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PE Ears, nose and stuff Flashcards

1
Q

What part of the ear extends slightly outward from the skull and is positioned on a nearly vertical plane?

A

Auricle

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2
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What part of the Auricle:

the prominent outer rim

A

Helix

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3
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What part of the Auricle:

is the area parallel and anterior to the helix

A

Antihelix

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4
Q

What part of the Auricle:

is the deep cavity containing the auditory canal meatus

A

Concha

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5
Q

What part of the Auricle:

is the protuberance lying anterior to the auditory canal meatus

A

Tragus

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6
Q

What part of the Auricle:

is the protuberance on the antihelix opposite the tragus

A

Antitragus

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7
Q

What part of the Auricle:

is the soft lobe on the bottom of the auricle

A

Lobule

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8
Q

What is the S-shaped pathway, approximately 1 inch long, composed of bone and cartilage covered with thin, sensitive skin.

A

External auditory canal

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9
Q

What are the three small connected bones hat transmit sound from the tympanic membrane to the oval window?
What are their names?

A

Ossicles

malleus, incus, and stapes

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10
Q

what is the membranous, curved cavity inside a bony labyrinth consisting of the vestibule, semicircular canals, and cochlea?

A

Inner ear

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11
Q

Cochlea transmits sound impulses to what CN?

A

CN VIII

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12
Q

What is the cartilaginous, fibrous, and bony passageway between the nasopharynx and the middle ear

A

Eustachian tube

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13
Q

Nasal floor is formed by what structures?

A

the hard and soft palate.

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14
Q

Nasal roof is formed by what structures?

A

The frontal and sphenoid bone

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15
Q

What lies on the roof of the nose and houses the sensory endings of the olfactory nerve?

A

Cribriform plate

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16
Q

What is the convergence of small fragile arteries and veins, located on the anterior-superior portion of the septum

A

Kiesselbach plexus

17
Q

What ducts open on each side of the frenulum under the tongue?

A

Wharton ducts

18
Q

What drains saliva from the submandibular and sublingual glands to the sublingual caruncle at the base of the tongue

A

Wharton ducts

19
Q

What ducts are parotid gland outlets that open on the buccal mucosa opposite the second molar on each side of the upper jaw?

A

Stensen ducts

20
Q

What results from blunt trauma and necrosis of the

underlying cartilage of the ear?

A

Cauliflower ear

21
Q

What are small, whitish uric acid crystals along the peripheral margins of the auricles (may indicate gout)?

22
Q

What are elevations in the skin with a punctum indicating a blocked sebaceous gland (common).

A

Sebaceous cysts

23
Q

Inflammation of the auditory canal and external surface of the tympanic membrane

A

Otitis externa

24
Q

Inflammation of the middle ear resulting in the collection of serous, mucoid, or purulent fluid (effusion) when the tympanic membrane is intact.

A

Otitis media with effusion

25
Q

Inflammation in the middle ear, associated with a middle ear effusion that becomes infected by bacterial organisms

A

Acute otitis media

26
Q

Abnormal squamous epithelial tissue behind the tympanic membrane

A

Cholesteatoma

27
Q

What type of hearing loss?

Reduced transmission of sound to the middle ear

A

Conductive hearing loss

28
Q

What type of hearing loss?

Reduced transmission of sound in the inner ear

A

Sensorineural hearing loss

29
Q

What dis

Inner ear disorder characterized by episodes of hearing loss, vertigo, tinnitus, ear fullness

A

Ménière disease

30
Q

What dis

Illusion of rotational movement by a patient, often due to a disorder of the inner ear

31
Q

What is a Bacterial infection of one or more of the paranasal sinuses?

32
Q

What is an Infection of tonsils or posterior pharynx by microorganisms

A

Acute bacterial pharyngitis

33
Q

What is a Deep infection in the space between the palatine tonsil capsule and pharyngeal muscles?

A

Peritonsillar abscess

34
Q

What is A life-threatening deep neck space infection that has the potential to occlude the airway; occurs in the potential space extending from the base of the skull to the posterior mediastinum between the posterior pharyngeal wall and prevertebral fascia

A

Retropharyngeal abscess

35
Q

What is a chronic infection of the gums, bones, and other tissues that surround and support
the teeth

A

Periodontal disease (Periodontitis)

36
Q

Anterior bleeds account for approximately what percentage of epistaxis?

37
Q

Nosebleeds can be divided into what three groups?

A

Anterior, posterior, and mixed

38
Q

True/False

Posterior bleeding from nosebleeds can be life-threatening and blood also usually runs down the back of the throat.

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