The Ear Flashcards
ot/o
ear
three regions of the ear.
1- Outer ear
2- Middle ear
3- Inner ear
Outer ear:
• Auricle
• External auditory meatus
Middle ear:
• Tympanic membrane
• Ear bones: malleus, incus and stapes
• Oval window
• Eustachian tube
Inner ear:
• Labryinth
• Cochlea
• Perilymph
• Endolymph
• Organ of Corti
• Auditory nerves
Acous/o
Hearing
Acoustic
(pertaining to hearing): Related to
sound or the sense of hearing
Audi/o
Hearing; the sense of hearing
Audiogram
(record of hearing): An audiogram is a graph that shows the audible threshold for standardized frequencies as measured by an
audiometer.
Audit/o
Hearing
Auditory
(related to hearing): Related to hearing
Aur/o, Auricul/o
Ear
Aural
Pertaining to ear
Postauricular
Pertaining to behind the ear
Cochle/o
Cochlea
Cochlear
Pertaining to cochlea
Mastoid/o
Mastoid process
Mastoiditis
(inflammation of mastoid process): which is posterior portion of the temporal bone.