Terms, Abbreviations, & Meanings
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| AD | right earLatin: auris dextra
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| AOM | acute otitis media
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| AS | left earLatin: auris sinistra
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| EENT | eyes, ears, nose & throat
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| ENG | electronystagmography
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| ENT | ears, nose, & throat
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| HEENT | head, eyes, ears, nose & throat
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| PE tube | pressure-equalizing tube
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| SOM | serous otitis media
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| acoustic | pertaining to hearing
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| auditory canal | channel leading from ear flap to eardrum
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| auditory meatus | about an inch in length, is a slender canal lined with glands that secrete cerumen
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| auditory nerve fibers | carry impulses from inner ear to cerebral cortex
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| auditory tube | channel between middle ear & throat; eustachian tube
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| aural | pertaining to the ear
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| auricle | skin-covered cartilaginous flap, projects from the side of the head; pinna
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| cerumen | ear wax; lubricates the ear and prevents the entry of foreign particles into internal portions of ear
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| cochlea | snail-shaped, spirally wound tube in inner ear
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| contains hearing-sensitive receptors | cochlea
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| cochlear | pertaining to cochlea
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| deafness | loss of ability to hear
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| endolymph | fluid within labyrinth of inner ear, conducts cound waves
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| eustachian tube | channel between middle ear & throat; auditory tube
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| incus | small, anvil-shaped ossicle in middle ear
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| the second ossicle is | the incus
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| labyrinth | maze-like series of canals of inner ear
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| cochlea, vestibule & semicircular canals make up | the labyrinth
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| malleus | hammer-shaped, small ossicle in middle ear
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| ossicle | small bone
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| malleus, incus, & stapes make up | the ossicles of middle ear
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| otic | pertaining to the ear
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| oval window | membrane between middle & inner ears
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| perilymph | fluid contained in labyrinth
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| pinna | outer ear flap; auricle
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| postauricular | pertaining to behind the ear
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| salpingopharyngeal | pertaining to eustachian tube & throat
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| semicircular canals | passageways in inner ear that are associated with maintaing equilibrium
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| stapes | small, stirrup-shaped bone in middle ear
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| third ossicle | stapes
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| tympanic membrane | shiny, oval, semitransparent membrane between outer & middle ear
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| eardrum is another name for | the tympanic membrane
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| vestibule | central cavity of labyrinth, connecting cochlea & semicircular canals
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| vestibulocochlear | pertainings to vestibule & cochlea
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| ear serves dual functions as a sense organ | hearing & equilibrium
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| anatomical regions of th ear | outer, middle, and inner
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| outer ear consists of | auricle & auditory meatus
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| lies at the end of the external auditory canal and at the entry to the middle ear | tympanic membrane
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| articulate with one another | ossicles
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| provides for an equalization of air pressure between middle ear & external atmosphere | eustachian tube
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| membranous labyrinth | contains a protein-rich fluid called endolymph and is surrounded by the bony labyrinth
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| bony labyrinth | contains a clear liquid known as perilymph & surrounds membranous labyrinth
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| organ of Corti | sensitive receptor whose hair cells relay sound waves to auditory nerve fibers
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| ogran of Corti is located | in the cochlea
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| auditory nerve fibers convey impulses to the auditory region of the cerebral cortex from | the organ of Corti
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| The term cochlea means | snail
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| Sound waves, conducted by air, enter the ear with the aid of | the auricle
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| sound waves entering the auricle, are conducted along the auditory meatus to | the tympanic membrane
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| when the taut tympanic membrane recives sound waves it | begins to vibrate
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| vibrations by the eardrum move | the ossicles
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| ossicle amplfiy sound waves & conduct them through the middle ear to | the oval window & into inner ear
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| sounds coming through oval window are picked up by | sensory hair cells of cochlea,
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| structures of the ear involved in maintaining equilibrium are found in | the vestibule & semicircular canals
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| Sensitive hair cells and fluid within these structures allow | detection of changes in the position of the head
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| Movement of the hair cells within the ___ generate nerve impulses | macula
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| communicate through the brain to the body's muscles and provide for the recovery of balance | hair cells within macula
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