Chapter 17: Ears Need to Know

Question 1

acous/o

Answer 1

hearing

Question 2

audi/o

Answer 2

hearing; the sense of hearing

Question 3

audit/o

Answer 3

hearing

Question 4

aur/o

auricul/o

Answer 4

ear

Question 5

salping/o

Answer 5

eustachian tube, auditory tube

Question 6

vestibul/o

Answer 6

vetibule

Question 7

• acusis

- cusis

Answer 7

hearing

Question 8

-otia

Answer 8

ear condition

Question 9

cholesteatoma

Answer 9

collection of skin cells and cholesterol in a sac within the middle ear

Question 10

nerve deafness (sensorineural)

Answer 10

results from impairment of the cochlea or auditory nerve

Question 11

conductive deafness

Answer 11

results from impairment of the middle ear ossicles and membranes

Question 12

Meniere disease

Answer 12

Disorder of the labyrinth of the inner ear; elevated endolymph pressure within the cochlea (cochlear hydrops) and semicicular canals (vestibular hydrops)

Question 13

otitis media

Answer 13

inflammation of the middle ear

Question 14

suppurative otitis media

Answer 14

infection of middle ear by bacteria, treatment by antibiotics

Question 15

serous otitis media

Answer 15

noninfectious inflammation with accumulation of serous fluid, treatment by tympanostomy

Question 16

tinnitus

Answer 16

sensation of noises in the ears

Question 17

otosclerosis

Answer 17

hardening of bony tissue of middle ear

Question 18

SOM

Answer 18

serous otitis media

Question 19

HEENT

Answer 19

head, eyes, ears, nose and throat

Question 20

AD

Answer 20

right ear

Question 21

AS

Answer 21

left ear

Question 22

ENT

Answer 22

ears, nose and throat