Ears and Hearing Assessment

Question 1

composed of the auricle or pinna and external auditory canal.

Answer 1

External Ear

Question 2

serves as partition stretched across the inner end of the auditory canal, separating it from the middle ear.

Answer 2

tympanic membrane or eardrum

Question 3

A translucent pearly gray, concave membrane.

Answer 3

tympanic membrane or eardrum

Question 4

What are the distinct landmarks of the tympanic membrane

Answer 4

Handle and short process of the malleus

Umbo

Cone of light

Pars flaccida

Pars tensa

Question 5

is a small air-filled chamber in the temporal bone.

Answer 5

middle ear or tympanic cavity

Question 6

It is separated from the
external ear by the eardrum and from the inner ear by a bony partition containing two openings, the round
and the oval windows.

Answer 6

middle ear or tympanic cavity

Question 7

What are the three auditory ossicles in the middle ear

Answer 7

Malleus, Incus, and the tapes.

Question 8

is fluid- filled and is made up of the bony labyrinth and an inner membranous labyrinth.

Answer 8

Inner ear

Question 9

Other name for Labyrinth

Answer 9

Inner ear

Question 10

What are the bony parts of the Labyrinth?

Answer 10

Cochlea, Vestibule, and the semicircular canals.