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How long is the external auditory canal?

2 1/5 cm ( 1 in)

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What gland produces cerumen?

Apocrine

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What kind of environment does cerumen provide?

Acidic pH that inhibits the growth of microorganisms

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What transmits sounds from the tympanic membrane to the oval window in the inner ear?

Ossicles

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What separates the external, ear from the middle ear?

Tympanic membrane

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What pulls the tympanum in at the center (umbo)

Malleus

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What part of the tympanic membrane is more flaccid?

The superior portion

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The Eustachian tube drains into what?

Posterior aspect of the inferior turbinate

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The cochlea transmits sound impulses to where?

CN viii

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Where are equilibrium receptors in the middle ear found?

Semicircular canals and vestibule

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What are know an tastebuds?

Fungifrom

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What are parroted gland outlets that open on the buccaneers mucosa opposite the second molar on each side of the upper jaw?

Stensens ducts

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What are outlets of the submandibular glands that open on each side of the frenulum ?

Wharton ducts

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Development of the inner ear occurs when?

First trimester

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What is different about a child’s Eustachian tube?

Shorter, wider, and more horizontal

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Sphenoid sinuses are present when?

5 years

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Front sinus develop when?

7 to 8 years

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During pregnancy what may cause increased vascularity off the upper respiratory tract. Capillaries of the nose, pharynx and Eustachian tube become engorged.

Estrogen

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What percent of adults older that 65 have hearing loss?

A third

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Age related hearing is associated with what?

Degeneration of hair cells in the organ of courti, loss of cortical neurons, and degeneration of chochlear conductive membrane

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Sensorineural hearing loss first occurs with what kind of sounds?

High frequency

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Conductive hearing loss may be a result of what?

Excess bone deposition, causing the fixation of the stapes to the oval window, cerumen impact ion, sclerotic tympanic membrane

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Loss of olfaction begins around age?

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Loss of taste beings deteriorating around age?

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what cells in the organ of courti detect sound vibrations and send the info to CN VIII?

hair cells

What bones form the nasal bridge ?

frontal and maxillary

what forms the nasal floor?

hard and soft palate

what forms the nasal roof?

frontal and sphenoid bones

the inferior meatus drains the?

nasolacrimal duct

the middle meatus brains the ?

paranasal sinus

the superior meatus drains the?

posterior ethmoid sinus

what results from blunt trauma and necrosis of the underlying tissue?

cauliflower ear

A lateral posterior angle of more than____of the auricle ?

10%

a low set auricle may indicate?

chromosomal aberrations or renal disorders

a purulent, foul smelling discharge is assoiacted with what?

otitis externa, perforated acute otitis media, foreign body.

a bloody or serous discharge is suggestive of what?

skull fracture

what way do you pull the auricle when doing and otoscopic exam ?

up and back

wet cerumen is a genetic trait and is found in who?

whites and blacks

dry cerumen is found as a grayish flake and is seen in who?

asians and native americans

when should you not perform water irrigation?

otitis externa

no movement with positive and negative pressure may be a sign of?

acute otits media or otitis media with effusion

when doing a whisper test the patient should be able to repeat back to you what percent of the sounds you made

50%

the weber test helps assess what?

unilateral hearing loss

air conducted sound would be heard ______as long as bone conducted?

twice

what is meniere disease?

loss of hearing, tinnitus, vertigo

nasal flaring is associated with what?

respiratory distress

a foreign body in the nose is associated with what?

unilateral thick, green, malodorous discharge

blood discharge from the nose may be caused by what two things?

epistaxis, trauma

what are signs of cocaine use?

rhinorrhea, hyperemia, and edema of the nasal mucosa

localized redness in the vestibule is associated with what?

furuncle

turbinates that appear bluish gray is assorted with ?

allergies

crusting over the anterior portion of the nasal septum may occur at the site of?

epistaxis

deep fissures at the corners of the moth may indicated a what deficiency in what? (chelosis)

riboflavin def

circumoral pallor is associated with what?

scarlet fever

round, oval or irregular bluish gray macule on the lips and buccal mucosa is associated with what?

Peutz-jeghers syndrome

clenching the teeth tests what?

CN VII

what class is when the molars have a customary relationship but the one of occlusion is incorrect because of rotated or malpositioned teeth?

what class is when lower molars are distally positioned ?

what class is when the lower moles are medially positioned ?

III

leucoedema is seem in almost all of this race?

blacks

what is a diffuse filmy grayish surface with white streaks, wrinkles, or milky alteration?

leuoedema

a red spot on the buccal mucosa at the opening of the stensens duct is associated with what?

parotitis (mumps)

what is a localized gingival enlargement?

Epulis

gingival enlargement is common in what things?

pregnantcy, puberty, vitamin C def, lukemia.

protrudence of the tongue tests what CN?

XII

a smooth red tongue with a slick appearance may indicate what?

vitamin b12 def

a hairy tongue with yellow brown to black elongated papillae on the dorm sometimes follows what?

antibiotic therapy

what nerves are being tested when checking the uvula?

IX X

deviation of the uvula to one side may indicate one of two things?

vagus nerve paralysis or peritonsillar abscess (unaffected side for both)

a bony protuberance is that occurs bilateral on the lingual surface of the mandible?

torus

how do you reduce the gag reflex?

moisten the blade with warm water

what are the symptoms of strep pharyngitis

no cough, exudate on tonsils, tender and enlarged anterior node, enlargement of the tonsils

what is macroglossia associated with?

hypothyroidism

what is the most common inflammatory skin disorder?

eczematous dermatitis

what is associated with thick lichen field pruurtic plaques

chronic eczematous dermatitis

what is associated with pruitis wheeping vesicles. erythmetaous ?

cut eczematous dermatitis

what is a deep infection of the pilosebaceous unit

furuncle

what causes a furnacel?

staph

what is no well demarcated borders, with lymphageitic steaks and regional lymphadenopathy

cellulitis

tinea involves what?

stratum cornium

what is associated with a chrisms tree like pattern?

pityriasis rosea

what is characterized by well circumscribed, dry, silvery scaling

psoriasis

what is a chronic and recurrent disease of keratin synthesis ?

psoriasis

what is associated with, rhinopehyma, telangiectasia, papule in the center of the face area

rosacea

brown thickening of the skin with a velvety texture

acanthosis nigricans

mc form of skin cancer

basal cell carcinoma

what is associated with a shiny nodule that is pearly?

basal cell carcinoma

what is an elevated growth with a central depression, warlike, irregular borders?

squamous cell carcinoma

lethal form of skin cancer ?

melanoma

what does ABCDE stand for for melanoma ?

asymmetry, boarders, color, diameter, evolution

bluish purple lesion assorted with aids

kaposis sarcoma

what is sudden rapid, patch loss of hair, ?

alopecia areata

what is the loss of hair from tight hair styles?

traction alopecia

what is growth of hair in woman in male distribution

hirsutism

what is an infection between the nail fold and the nail plate? rippling of nails

paronychia

yellow nail with no pitting, hyperkeratioic debris

onychomycosis

what is a central depression of the nail with lateral elevations, associated with iron def, syphillis, dermatoses?

koilonchia (spoon nails)

what is a transverse depression in the nail bed?

beau lines

white banding is associated with what?

cirrhosis, CCHF, dibetes

what is pitting onycholysis, discoloration and sublingual thickening/

psoriasis

honey colored crush

impetigo

ice pick scarring

acne vulgaris

kopek spots

measles (rubeola)

pinkish red maculopaular lesions =

german measles (rubella)

loss of scalp hair due to physical manibukation

trichotillomania