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33 Cards in this Set
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Otitis Externa (Swimmer's Ear)
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- inflammation of the outer ear and the ear canal with severe painful movement of the pinna and targus
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Cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea
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- discharge from the ear secondary to fracture of the temporal bone
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Darwin's tubercle
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- small painless nodules at the helix
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Tophi
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- small whitish yellow hard, nontender nodule in or near ear helix or antihelix
- contains uric acid |
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- Gout |
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Chondrodermititis nodularis helicus
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- painful nodules on the rim of helix
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- repetitive mechanical pressure - environmental trauma |
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Osteoma
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- single, stony hard nodule obscures the ear drum
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Exostosis
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- small, bony, hard, rounded nodules of hypertrophic bone covered with normal epithelium
- arise near the ear drum |
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Acute (purulent) Otitis media
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- inflammation of the middle ear and tympanic membrane
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- infection of the middle ear fluid |
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Blue Drum
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- indicate blood in the middle ear
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- after trauma of skull fracture |
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Fungal Infection
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- colony of black or white dots on drum or canal wall
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Annulus
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- outer fibrous rim encircling the eardrum
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Atresia
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- congenital absence or closure of ear canal
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Cochlea
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- inner ear structure containing the central hearing apparatus
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Eustachian Tube
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- connects the middle ear with the nasopharynx and allows passage of air
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Helix
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- superior, posterior free rim of the pinna
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Incus
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- "anvil", middle of the 3 ossicles of the middle ear
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Malleus
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- "hammer", first of the three ossicles of the middle ear
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Mastoid
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- bony prominence of the skull located just behind the ear
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Organ of Corti
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- sensory organ of hearing
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Otalgia
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- pain in the ear
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Otorrhea
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- discharge form the ear
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Pars flaccida
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- small, slack, superior section of tympanic membrane
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Pars tensa
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- thick, taut, central/inferior section of the tympanic membrane
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Pinna
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- outer ear or auricle
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Stapes
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- "stirrup", inner of the 3 ossicles of the middle ear
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Tinnitus
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- ringing in the ears
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Tympanic membrane
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- "eardrum" thin, translucent, oval membrane that stretches across the ear canal and separates the middle ear from the outer ear
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Umbo
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- knob of malleus that shows through the tympanic membrane
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Furuncle
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- a small boil located in the skin or mucous membrane of the nose
- very painful, red and swollen |
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Acute Rhinitis
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- first clear discharge, then becomes purulent
- turbinates dark red and swollen |
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Allergic Rhinitis
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- associated with pruritis
- turbinates are pale - itching of nose and eyes, nasal congestion, sneezing |
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Gingival hyperplasia
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- painless enlargement of the gums, sometimes overreaching teach
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Ankyloglossia
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- tongue tie
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