PE Ears, nose and stuff Flashcards
What part of the ear extends slightly outward from the skull and is positioned on a nearly vertical plane?
Auricle
What part of the Auricle:
the prominent outer rim
Helix
What part of the Auricle:
is the area parallel and anterior to the helix
Antihelix
What part of the Auricle:
is the deep cavity containing the auditory canal meatus
Concha
What part of the Auricle:
is the protuberance lying anterior to the auditory canal meatus
Tragus
What part of the Auricle:
is the protuberance on the antihelix opposite the tragus
Antitragus
What part of the Auricle:
is the soft lobe on the bottom of the auricle
Lobule
What is the S-shaped pathway, approximately 1 inch long, composed of bone and cartilage covered with thin, sensitive skin.
External auditory canal
What are the three small connected bones hat transmit sound from the tympanic membrane to the oval window?
What are their names?
Ossicles
malleus, incus, and stapes
what is the membranous, curved cavity inside a bony labyrinth consisting of the vestibule, semicircular canals, and cochlea?
Inner ear
Cochlea transmits sound impulses to what CN?
CN VIII
What is the cartilaginous, fibrous, and bony passageway between the nasopharynx and the middle ear
Eustachian tube
Nasal floor is formed by what structures?
the hard and soft palate.
Nasal roof is formed by what structures?
The frontal and sphenoid bone
What lies on the roof of the nose and houses the sensory endings of the olfactory nerve?
Cribriform plate
What is the convergence of small fragile arteries and veins, located on the anterior-superior portion of the septum
Kiesselbach plexus
What ducts open on each side of the frenulum under the tongue?
Wharton ducts
What drains saliva from the submandibular and sublingual glands to the sublingual caruncle at the base of the tongue
Wharton ducts
What ducts are parotid gland outlets that open on the buccal mucosa opposite the second molar on each side of the upper jaw?
Stensen ducts
What results from blunt trauma and necrosis of the
underlying cartilage of the ear?
Cauliflower ear
What are small, whitish uric acid crystals along the peripheral margins of the auricles (may indicate gout)?
Tophi
What are elevations in the skin with a punctum indicating a blocked sebaceous gland (common).
Sebaceous cysts
Inflammation of the auditory canal and external surface of the tympanic membrane
Otitis externa
Inflammation of the middle ear resulting in the collection of serous, mucoid, or purulent fluid (effusion) when the tympanic membrane is intact.
Otitis media with effusion
Inflammation in the middle ear, associated with a middle ear effusion that becomes infected by bacterial organisms
Acute otitis media
Abnormal squamous epithelial tissue behind the tympanic membrane
Cholesteatoma
What type of hearing loss?
Reduced transmission of sound to the middle ear
Conductive hearing loss
What type of hearing loss?
Reduced transmission of sound in the inner ear
Sensorineural hearing loss
What dis
Inner ear disorder characterized by episodes of hearing loss, vertigo, tinnitus, ear fullness
Ménière disease
What dis
Illusion of rotational movement by a patient, often due to a disorder of the inner ear
Vertigo
What is a Bacterial infection of one or more of the paranasal sinuses?
Sinusitis
What is an Infection of tonsils or posterior pharynx by microorganisms
Acute bacterial pharyngitis
What is a Deep infection in the space between the palatine tonsil capsule and pharyngeal muscles?
Peritonsillar abscess
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
Retropharyngeal abscess
What is a chronic infection of the gums, bones, and other tissues that surround and support
the teeth
Periodontal disease (Periodontitis)
Anterior bleeds account for approximately what percentage of epistaxis?
90%
Nosebleeds can be divided into what three groups?
Anterior, posterior, and mixed
True/False
Posterior bleeding from nosebleeds can be life-threatening and blood also usually runs down the back of the throat.
True
