusis

35
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Total absence of hearing a.k.a. deafness

A

Anacusis

36
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Excessive accumulation of ear wax, resulting in hard wax plug, sound becomes muffled

A

Ceruminosis

37
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Inflammation of the tympanic membrane

A

Myringitis

38
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Middle ear infection

A

Otitis media

39
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Inner ear infection

A

Labyrinthitis

40
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Instrument to view inside of ear canal

A

Otoscope

41
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Test used to observe balance, and equilibrium

A

Falling test

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