OS 204 1.3 Ear - Sheet1 Flashcards
Without this, one has mickey mouse ear
Antihelix (crura, triangular fossa)
Keeps auditory canal from collapsing
Antitragus
Auricle / pinna innervation
5 6 9 10 cervical plexus
Auricle arterial blood supply (2)
Posterior auricular, superficial temporal arteries
Auricle nerves (2)
Great auricular nerve - cranial (medial)/back, posterolateral/front; Auriculotemporal (V3) - anterior
Auricle lymphatic drainage (3)
Superficial parotid LN - lateral surface of superior; Mastoid LN - cranial surface of superior; Superficial cervical LN - rest
How long is the EAM?
2-3 cm
To see EAM
Pull pinna upwards, backwards, outwards
2 parts of the EAM - relative length, content (glands, hair)
Cartilaginous - lateral 1/3; with ceruminous & sebaceous glands, hair; Bony - medial 2/3, no hair, slight pain
Cerumen falling off the side theory
Epithelial migration theory
Cone of light should be seen on what part of the tympanic membrane
Antero-inferior
Tympanic membrane connected to bony canal via
Annular ligament
Tympanic membrane central depression
Umbo
Forms lateral wall of the superior recess of the tympanic cavity, lacks radial and circular fibers
Pars flaccida
Easily vibrated component of the tympanic membrane
Pars tensa
Tympanic membrane innervation (3)
Auriculotemporal (V3) - external; Auricular branch of vagus - some external; Glossopharyngeal - internal
Tympanic cavity is connected antero-medially with the nasopharynx via the
Pharyngotympanic tube
Tympanic cavity is connected posteriorly with the mastoid cells via the
Mastoid antrum
Roof of TC separates TC from
Tegmental wall (tegmen tympani bone), dura
Floor of TC separates TC from
Jugular wall, IJV
Lateral wall of TC, superiorly formed by bony wall of?
Membranous wall, epitympanic recess
Medial wall of TC, feature
Labyrinthin wall, promontory
Posterior wall of TC, features (2)
Mastoid wall, aditus to the mastoid antrum (gas ex, cushion for more mobile TM), canal for the facial nerve
Anterior wall of TC, separates TC from? features (2)
Carotid wall, from carotid canal, opening of the pharyngotympanic, canal for tensor tympani
Equalizes pressure in the middle ear with atmospheric pressure, allowing free movt of tympanic membrane. Orientation in children and adults?
Pharyngotympanic/auditory/Eustachian tube; children - short and horizontal (infection), adult - oblique (better draining)
Pharyngotympanic tube innervation
Levator veli palatini X, tensor veli palatini V3
Pharyngotympanic tube blood supply
Ascending pharyngeal (ECA), middle meningeal (maxillary), artery of the pterygoid canal (maxillary), pterygoid venous plexus