Ear Flashcards
Pain in the ear; earache
Otodynia
The study of hearing disorders
Audiology
A fungus condition of the ear
Otomycosis
Oto
Ear
A hardening condition of the ear characterized by progressive deafness
Otosclerosis
An instrument used to examine the ear
Otoscope
A ringing or jingling sound in the ear
Tinnitus
Inflammation of the eardrum
Tympanitis
Tympan
Eardrum
Tinnit
A ringing or jingling
Presby
Old
Ability to adjust to environment
Adaptation
Skin covered cartilaginous portion of the external ear that is visible on either side of the head
Auricle/pinna
Scientific name for earwax
Cerumen
Produce ear wax
Ceruminous glands
Snail shaped structure filled with fluid; coiled portion of the inner ear that contains the organ of hearing
Cochlea
Balance; sense organs found in the vestibule and semicircular canals
Equilibrium
Auditory tube; composed of bone and fibrous tissue; equalize pressure against the inner and outer surfaces of the tympanic membrane
Eustachian tube
Composed of the outer part of the ear and the ear canal
External ear
Sense of taste
Gustatory sense
The anvil, the middle of the three ossicles
In us
Labyrinth consisting of the vestibule, cochlea and semicircular canals
Inner ear
Maze; bony cavities and membranes of the inner ear
Labyrinth
The hammer; the largest of the three ossicles
Malleus
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
Middle ear
The receptor for hearing
Organ of corti
Excessive thirst
Polydipsia
The stirrup; the innermost of the ossicles
Stapes
Scientific name for eardrum
Tympanic membrane
A feeling of dizziness, light headedness, caused by a disturbance of the equilibrium organs in the labyrinth
Vertigo
Region of the inner ear that contains receptors for equilibrium
Vestibular apparatus
The special sense that enables odors to be perceived through the stimulation of the olfactory nerves; the principal function of the nose
The olfactory sense
Responsible for hearing and maintaining equilibrium
Ear
Inflammation of the ear often with infection
Otitis
Increased sense of smell
Hyperosmia
Analgesic
Painkiller
Drug that causes anesthesia
Anesthetic
Ageusia
Loss of taste functions of the tongue
Anosmia
Loss of sense of smell
“In the ear”
Endaural
Myringotomy
Surgical procedure of the eardrum
