Ear (pinna) Flashcards

1
Q

The outer rim of the ear has the general shape of a question mark. Begins superior to the lobe and ends by attaching to the neck

A

Helix

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2
Q

The fossa between the inner and outer rims of the ear. It is the shallowest depression of the ear

A

Scapha

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3
Q

The inner rim of the ear. It starts at the superior border of the lobe and continues upward until it ends by becoming the crura. It forms the superior and posterior walls of the concha

A

Anti helix

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4
Q

The superior and anterior bifurcating branches of the antihelix

A

Crura

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5
Q

Depression between the crura. The second deepest depression of the ear located posterior and superior to the ear passage

A

Triangular fossa

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6
Q

Concave shell of the ear, the deepest depression of the ear located posterior and superior to the ear passage.

A

Concha

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7
Q

An elevation protecting the ear passage. Arises from the posterior margin of the lateral cheek

A

Tragus

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8
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A small eminence obliquely opposite of the tragus. Located on the superior border of the lobe of the ear

A

Antitragus

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9
Q

A notch or opening between the tragus and antitragus of the ear,

A

Intertragic notch

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10
Q

Inferior fatty 1/3 of the ear. Most inferior part of the ear, attaches to the cheek

A

Lobe

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11
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The origin of the helix that is flattened and ends at the concha

A

Crus

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