Nursing_Physical Assessment_Jarvis 5Th Ed_Chap 15_Ears

Front 1

Annulus

Back 1

Outer fibrous rim encircling the eardrum

Front 2

Atresia

Back 2

Congenital absence or closure of ear canal

Front 3

Cerumen

Back 3

Yellow waxy material that lubricates and protects the ear canal

Front 4

Cochlea

Back 4

Inner ear structure containing the central hearing apparatus

Front 5

Eustachian tube

Back 5

Connects the middle ear with the nasopharynx and allow passage of air

Front 6

Helix

Back 6

Superior, posterior free rim of the pinna

Front 7

Incus

Back 7

Anvil, middle of the 3 ossicles of the middle ear

Front 8

Malleus

Back 8

Hammer, first of the 3 ossicles of the middle ear

Front 9

Mastoid

Back 9

Bony prominence of the skull located behind the ear

Front 10

Organ of corti

Back 10

Sensory organ of hearing

Front 11

Otalgia

Back 11

Pain in the ear

Front 12

Otitis externa

Back 12

Inflammation of the outer ear and ear canal

Front 13

Otitis media

Back 13

Inflammation of the middle ear and tympanic membrane

Front 14

Otorrhea

Back 14

Discharge from the ear

Front 15

Pars flaccida

Back 15

Small, slack, superior section of tympanic membrane

Front 16

Pars tensa

Back 16

Thick, taut, central/inferior section of tympanic membrane

Front 17

Pinna

Back 17

Auricle, or outer ear

Front 18

Stapes

Back 18

Stirrup, inner of the 3 ossicles of the middle ear

Front 19

Tinnitis

Back 19

Ringing in the ears

Front 20

Tympanic membrane

Back 20

Eardrum, thin, translucent, oval membrane that stretches across the ear canal and separates the middle ear from the outer ear

Front 21

Umbo

Back 21

Knob of the malleus that shows through the tympanic membrane

Front 22

Vertigo

Back 22

A spinning, twirling sensation

Front 23

Mastoid

Back 23

Air-filled cavity in temporal bone; continuous with middle ear

Front 24

Weber test

Back 24

Place tuning fork on top of head

Front 25

Rinne test

Back 25

Place tuning fork on mastoid and time bond conduction; move turning fork in front of auditory canal to time air conduction

Front 26

Ostosclerosis

Back 26

Common cause of conductive hearing loss in adults. Gradual hardening that causes the foot plate of the stapes to become fixed in the oval window, impeding the transmission of sound and causing deafness.

Front 27

Presbycusis

Back 27

Hearing loss that occurs with aging, caused by nerve degeneration in the inner ear or auditory nerve.

Front 28

motions used to straighten the ear canal - ADULTS

Back 28

Pull the pinna up and back to straighten the canal.

Front 29

motions used to straighten the ear canal - CHILD

Back 29

Pull the pinna down.

Front 30

Darwin's tubercle

Back 30

Small painless nodule at the helix

Front 31

Ostosclerosis

Back 31

Common cause of conductive hearing loss in adults. Gradual hardening that causes the foot plate of the stapes to become fixed in the oval window, impeding the transmission of sound and causing deafness.

Front 32

Presbycusis

Back 32

Hearing loss that occurs with aging, caused by nerve degeneration in the inner ear or auditory nerve.

Front 33

motions used to straighten the ear canal - ADULTS

Back 33

Pull the pinna up and back to straighten the canal.

Front 34

motions used to straighten the ear canal - CHILD

Back 34

Pull the pinna down.

Front 35

Darwin's tubercle

Back 35

Small painless nodule at the helix

Front 36

Tophi

Back 36

Small, whitish-yellow hard, nontender nodules in or near helix or antihelix; contain chalky material of uric acid crystals and are signs of gout.

Front 37

Chondrodermatitis

Back 37

Painful nodules that develop on the rim of helix; small, indurated, dull red, poorly defined.

Front 38

Keloid

Back 38

Overgrowth of scar tissue

Front 39

Osteoma

Back 39

single, stony, hard rounded nodule that obscures the drum; nontender

Front 40

Exostosis

Back 40

Small, bony, hard, rounded nodules of hypertonic bone, covered with normal epithelium, usually bilateral. Occurs with swimmers.

Front 41

Furuncle

Back 41

Painful infected hair follicle; occurs on tragus and cartilagenous part of ear canal.

Front 42

Polyp

Back 42

Arises in canal from granulomatous or mucosal tissue; redder than surrounding skin and bleeds easily; bathed in purulent discharge; indicates chronic ear disease.

Front 43

Recruitment

Back 43

A marked loss when sound is at low intensity, but sound actually becomes painful when repeated in loud voice

Front 44

Romberg test

Back 44

Assesses the ability of the vestibular apparatus in the inner ear to help maintain standing balance. Assesses intactness of cerebellum and propriception.

Front 45

Osteoma

Back 45

Single, stony hard, rounded nodule that obscures the drum; nontender; overlying skin appears normal. Attached to inner third, the bony part, of the canal. Benign, but refer for removal.

Front 46

Exostosis

Back 46

More common that osteoma, Small, bony, hard rounded nodules of hypertrophic bone, covered with normal epithelium. Occurs frequently in cold-water swimmers.