general ear history and otoscopy

Question 1

otological symptoms

Answer 1

pain, discharge, hearing loss, dizziness, tinnitus, facial weaknesss and headaches

Question 2

what to ask about ear discharge

Answer 2

colour, amount, smell and duration

Question 3

otalgia means

Answer 3

ear pain

Question 4

otological causes of otalgia (external)

Answer 4

OE

Question 5

otological causes of otalgia (middle)

Answer 5

AOM, cholesteatoma

Question 6

otological causes of otalgia (inner)

Answer 6

vestibular schwannoma

Question 7

ear pain caused by cervical arthritis / spondylosis is referred by

Answer 7

C2/3

Question 8

CN5 refers ear pain from what pathologies

Answer 8

dental, TMJ, nasopharyngeal

Question 9

Ramsay hunt involves what nerve

Answer 9

CN7

Question 10

throat infections and head and neck cancer cause ear pain due to

Answer 10

CN9/10

Question 11

facial pain, TMJ clicking, teeth grinding, women 30-50

Answer 11

TMJ dysfunction

Question 12

how to examine adult ear

Answer 12

pull the pinna superior posterior

Question 13

red tympanic membrane indicative of

Answer 13

acute otitis media

Question 14

yellow tympanic membrane indicates

Answer 14

otitis media with effusion

Question 15

pearly white tympanic membrane

Answer 15

cholesteatoma

Question 16

pearly grey/translucent tympanic membrane

Answer 16

normal

Question 17

thickest part of the tympanic membrane above the handle

Answer 17

pars facccida

Question 18

thinnest part of the membrane below the umbo

Answer 18

pars tensa