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Chapter 6
The Eat
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ear regions | external, middle, internal |
| External ear parts | auricle/pinna and external acoustic meatus |
| Auricle | directs sound waves |
| External acoustic meatus | passageway inward toward tympanic membrane |
| Middle ear parts | tympanic membrane |
| acous/o, audi/o | hearing |
| aer/o | air or gas |
| aur/l, ot/o | ear |
| cerumin/o | wax |
| myring/o, tympan/o | eardrum |
| salping/o | tube |
| -acusis | hearing condition |
| BAEP | brainstem, auditory evoked potential |
| BAER | brainstem, auditory evoked response |
| ENT | ear, nose, and throat |
| PE | polyethylene |
| TM | tympanic membrane |
| external acoustic meatus | external passage for sounds collected from the auricle to the tympanic membrane |
| tympanic membrane | drum-like structure that receives sound collected in the external acoustic meatus and amplifies it through the middle ear |
| Auditory ossicles | malleus, incus, stapes |
| auditory/eustachian tube | tube connecting the middle ear to the pharynx |
| oval window | membrane that covers the opening between the middle ear and internal ear |
| perilymph | fluid that fills the bony labyrinth of the internal ear |
| endolymph | fluid within the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear |