Physiognomical forms of the Ear

Question 1

The ear is also known as the

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Pinna

Question 2

This feature changes less in a lifetime than any other feature

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The ear

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The purpose of the ear is to capture and direct

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sound to the ear passage

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The mass of the ear has this form

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Wedge-like

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The outer rim of the ear resembles a

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question mark

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The linear form of the anterior border is

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Relatively straight

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The ear is composed of cartilage except for

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the fatty lobe

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As paired features, the ears display the most noticeable differences in

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position and form

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The width is ____ the length

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2/3rds

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The widest portion is usually in the

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Superior third of the ears length

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Anatomical guides provide

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greater accuracy than proportions

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The ear passage (external opening)

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External Auditory Meatus

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The zygomatic arch originates from the skull

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directly superior to the ear passage

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This divides the length of the ear

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The zygomatic arch

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This lies directly anterior to the ear passage

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Mandibular fossa

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The mandibular fossa is hidden by the

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tragus

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This lies posterior and inferior to the ear passage

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Mastoid process

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The mastoid process is hidden by the

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lobe

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This is the keystone to accurate location of the ear

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The external auditory meatus

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The ear passage aligns with the

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front border of the ear

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This lies directly above the ear passage

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Zygomatic arch

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This divides the ear into equal halves

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Zygomatic arch

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The outer rim of the ear is also known as the

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Helix

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The general shape of the helix is a

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question mark

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The origin of the helix is also known as the

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Crus

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This is within the concha

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The origin of the helix

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The crus lies upon the

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Zygomatic arch

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The origin of the helix is flattened into the wall of the

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Concha

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The origin of the helix divides the

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length of the ear

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The origin of the helix is deeper than the

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The surface of the cheek

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The ear terminates here

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at the top of the lobe

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On the lobeless ear, the cartilage

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continues in the cheek

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This is the beginning of the outer rim lying in the concha

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The crus of the helix

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The inner rim of the ear is also known as the

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Antihelix

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The origin of the antihelix is at the

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superior portion of the lobe

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The upper portion of the antihelix bifurcates into two branches

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Crura

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The antihelix has greater _____ than the helix

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width

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The crura branches are

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The superior branch and the anterior branch

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The upper branch of the antihelix is the

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Superior branch

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The measurement of the upper one third of the ears length is the

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Anterior branch

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The shallow depression lying between the crura is the

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Triangular fossa

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The triangular fossa is located

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in the anterior portion of the ear

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The triangular fossa extends relatively far behind the

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helix

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The fossa between the inner and outer rim is known as the

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Scapha

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The scapha is relatively

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long

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The scapha is the ____________ of the depressions

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shallowest

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The concave shell of the ear

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Concha

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The concha is located

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behind and above the ear passage

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The concha's depth is __________ to the ear passage

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graduated

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The concha creates the _________ of the length of the ear

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middle third

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The small eminence rising from the cheek and protecting the ear passage

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Tragus

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The tragus is a _____________ mass

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Wedge like

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The inferior end of the tragus attaches to the

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lobe

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The front border of the tragus is often

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indistinct

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The tragus may be marked by a

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vertical furrow

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The small eminence on the upper margin of the lobe

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Antitragus

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The antitragus is slightly

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inferior and posterior to the tragus

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The hollow between the tragus and antitragus

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Intertragic Notch

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The intertragic notch is located

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anteriorly to the upper border of the lobe

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The fatty inferior segment of the ear

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Lobe

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The lobe is the ____________ of the ear's length

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Lower third

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The underlying structure to the lobe is the

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Mastoid process