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1
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What are the wings of the nose called?

A

Ala

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What is the dent between septum and upper lip called?

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Philtrum (of upper lip)

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From the facial aspect - what part of ethmoid bone can be seen?

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Perpendicular plate

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Name the 2 parts of ethmoid bone that make up the roof of the nasal cavity?

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Cribiform plate and crista galli (peak)

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Name the 2 parts of ethmoid bone which make up the lateral wall of nasal cavity?

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Superior and middle conchae

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Name the part of ethmoid bone which makes up the septum?

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Perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone (+vomer)

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What Le Fort fractures can disrupt the cribiform plate of the ethmoid bone?

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2 and 3. This leads to danger of infection spreading from the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses into the anterior cranial fossa

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What is at the back of the lateral wall of right nasal cavity?

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Palatine bone

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9
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What mucosa does the vestibule have?

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Keratinised stratified squamous epitheliium

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10
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What mucosa does the middle and superior conchae area have?

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Respiratory epithelium

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11
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In relation to CN1 Olfactory - what pass through the cribiform plate of ethmoid bone, in olfactory mucosa and are the first neurones in chain?

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Receptor cells

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12
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What is the olfactory bulb and what is it made of?

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Ganglion - cell bodies of 2nd neurones

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13
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Where does the olfactory tract end?

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In temporal lobe

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14
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Is the olfactory area on both the lateral wall and the septum?

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Yes

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15
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What nerve supplies the anterosuperior part of nasal cavity?

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Opthalmic division of trigeminal nerve (V1)

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16
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What nerve supplies the posteroinferior part of nasal cavity?

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Maxillary division of trigeminal (V2)

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17
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What branch of the opthalmic nerve supplies the snterosuperior part of lateral wall and septum?

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Nasociliary

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18
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What branch of the maxillary nerve supplies the posteroinferior part of lateral wall and septum?

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Nasopalatine and greater palatine nerves

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19
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What two arteries branch from external carotid to supply the nasal cavity?

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Facial and maxillary

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20
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What artery branch from internal carotid supplies the nasal cavity?

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Opthalmic

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21
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What two arteries branch off the opthalmic artery to supply the nasal cavity?

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Anterior and posterior ethmoidal arteries

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22
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What two arteries branch off the maxillary artery to supply the nasal cavities?

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Sphenopalatine and greater palatine arteries

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23
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What artery branches off facial artery to supply the nasal cavity?

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Lateral nasal branch of facial or septal branch of superior labial artery

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24
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What is Kiesselbach’s area?

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An arterial anastomosis on the nasal septum. A common site of epistaxis.

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25
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What four arteries make up Kiesselbach’s area?

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LEGS

Labial, Ethmoidal, greater palatine and sphenopalatine

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26
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Is the inferior conchae part of the ethmoid bone?

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NO

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27
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What is hte floor of the nasal cavity formed from?

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Left and right maxillae and palatine bones (posteriorly)

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28
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What allows draiange of mucus from the paranasal sinuses?

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Ostia - holes in the recesses and meatuses of the lateral walls

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29
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What are paranasal sinuses?

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Air filled spaces within bones

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30
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Where does the frontal sinus drain to?

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The middle meatus

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31
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Where do the ethmoidal cells drain to?

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Superior and middle meatuses

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32
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Where does the sphenoidal sinus drain into?

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Sphenoethmoidal recess

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33
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Where does the maxillary sinus drain into?

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Middle meatus

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34
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What does the lacrimal gland produce?

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Tears

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35
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Where do tears drain?

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Nasolacrimal duct

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36
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Where does the nasolacrimal duct drain to?

A

Inferior meatus of nasal cavity

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37
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What sinus is predisposed to inflammation?

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Maxillary sinus

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38
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What might extraction of a tooth result in?

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Oro-antral fistula

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39
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What function do organs of the temporal bone do?

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Hearing and balance - special sensory

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40
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What nerves does the temporal bone contain?

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Facial 7

Vestibulocochlear 8

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41
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What is the pterion (suture)?

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The thinnest part of the skull

42
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What are the two parts of the temporal bone?

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Squamous - more anterosuperior

Petrous - more posteroinferior

43
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What is the name of the hole in the lateral side of petrous part of temporal bone?

A

External acoustic meatus

44
Q

What cranial nerves are damaged in a base of skull fracture involving the temporal bone?

A

7 and 8

45
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What three bones make up the anterior cranial fossa?

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Frontal, ethmoid and sphenoid

46
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What two bones make up middle cranial fossa?

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Sphenoid and temporal

47
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What is the foramen for the olfactory nerve?

A

Cribiform plate of ethmoid bone

48
Q

What nerve goes through the optic canal?

A

Optic nerve II

49
Q

What nerves go through the superior orbital fissure?

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III, IV, Va and VI

50
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What foramen does Vb go through?

A

Foramen rotundum

51
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What foramen does Vc go through

A

Foramen ovale

52
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What nerves go through the internal acoustic meatus?

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VII and VIII

53
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What cranial nerves go through the jugular foramen?

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IX, X and XI

54
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What goes through hypoglossal canal?

A

XII

55
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What part of the ear involves the auricle to tympanic membrane?

A

External ear

56
Q

How does the external ear connect with the middle ear?

A

Through external acoustic meatus

57
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What part of the ear collects and conveys sound waves to the tympanic membrane (ear drum)?

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External ear

58
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What part of the ear is between the tympanic membrane and oval window?

A

Middle ear and eutachian tube

59
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What part of the ear amplifies and conducts sound waves to the internal ear?

A

Middle ear

60
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What does the internal ear run between?

A

Oval window to internal acoustic meatus (VII and VIII)

61
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What part of the ear converts special sensory information into fluid waves, APs and conducts APs to brain?

A

Internal ear

62
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What tract seperates the squamous part of temporal bone from petrous part?

A

External acoustic meatus

63
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What does the external acoustic meatus produce?

A

Earwax via ceruminous glands

64
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What is the top of the ear called?

A

Helix

65
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What nerve gives general sensory nerve supply to the superior parts of EAM and most of the tympanic membrane?

A

CN V3 (mandibular)

66
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What nerve gives general sensory nerve supply to the inferior parts of EAM and tympanic membrane?

A

CN X (vagus)

67
Q

Where does lymph drain from lateral surface of superior half of auricle?

A

Parotid lymph nodes

68
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Where does lymph from cranial surface of superior half of auricle drain?

A

Mastoid lymph nodes (and deep cervical)

69
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Where does lymph from the rest of auricle invluding the lobe drain?

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Superficial cervical lymph nodes

70
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Where does all lymph from the auricle eventually drain?

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Deep cervical lymph node (in carotid sheath), then thoracic duct or right lymphatic duct and finally the venous angle

71
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How do you examine the ear of a child (EAM is short and straight)?

A

Pull auricle posteroinferiorly

72
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How do you exmine the ear of an adult (EAM is curved)?

A

Pull auricle posterosuperiorly

73
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What is the name of the most inwardly depressed part of tympanic membrane?

A

Umbo

74
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What is the name of the thin part of the tympanic membrane superiorly?

A

Pars flaccida

75
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What is the name of the thick part of the tympanic membrane posteroinferiorly?

A

Pars tensa

76
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What nerve supplies the external surface of the tympanic membrane?

A

Mostly CN V3 (auriculotemporal branch)

77
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What nerve supplies the internal surface of the tympanic membrane?

A

CN IX

78
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What nerve supplies the middle ear cavity, eustachian tube, nasopharynx, oropharynx and tonsils?

A

Glossopharyngeal nerve CN IX

79
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What connects the tympanic cavity to the lateral wall of the nasopharynx?

A

Eustachian tube

80
Q

What nerve supplies sensory function to laryngopharynx?

A

Vagus CN X

81
Q

What is the name of the group of bones in the middle ear and how do they articulate?

A

Auditory ossicles via synovial joints

82
Q

Name the three auditory ossicles?

A

Malleus
Incus
Stapes

83
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What is the name of the space superior to hte tympanic membrane?

A

Epitympanic recess

84
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Where does the base (footplate) of the stapes fit into?

A

The oval window

85
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What does the handle of the malleus (adherent to the internal aspect of the tympanic membrane create)?

A

The umbo

86
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What is the name of the doorway into the mastoid antrum from the epitympanic recess?

A

Aditus

87
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What three tracts does the facial nerve go down?

A

Internal acoustic meatus, facial canal of petrous temporal bone (connects IAM and stylomastoid foramen) and stylomastoid foramen

88
Q

What branch of the facial nerve supplies taste buds of the anterior 2/3rds of the tongue?

A

Chorda tympani

89
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What is the name of the smallest skeletal muscle in the body - supplied by the facial nerve?

A

stapedius

90
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What is the role of the small skeletal muscle stapedius?

A

Reduces stapes movement to protect the internal ear from excessive noise

91
Q

What does the chorda tympani (branch of CN VII) connect to?

A

Lingual nerve branch of CN V3

92
Q

the CN VII parasympathetic axons supply what?

A

Submandibular and salivary gland

93
Q

What is the name of the forehead muscle?

A

Frontalis

94
Q

How is the muscles of facial expression tested?

A

By asking patient to frown, close eyes, smile and puff out cheeks

95
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What are the two parts of CN VIII?

A

Cochlear - hearing

Vestibular - balance

96
Q

Where does the dense otic capsule sit?

A

In temporal bone

97
Q

What does the bony labrynth inside the otic capsule contain?

A

Perilymph and endolypmh

98
Q

What is the name of the apex of spiral in otic capsule?

A

Cupula (part of cochlea)

99
Q

What nerve conducts APs from the cochlear duct in the internal ear?

A

Cochlear nerve

100
Q

What nerve conducts APs from the semicircular ducts in the internal ear?

A

Vestibular nerve

101
Q

Where do cranial nerves 7 and 8 connect with the brainstem?

A

At junction between pons and medulla

102
Q

What nerve is damaged if there is reduced general sensation in the auricle immediately posterior to the tragus?

A

Facial nerve

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