THRC.18 Flashcards
Components of the external ear
- Auricle
- External acoustic meatus
- Tympanic membrane

External acoustic meatus

Auricular cartilage

Annular cartilage

Tympanic membrane

Tympanic ring of temporal bone

Cavum tympani (In middle ear)

Auditory ossicles

Apex

Border of the helix

Scapha

Anthelix

Antitragus

Intertragic incisure

Semiannular cartilage

Annular cartilage

Tragi (long hairs)

Auricula

Anthelix

Tragus

Antitragus

Annular cartilage
Which nerve innervates the muscles used for ear movement?
Intermediofacial nerve

Concha
The composition of the external acoustic meatus
- Cartilagenous part (Distal)
- Osseus part (Proximal)
Earwax is produced by…
Sebaceous glands in the external acoustic meatus
Tympanic membrane separates…
External and middle ear
The tympanic membrane is suspended within the…
Tympanic ring
The inner layer of the tympanic membrane is in contact with the…
Malleus
Site of attachment of the malleus to the tympanic membrane
Umbo (of the membrane)
Give the order of ossicles in the middle ear
Tympanic membrane → Malleus → Incus → Stapes
Cavum tympani is located in which bone?
Temporal bone, pars petrousus
Guttural pouch
- Equine only
- Auditory tube forms a diverticulum
Parts of the cavum tympani
- Epitympanicum (dorsal part)
- Mesotympanicum (middle part)
- Hypotympanicum/tympanic bulla (ventral part)
Location of the ossicles
Epitympanicum
Which region of cavum tympani is the tympanic membrane?
Mesotympanicum
The base of the stapes is pressed against…
The oval vestibular window

Incus

Stapes (with stapedial muscle)

Malleus

M. tensor tympani

Tympanic membrane

Manubrium mallei

Tympanic membrane

Tympanic ring
Additional ossicle seen in juvenile animals…
Lenticular bone
- Between the incus and stapes