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G56: Ear Flashcards

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General sensory innervation to anterior superior portion of auricle?

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Auriculotemporal n

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General sensory innervation to area surrounding meatus?

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Facial n and Vagus n

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General sensory innervation to posterior superior portion of auricle and medial surface?

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Lesser Occipital n

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General sensory innervation to inferior portion of auricle and lateral and medial surfaces?

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Great Auricular n

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Wall of lateral 1/3 EAM is composed of

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cartilage (skin containing hair, sebaceous glands and modified sweat glands (cerumen))

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Wall of medial 2/3 EAM is composed of

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bone

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EAM curves

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convex superior and posteriorly

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General sensory innervation to superior EAM and external surface of tympanic membrane?

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Auriculotemporal n.

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General sensory innervation to inferior EAM and external surface of tympanic membrane?

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Facial n and Vagus n

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Tympanic cavity

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petrous portion of temporal bone, sound waves converted to motion

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Tympanic cavity is connected anteromedially with

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nasopharynx via the auditory tube

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Tympanic cavity is connected posteromedially with

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mastoid antrum

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Lining of the tympanic cavity

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mucous membranes continuous with auditory tube, mastoid air cells, and mastoid antrum

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If the tympanic cavity is a room with 4 walls, the roof would be?

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Tegmen tympani, the petrous portion of the temporal bone, forming the floor of the middle cranial fossa;

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If the tympanic cavity is a room with 4 walls,the floor would be?

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Jugular wall, the thin wall of the jugular foramen

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If the tympanic cavity is a room with 4 walls, the lateral wall would be?

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Tympanic membrane

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If the tympanic cavity is a room with 4 walls, the medial wall would be?

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Bony Labyrinth housing the inner ear

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If the tympanic cavity is a room with 4 walls, the anterior wall would be?

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opening of the bony portion of the auditory tube

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If the tympanic cavity is a room with 4 walls, posterior wall would be?

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Aditus leading to the mastoid antrum

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Epitympanic recess

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is a expanded area of the tegmen tympani that houses the malleus and incus bones

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Cochlear promontory

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rounded hollow prominence on the medial wall of the cavity, formed by the outward projection of the cochlea

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Tympanic plexus (CN9)

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courses of the promontory

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CN9 exits the jugular foramen and a branch, tympanic nerve enters

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tympanic canaliculus (sensory and pregang), innervates the tympanic cavity, auditory tube, and mastoid air cells, and forms the lesser petrosal n

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The lesser petrosal n exits the tympanic cavity via

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through the tegmen tympani and runs through the lesser petrosal canal

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What’s located posterior and superior to the promontory on the medial wall of the tympanic cavity?

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Oval window and the canal for the facial n

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Oval window

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the opening into the vestibule of the inner ear, covered by footplate of the stapes

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Canal for facial n

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enters IAM to stylomastoid foramen, in IAM theres the geniculate ganglion (it is here that pregangs form the greater petrosal n)

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Auditory tube in the anterior wall splits into

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superior and inferior portions; connects middle ear and nasopharynx

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Superior portion of the auditory tube

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contains tensor tympany muscle, which attahces to the handle (manubrium) or the malleus

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Inferior portion of the auditory tube

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contains the opening of the crtilaginous portion of the tube

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Tensor tympani and cartilaginous portion run

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parallel to each other

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Aditus in posterior wall

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leads to an open area called mastoid antrum leading to mastoid air cells

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Inferior to the aditus is

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the facial canal containing the descending portion of the facial n. here the n splits into 4 branches (greater petrosal, n to stapedius, chorda tympani, auricular) and the pyramidal eminence

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Pyramidal eminence

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small bony projection enclosing the stempedius m

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Otitis media

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middle ear infection, red bulging tympanic membrane

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Umbo

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at the peak of the depressed tympanic membrane area (inferior to the attachment of the handle of the malleus)

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Handle of malleus

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attached to the tympanic membrane

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Cone of light

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radiating from the inferior portion of th ehandle of malleus

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Pars flaccida

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relaxed superior portion of the membrane (chorda tympani crosses here)

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Pars Tensa

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inferior portion of the membrane

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Innervation of the external surface of the tympanic membrane

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auriculotemporal, vagus, facial

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Innervation of the medial surface of the tympanic membrane

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glossopharyngeal n.

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Ossicles

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malleus, incus, and stapes connected by synovial joints

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Malleus

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Head: lies in epitympanic membrane articulates with incus

Neck and handle: lies against and embedded in tympanic membane

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tendon of tensor tympani (sup div of auditory tube) inserts

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on the handle of the malleus

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Chorda tympani crosses the

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medial surface (pars flaccida) of the tympanic membrane

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Incus

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body, long crus, and short crus

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Incus head

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articulates with head of malleus in epitympanic recess

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Incus long crus

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inferior portion articulates with the stapes

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Incus short crus

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attaches to a ligament attached to the posterior wall of the tympanic cavity

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Stapes

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Head, short neck, two limbs, footplate

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Head of stapes

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articulates with the long crus of incus

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Stapes footplate

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fits in the oval window

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Malleus and incus and incus and stapes joints

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SYNOVIAL joints

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Vibrations of the tympanic membrane

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move ossicles transmitted to oval window via the footplates of the stapes

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Tensor tympani m

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auditory tube to handle of malleus, pulls tympanic membrane medially, dampening the effects of sounds waves (n. to tensor tympani V-3)

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Stapedius m.

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bony pyramid on posterior wall and attaches vis tendon to neck of stapes; pulls footplate away from oval window, dampening the sound; (innervated by CN7)

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Hyperacusis

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paralysis of CN7 (Bell’s palsy) can cause sensitivity to loudness due to function loss of stapedius

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Inner ear

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bony labrinth and membranous labrinth

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Bony labrinth houses

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membranous labrinth and perilymph is located between, endolymph is contained within membranous labrinth

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Bony Labrinth consists of

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cochlea, vestibule, and semicircular canals

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Cochlea

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2.5X spins, perilymph wave through cochlea in response to movement of oval window (round window opens)

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Vestibule

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area between cochlea and semicircular canal (oval window is in wall of vestibule)

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Semicircular canals

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Anterior, Posterior, and Lateral at right angles (x, y, z axis) lateral canal are horizontal and anterior canal and posterior canal are in same plane of opposite sides

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Membranous labrinth

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Cochlear duct, utricle, saccule, and semicircular ducts

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Hearing:

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fluid waves in endolymph of cochlear duct stimulate receptor cells and mechanical movement is conducted into nerve impulses

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Equilibrium

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angular acceleration of endolymph in vestibular ducts stimulates receptors, each side work in concert

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Maculae

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specialized area of sensory epithelium within the utricle and saccule; monitor head position

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semicircular ducts open into

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utricle and saccule communicate via

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utricosaccular duct

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Saccule is continuous with

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cochlear duct

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Innervation of the ear

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CN8, cochlear division and vestibular division

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Conductive hearing loss

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loss of any structure that assists in creating movement at the oval and round windows

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Sensorineural hearing loss

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lesion or damage of any portion of the nervous system involved in conduction or interpretation of nerve impulses

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