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ANATOMY 102 > THE EAR > Flashcards

THE EAR Flashcards

1
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Fold surrounding the pinna

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Helix

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2
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Curved ridge in front of the helix

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Antihelix

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3
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Prominence over external auditory canal

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Tragus

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4
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Ear projection opposite the tragus

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Antitragus

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5
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Fleshy part at the base of the ear

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Lobule

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6
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The external auditory canal is made up of?

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Lateral part(Cartilage)
Medial part(Bone)

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7
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Has hair and secretes ear wax

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Lateral part

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8
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A thin, cone shaped membrane that separates the outer ear from middle ear

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Tympanic membrane

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9
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Function of tympanic membrane

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Transmits sound to the ossicles in the middle ear

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10
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Concave part of the tympanic membrane

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Outer surface

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11
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Convex part of tympanic membrane

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Inner surface

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12
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Point where convexity is at maximum in the tympanic membrane

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Umbo

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13
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2 parts of the tympanic membrane

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Pars tensa and pars flaccida

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14
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Uppermost loose area of the tympanic membrane

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Pars flaccida

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15
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Lower tightly stretched area

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Pars tensa

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16
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3 bones of the middle ear

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Malleus, incus and stapes

17
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Lateral wall of middle ear(Labyrinthine wall)

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Tympanic membrane

18
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Medial wall of middle ear(Membranous wall)

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Oval window, round window and promontary

19
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Roof of middle ear(Tegmental wall)

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Tegmen tympani bone

20
Q

Separates the middle ear from middle cranial fossa

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Tegmen tympani

21
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Transmits sound waves from the ossicles to the inner ear

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Middle ear

22
Q

Lies in the petrous part of temporal bone

23
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Middle ear muscles

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Stapedius and tensor tympani

24
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Muscle that helps open eustachian tube

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Tensor tympani

25
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Muscle attaching to stapes and contracts in response to loud sounds, cheweing, speaking

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The stapedius

26
Q

Fluid in membranous labyrinth

27
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Fluid separating the bony labyrinth from membranous labyrith

28
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Conical central axis which the cochlea makes its 2 3/4 turns

29
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Projects from the modiolus and divides the cochlea into scala vestibuli and scala tympani

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Spiral ridge

30
Q

An opening at the apex where the two passages can communicate(Inner ear)

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Helicotrema

31
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Central part of bony labyrinth

ANATOMY 102 (20 decks)

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