G56: Ear Flashcards
General sensory innervation to anterior superior portion of auricle?
Auriculotemporal n
General sensory innervation to area surrounding meatus?
Facial n and Vagus n
General sensory innervation to posterior superior portion of auricle and medial surface?
Lesser Occipital n
General sensory innervation to inferior portion of auricle and lateral and medial surfaces?
Great Auricular n
Wall of lateral 1/3 EAM is composed of
cartilage (skin containing hair, sebaceous glands and modified sweat glands (cerumen))
Wall of medial 2/3 EAM is composed of
bone
EAM curves
convex superior and posteriorly
General sensory innervation to superior EAM and external surface of tympanic membrane?
Auriculotemporal n.
General sensory innervation to inferior EAM and external surface of tympanic membrane?
Facial n and Vagus n
Tympanic cavity
petrous portion of temporal bone, sound waves converted to motion
Tympanic cavity is connected anteromedially with
nasopharynx via the auditory tube
Tympanic cavity is connected posteromedially with
mastoid antrum
Lining of the tympanic cavity
mucous membranes continuous with auditory tube, mastoid air cells, and mastoid antrum
If the tympanic cavity is a room with 4 walls, the roof would be?
Tegmen tympani, the petrous portion of the temporal bone, forming the floor of the middle cranial fossa;
If the tympanic cavity is a room with 4 walls,the floor would be?
Jugular wall, the thin wall of the jugular foramen
If the tympanic cavity is a room with 4 walls, the lateral wall would be?
Tympanic membrane
If the tympanic cavity is a room with 4 walls, the medial wall would be?
Bony Labyrinth housing the inner ear
If the tympanic cavity is a room with 4 walls, the anterior wall would be?
opening of the bony portion of the auditory tube
If the tympanic cavity is a room with 4 walls, posterior wall would be?
Aditus leading to the mastoid antrum
Epitympanic recess
is a expanded area of the tegmen tympani that houses the malleus and incus bones
Cochlear promontory
rounded hollow prominence on the medial wall of the cavity, formed by the outward projection of the cochlea
Tympanic plexus (CN9)
courses of the promontory
CN9 exits the jugular foramen and a branch, tympanic nerve enters
tympanic canaliculus (sensory and pregang), innervates the tympanic cavity, auditory tube, and mastoid air cells, and forms the lesser petrosal n
The lesser petrosal n exits the tympanic cavity via
through the tegmen tympani and runs through the lesser petrosal canal
What’s located posterior and superior to the promontory on the medial wall of the tympanic cavity?
Oval window and the canal for the facial n
Oval window
the opening into the vestibule of the inner ear, covered by footplate of the stapes
Canal for facial n
enters IAM to stylomastoid foramen, in IAM theres the geniculate ganglion (it is here that pregangs form the greater petrosal n)
Auditory tube in the anterior wall splits into
superior and inferior portions; connects middle ear and nasopharynx
Superior portion of the auditory tube
contains tensor tympany muscle, which attahces to the handle (manubrium) or the malleus