Ear- chapter 15 Flashcards
Bulging of eardrum
acute otitis media
overgrowth of tissue in middle ear that can cause hearing loss and looks like white cheesey color
Cholesteatoma
Perforation
caused by several ear infections and looks like round, ripped, darkened tissue
white dense patch in ear drum that doesn’t affect hearing
scarred eardrum
nodule you see on ear or inside ear that is benign
Polyp
Furuncle
infected hair follicle
cerumen
earwax
“swimmers ear”
infection in outter ear that can move to inner ear that is swollen and painful
Otitis Externa
small nodules that appear on outer ear that is a buildup of uric acid. FORM OF GOUT
Tophi
If the cone of light is spread out that means:
there’s clear fluid behind the ear drum: ear infection
To use the otosccope in a child’s ear you pull their pinna:
down and back
A normal/healthy ear drum should be what color?
grey/pearly and translucent
In adult patients, you pull their ear:
up and back
Ringing of ears
Tinnitus
Problems with hearing usually begins in the __ decade of life
5th decade (50’s)
Children commonly get ear infections because:
the ear canal is shorter and wider (more horizontal) than adults
abnormal growth of bone within the ear that causes progressive deafness
Otosclerosis
At what week gestation does the inner ear structure begin to develop?
5 weeks gestation
Term for gradual sensorineural hearing loss
Presbycusis
Conductive hearing loss
when your hearing is interfered by some type of obstruction or something that blocks the sound from entering the middle and inner ear.
Sensorineural hearing loss
cochlear damage that can be from injury at birth or too much of a particular drug. Once your hearing is lost through this route…. you can’t get it back!!
part of ear that picks up vibrations of sound (fluid filled space)
Cochlea
If a baby has fetal alcohol syndrome or downs syndrome, their ears are set ____
lower than normal
part of ear thats responsible for funneling sound into internal portion of ear.
Pinna and auricle
Middle part of ear contains the:
tympanic membrane (ear drum) that has 3 little auditory bones and eustachian tube
this part of the ear seperates the middle ear from the external part of the ear
Ear drum
