Ear

Question 1

middle ear contains what 3 bones?

Answer 1

auditory ossicles
malleus- hammer
incus-anvil
stapes- stirrup

Question 2

what auditory ossicles is connected to TM?

Answer 2

malleus

Question 3

Eustachian tube?

Answer 3

extends from floor of middle ear to nasopharynx

Question 4

mastoid process

Answer 4

bony structure behind auricle. made up of air cells directly connected to middle air.

Question 5

inner ear structures?

Answer 5

bony labyrinth & membranous labryinth

Question 6

bony labyrinth made up of?

Answer 6

vestibule, semicircular canals, cochlea

Question 7

bony labyrinth is filled with?

Answer 7

perilymph

Question 8

membranous labyrinth filled with?

Answer 8

endolymph

Question 9

position sense is determined by what?

Answer 9

endolymph

Question 10

vestibule receptors asses what?

Answer 10

position of head - BALANCE

Question 11

semicircular canals assess speed and direction called what?

Answer 11

equilibrium

Question 12

cochlea aka?

Answer 12

Organ of Corti. Hearing

Question 13

Presbycusis

Answer 13

age related hearing loss

Question 14

Audiometry

Answer 14

Tests sensitivity of hearing. wear head phones to hear each tune

Question 15

Tuning Fork tests?

Answer 15

asses conduction of sound by air and bone

Question 16

Webers test?

Answer 16

Tuning fork placed midline on pts head. Normal is equal in both ears.

Question 17

Abnormal Webers test?

Answer 17

Conductive Hearing loss- sound is very LOUD

Sensorineural hearing loss- sound is SOFTER