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Gordon Nursing 1st Semester Exam 2
Gordon Nursing 1st Semester Exam 2
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
09/19/2010

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Two functions of the ear
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Hearing and balance
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Upper outer point of ear
Definition
Pinna
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Upper outer point of ear
Definition
Pinna
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Tube from the outer ear to middle ear.
Definition
External auditory canal
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Bottom point of external ear
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Lobule
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Fluid filled chambers used for balance in ear
Definition
Semicircular Canals
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Tube in the inner ear
Definition
Eustachian Tube
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What the sound waves hit in the ear
Definition
Eardrum
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From outer ear to inner ear, name the bones.
Definition
Malleus, Incus, Stapes (MIS)
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The outer ear and ear canal are arbitrarily referred to as
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The External Ear
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The eardrum and the space beyond with the hearing bones, connected to the eustachian tube are referred to as
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Middle Ear
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A snail shell-like structure that contains fluid and nerve cells
Definition
Cochlea
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The area that the cochlea and cranial nerves occupy is referred to as
Definition
Inner Ear
Term
The balance structures called semicirular canals are found in: Eternal, Middle, or Inner Ear?
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Inner Ear
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Ear drum is also referred to as the _________ Membrane.
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Tympanic
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What is cerumen more commonly known as?
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Earwax
Term
What contents would you expect to find in a normal external auditory canal?
Definition
Many hairs and cerumen secreting glands
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What joint can be found anterior to the external auditory canal?
Definition
Temporomandibular Joint (put your finger right in of your tragus and press then open and close your mouth.)
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The eustachian tube connects the middle ear to
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The Nasopharynx
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The fibrous border that attaches the eardrum to the temporal bone
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Annulus
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Which bone connects to the tympanic membrane?
Definition
Malleus
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Name given to the group of 3 bones in the middle ear
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Ossicles
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