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Exam: #8 Flashcards

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What are normal features of the tympanic membrane?

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  • Choncaved
  • Translucent
  • and Gray in color
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What is a benign cyst in the mastoid cavity?

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Cholestiotomaco

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What is a rhinoplasty?

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Augments the external appearance of the nose

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What is apnea?

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No breathing

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What are the ossicles from lateral to medial?

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  • Malleolus
  • Incus
  • Stapes
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What is the treatment for hypertrophic turbinates?

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-sclerosing agents

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What is congenital?

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Present at birth

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What is the oval window?

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Where the foot plate of the stapes rest

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What is epistaxis?

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Hemorrhage of the nose

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What is the fluid that fills the spaces of the bony labyrinth?

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Perilympth

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What sense is related to olfaction?

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Smell

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What is the purpose of cristae in the middle ear?

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Controls dynamic equilibrium

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What is hypertrophy?

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Enlargement of a structure due to an increase in the size of the cells

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Another name for the seventh cranial nerve

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Facial

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14
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What is the term for fixation of the stapes?

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Otosclerosis

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15
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Why is nitrous oxide not used during reconstructive ear surgery?

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It expands the middle ear

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What is another name for the pinna?

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auricle

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What is a tympanotomy?

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incision into the tympanic membrane

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What are conchae?

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Osseous ridges on the lateral walls of the nasal cavity

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What is the apex of the nose called?

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Bridge

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What is the umbo?

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Concavity of the tympanic membrane where the malleolus is attached

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What is the septum?

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Divides the nasal cavity into 2 chambers

22
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What is deafness?

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Reduction of hearing

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What is the location of the frontal sinuses?

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In the frontal bone

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What site is the most common for harvesting a graft for a tympanoplasty?

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Temporalis fascia

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What is the main source of blood supply to the nose?

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Internal maxillary arteries

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What is the tympanic membrane?

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Separates the outer and middle ear

27
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Where is the olfactory bulb located?

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Tip of the first cranial nerve

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