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Haney GP C5 Ear
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Otosclerosis is an ankylosing of the _____. | Stapes |
| Labrynthitis is an inflammation of the ____. | Semicircular Canals |
| Otosclerosis, impacted cerumen, and otitis media may be the etiology of _______ _______ _____. | Conductive Hearing Loss |
| What is the surgical procedure of the insertion of a tympanostomy tube ? | Myringotomy |
| The inner ear contains two membrane-lined chambers, each filled with fluid, called the _____ and the __________. | cochlea and labyrinth |
| What is Tinnitus? | ringing or buzzing noise |
| What is Vertigo? | dizziness |
| Hearing loss or deafness is denoted as two basic types: ____________ loss and _______________ loss. | conductive and sensorineural |
| What is the disorder where "ear wax" accumulates and has a tendency to prevent sound waves from reaching the tympanic membrane? | Impacted Cerumen |
| What is the term for inflammation of the external ear canal? | Infective Otitis Externa |
| The patient may have a feeling that their ear is plugged and may experience tinnitus or sometimes an earache. These are symptoms of what disease? | Impacted Cerumen |
| Inflammation and resulting infection of the outer ear canal after water has been entrapped during swimming is what disease? | Swimmer's Ear |
| A red, swollen war canal; hearing loss;fever;and pruritis are common symptoms of what disease? | Swimmer's Ear |
| This disease is usually a vestibular disease. The patient complains of his head spinning, becoming worse with movement of head. | Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BVP) |
| A chronic disease of the inner ear that affects the labyrinth. | Meniere's Disease |
| Any type of tear or injury to the eardrum causes a breach in the integrity of the membrane. | Ruptured Tympanic Membrane (Ruptured Eardrum) |
| Symptoms include progressive hearing loss, chronic otic discharge, a visible mass or lesion on ear examination, loss of equilibrium, and tinnitus. | Cancer of the ear |
| A _____________ is a pocket of skin cells, normally shed by the eardrum, that collect into cystlike mass or ball and become affected. | Cholesteatoma |
| Inflammation of the mastiod bone. | Mastoiditis |
| _______________ primarily affects the stapes or third ossicle of the middle ear as the individual ages. | Otosclerosis |
| Condition where movement of the ossicles is impaired, which causes diminished conduction of sound waves and resulting hearing loss. | Otosclerosis |
| The ear is the organ of ____ and _________. | hearing and balance |
| The ________ is responsible for maintaining balance. | labyrinth |
| The labyrinth consists of three connected tubes bent into half circles, called the ___________________ _______. | Semicircular canals |
| ______________________ is idipathic, but there is evidence of familial tendency, suggesting genetic factors. The condition seems to be more prevalent in women and can be aggravated by pregnancy. | Otosclerosis |
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