Ear And Oral Cavity Flashcards
External ear boundaries and functions
From pinna/auricle to tympanic membrane
Function: collecting sound waves
Ear auricle make
Elastic cartilage as the scaffold
Ear auricle somatic sensation
Variable mappings
CN 5, 7, 9, 10
Lesser occipital nerve: C2 ventral ramus
Greater auricular nerve: C2 and C3
Middle ear boundaries
Between tympanic membrane and bony cages for vestibulocochlear organs
Middle ear function
Transforming sound waves into controllable mechanical vibrations
Tympanic cavity: contents
Auditory ossicles
Pharyngotympanic tube (eustachian tube)
Malleus
“Handle” interacts w/ tympanic membrane
*chorda tympani nerve runs medial to handle
Auditory ossicles (3)
Mallius, incus, and stapes
Lateral → medial
Tympanic cavity boundaries
Lateral Wall: tympanic membrane
Medial wall: labyrinthine
Roof: segmental part of the temporal bone (middle cranial fossa)
Floor: Internal jugular vein
Anterior wall: Internal carotid artery
Posterior wall: mastoid sinus
Tympanic cavity: medial wall
Labyrinthine
Innervation: CN 7 - facial nerve
Contents: promontory w/ tympanic plexus, oval and round window, and horizontal semicircular canal
Branches of CN 9
Tympanic nerve
Stylopharyngeal nerve
Lingual branches
Communicating branches to the vagus nerve anastomosis
Carotid branch
Carotid branch of CN 9
Bifurcation of the common carotid artery, visceral sensory not following visceral motor
Tensor tympani
Stapedius
P: pyramidal eminence
Di neck of stapes
I: nerve to stapedius (cn 7)
A: dampening vibrations passed to the cochlea via the oval window
Hyperacusis
A disorder in loudness perception
Inner ear boundaries
From vestibulocochlear organs to the internal acoustic meatus
Vestibular system
Otolith organs
Semicircular canals
Sensory receptors
Otolith organs
Semiscircular canals
Sensory receptors
Hair cells