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Ears Flashcards

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Tympanic membrane

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It is ear drum = gray & shiny
Assessment = pearly gray & intact & taut & tears free

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2
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Cerumen

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Earwax

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3
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Ear assessment

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Pull External ear UP & Back

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4
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Auricle

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Auricle or Pinna = outside of the ear, movable cartilage

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5
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Tympanic membrane separate …?

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Separate external & middle ear

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Opening of Ear

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  1. Opening to the Outer ear is covered by tympanic membrane
  2. Opening to Inner ear = oval window at the end of stapes & round window
  3. Eustachian tube = opening connects middle ear with nasopharynx = allows passage of air
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7
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Auditory ossicles = name 3

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Malleus, Incus, Stapes

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8
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Auditory ossicles = malleus incus stapes/ Middle ear/ function?

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  1. Conducts Sound Vibration = from Outer ear to central hearing apparatus in Inner ear
  2. Eustachian tube = Equalization of Air PRESSURE on each side of TM = so it doesn’t rupture
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9
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Auditory ossicles are

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Bones of Middle ear = malleus Incus Stapes

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10
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Inner East structures?

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Labyrinth
Vestibular apparatus = vestibule & semicircular canals
Cochlea

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11
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Inner ear = what is labyrinth

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Bony & holds sensory organs for equilibrium and hearing

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12
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Assessment of inner ear

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Inner ear isn’t accessible for direct examination but its function can be assessed (otoscope)

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13
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Cerumen = Native American or Asian

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Dry Cerumen

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14
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Whisper test CN?

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CN VIII = 8

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15
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Whisper test = assessment?

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CN = 8
Pt occlude (يسد) one ear & test the other ear = pt should hear sounds without seeing the nurse mouth

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16
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Rinne test

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Air conduction
Place a vibrating tinning fork against mastoid bone & asks the pt to state when the sound can no longer be heard

17
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Weber’s test

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Bone conductivity
Place a vibrating tuning fork on the top of the head & asks the pt if the sound is best in the left or right ear

18
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Nose assessment CN?

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CN 1
Close eyes, occlude one naris at a time & identify a familiar smell

19
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Tonsils grading 1 2 3 4

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+1 = barely visible
+2 = halfway to the uvula
+3 = touching the uvula
+4 = touching each other or midline

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