Ears Vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
cyanosis | may indicate hypoxia, bluish color of ears and usually longstanding |
pallor | indicate vasomotor instability; paleness |
extreme reddness | indicate vasomotor instability; redness |
squamous cell carcinoma | 2nd most common skin cancer, often occurs on top of the helix of the ear |
cutaneous cyst | benign, closed firm sac that lies in the dermis forming a dome-shaped lump |
basal cell carcinoma | raised nodule with a lustrous surface and telangectatic vessels; most common form of skin cancer |
tophi | deposit of uric acid crystals; occurs after years of high blood levels of uric acid- gout |
keloid | firm, nodular scar tissue (most prevalent in dark skinned people) |
darwins tubercle | small painless nodule at the helix (insignificant congenital variation) |
otitis externa | painful movement of the auricle, inflammation of the outer ear; redness and serous drainage |
otitis media | painful over the mastoid; yellow-amber serum of the tympanic membrane |
ear canal | outer portion of ear surrounded by cartilage |
extosis | painless nodular swelling covered by normal skin deep in the ear canal |
Ossicles of middle ear | malleus, stapes, incus |
Hearing Loss: Conductive | mechanical dysfunction of the external or middle ear |
Weber & Rinne Test | advanced hearing assessments if hearing is diminished |
conductive hearing loss | mechanical dysfunction of external or middle ear |
sensorineural hearing loss | degeneration of cranial nerve 8 |
Rinne Test | 2 part advanced hearing assessment to test air and bone conduction of ear |
Weber Test | advanced assessment testing lateralization of sound in the ears |
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