Clinically relevant anatomy of the ear Flashcards
Where are the organs of hearing & balance, facial nerve and vestibulocochlear nerve contained?
Petrous part of the temporal bone
Function of the middle ear?
Amplifies and conducts sound waves to the internal ear
Function of the external ear?
Collects and conveys sound waves to the tympanic membrane
Function of the internal ear?
Converts sensory information on sound/balance into FLUID WAVES and conducts the APs towards the brain stem
What is the internal ear?
The oval window to the internal acoustic meatus
What is the external ear?
From the auricle to the tympanic membrane
What is the middle ear?
From the tympanic membrane to the oval window
Nerve supply to the superior parts of the EAM & most of the tympanic membrane
CNV3
Nerve supply to the INFERIOR parts of the EAM & the tympanic membrane
CNX
Lymphatic drainage of the ear?
Parotid and mastoid nodes –>
Deep cervical nodes –>
Thoracic duct/right lymphatic duct –>
Right venous angle
(mastoid nodes = post-auricular nodes)
Where are the deep cervical nodes?
In the carotid sheath with the internal jugular vein
Tuning fork for ear
512Hz
Posteroinferiorly on tympanic membrane
Pars tensa
Anteroinferiorly on tympanic membrane
Light reflex
Most inwardly depressed part of the tympanic membane
Umbo
Nerve supply to middle ear cavity, eustachian tube, nasopharynx, oropharynx and the tonsils
CNIX
Nerve supply to middle ear cavity
CNIX