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Ear Flashcards

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Pain in the ear; earache

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Otodynia

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The study of hearing disorders

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Audiology

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2
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A fungus condition of the ear

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Otomycosis

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3
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Oto

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Ear

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A hardening condition of the ear characterized by progressive deafness

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Otosclerosis

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5
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An instrument used to examine the ear

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Otoscope

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A ringing or jingling sound in the ear

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Tinnitus

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7
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Inflammation of the eardrum

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Tympanitis

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Tympan

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Eardrum

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9
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Tinnit

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A ringing or jingling

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10
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Presby

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Old

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11
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Ability to adjust to environment

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Adaptation

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Skin covered cartilaginous portion of the external ear that is visible on either side of the head

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Auricle/pinna

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13
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Scientific name for earwax

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Cerumen

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14
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Produce ear wax

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Ceruminous glands

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Snail shaped structure filled with fluid; coiled portion of the inner ear that contains the organ of hearing

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Cochlea

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Balance; sense organs found in the vestibule and semicircular canals

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Equilibrium

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Auditory tube; composed of bone and fibrous tissue; equalize pressure against the inner and outer surfaces of the tympanic membrane

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Eustachian tube

18
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Composed of the outer part of the ear and the ear canal

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External ear

19
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Sense of taste

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Gustatory sense

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The anvil, the middle of the three ossicles

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In us

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Labyrinth consisting of the vestibule, cochlea and semicircular canals

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Inner ear

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Maze; bony cavities and membranes of the inner ear

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Labyrinth

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The hammer; the largest of the three ossicles

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Malleus

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The tympanic cavity with the auditory ossicles contained in an irregular space in the temporal bone; separated from external ear by tympanic membrane and from the inner ear by the oval window

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Middle ear

25
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The receptor for hearing

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Organ of corti

26
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Excessive thirst

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Polydipsia

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The stirrup; the innermost of the ossicles

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Stapes

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Scientific name for eardrum

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Tympanic membrane

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A feeling of dizziness, light headedness, caused by a disturbance of the equilibrium organs in the labyrinth

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Vertigo

30
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Region of the inner ear that contains receptors for equilibrium

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Vestibular apparatus

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The special sense that enables odors to be perceived through the stimulation of the olfactory nerves; the principal function of the nose

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The olfactory sense

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Responsible for hearing and maintaining equilibrium

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Ear

33
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Inflammation of the ear often with infection

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Otitis

34
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Increased sense of smell

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Hyperosmia

35
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Analgesic

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Painkiller

36
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Drug that causes anesthesia

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Anesthetic

37
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Ageusia

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Loss of taste functions of the tongue

38
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Anosmia

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Loss of sense of smell

39
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“In the ear”

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Endaural

40
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Myringotomy

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Surgical procedure of the eardrum

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