Ear- chapter 15

Question 1

Bulging of eardrum

Answer 1

acute otitis media

Question 2

overgrowth of tissue in middle ear that can cause hearing loss and looks like white cheesey color

Answer 2

Cholesteatoma

Question 3

Perforation

Answer 3

caused by several ear infections and looks like round, ripped, darkened tissue

Question 4

white dense patch in ear drum that doesn’t affect hearing

Answer 4

scarred eardrum

Question 5

nodule you see on ear or inside ear that is benign

Answer 5

Polyp

Question 6

Furuncle

Answer 6

infected hair follicle

Question 7

cerumen

Answer 7

earwax

Question 8

“swimmers ear”

infection in outter ear that can move to inner ear that is swollen and painful

Answer 8

Otitis Externa

Question 9

small nodules that appear on outer ear that is a buildup of uric acid. FORM OF GOUT

Answer 9

Tophi

Question 10

If the cone of light is spread out that means:

Answer 10

there’s clear fluid behind the ear drum: ear infection

Question 11

To use the otosccope in a child’s ear you pull their pinna:

Answer 11

down and back

Question 12

A normal/healthy ear drum should be what color?

Answer 12

grey/pearly and translucent

Question 13

In adult patients, you pull their ear:

Answer 13

up and back

Question 14

Ringing of ears

Answer 14

Tinnitus

Question 15

Problems with hearing usually begins in the __ decade of life

Answer 15

5th decade (50’s)

Question 16

Children commonly get ear infections because:

Answer 16

the ear canal is shorter and wider (more horizontal) than adults

Question 17

abnormal growth of bone within the ear that causes progressive deafness

Answer 17

Otosclerosis

Question 18

At what week gestation does the inner ear structure begin to develop?

Answer 18

5 weeks gestation

Question 19

Term for gradual sensorineural hearing loss

Answer 19

Presbycusis

Question 20

Conductive hearing loss

Answer 20

when your hearing is interfered by some type of obstruction or something that blocks the sound from entering the middle and inner ear.

Question 21

Sensorineural hearing loss

Answer 21

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!!

Question 22

part of ear that picks up vibrations of sound (fluid filled space)

Answer 22

Cochlea

Question 23

If a baby has fetal alcohol syndrome or downs syndrome, their ears are set ____

Answer 23

lower than normal

Question 24

part of ear thats responsible for funneling sound into internal portion of ear.

Answer 24

Pinna and auricle

Question 25

Middle part of ear contains the:

Answer 25

tympanic membrane (ear drum) that has 3 little auditory bones and eustachian tube

Question 26

this part of the ear seperates the middle ear from the external part of the ear

Answer 26

Ear drum