Ears/throat Flashcards
external ear
auricle or pinna, canal
middle ear
ossicles, eustachian tube
inner ear
labyrinth, vestibule, semicircular canals, cochlea
hearing disorders of the external ear cause which kind of hearing loss?
conductive
hearing disorders of the inner ear cause which kind of hearing loss?
sensorineural
otitis media
infection of ear drum
otitis externa
infection of outer ear canal
serous otitis
ear drum infection from fluid
mastoiditis
infection of mastoid bone which is behind ear
conductive hearing loss
external ear problem
sensorineural hearing loss
inner ear problem
menieres disease
inner ear disorder that causes vertigo
perforation
hole in tissue
weber test purpose and how do you do it
testing for lateralization, place tuning fork on top of patients head
where is sound heard in unlilateral conductive hearing loss when preforming webers test?
sound is heard in the impaired ear
Rinne test purpose and how do you do it
comparing air conduction and bone conduction, place tuning fork on the mastoid bone and then at side or ear.
Conductive hearing loss results by Rinne test
BC>AC or BC=AC bone conduction is heard longer than air
sensorineural hearing loss results by Rinne test
AC>BC air is heard longer than bone
Weber and Rinne tests test which cranial nerve?
V111 (8)
gag reflex is which cranial nerve?
IX and X
Say ahh is which cranial nerve?
X
lymph nodes of neck (10)
preauricular posterior auricular occipital tonsillar submandibular submental superficial cervical posterior cervical deep cervical chain supraclavicular
what do you have patient do when palpating for thyroid gland? steps to palpating gland
have them flex neck slightly forward, place fingers below cricoid cartilage, swallow and feel thyroid move up
