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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
THE EAR
MATCHING EXERCISES
ANATOMICAL TERMS
1. pinna
2. utricle
3. labyrinth
4. cerumen
5. stapes
6. mastoid process
7. endolymph
8. cochlea
9. malleus
10. incus
11. vestibule
12. Eustachian tube
a. perilymph
b. tympanum
c. saccule
d. labyrinth
e. oval window
i. auricle (fleshy part of the outer ear)
g. one of the two little sacks in the vestibule
(little leather bag)
a. a series of intricate passages within the
inner ear containing receptors for hearing and
equilibrium
j. earwax secreted by glands in the outer ear
canal
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e. the stirrup shaped 3 ossicle in the middle
ear
c. breast like downward projection of the
temporal bone
f. transparent fluid within the membranous
labyrinth
l. winding snail like portion of the inner ear
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d. the hammer like 1 ossicle in the middle ear
b. the anvil; second ossicle in the middle ear
h. cavity at the entrance to the semicircular
canals, containing saccules
k. otopharyngeal auditory tube
4. fluid that flows through the outer bony
labyrinth
5. eardrum
2. smaller of two vestibule sacs
3. maze consisting of bony and membranous
passageways
1. membrane covering opening between
middle and inner ear
SYMPTOMATIC AND DIAGNOSTIC TERMS
1. aerotitis
2 presbyacusis
3. ceruminosis
4. paracusis
5. myringitis
6. otitis media
7. myringomycosis
8. otosclerosis
9. stapediovestibular
10. otodynia
f. inflammation of the ear from variation in
barometric pressure
i. hearing impairment because of old age
g. excessive secretion of ear wax
h. impaired hearing
c. tympanitis
e. inflammation of the middle ear
d. fungal infection of the ear drum
j. hardening of bony tissue in the ear
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a. related to the 3 ossicle of the middle
ear a n d the entrance of the semicircular
canals
b. pain in the ear
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
1. complete loss of hearing
2. inflammation of the intricate passage ways of
the inner ear
3. a ringing noise in the ear
4. a spinning around sensation
5. a discharge from the ear
6. bleeding from the ears
7. a calculus in the middle ear
8. tumor of the ear wax gland
9. tumor resulting from auditory nerve
10. discharge of pus from the ear
g. anacusia
j. labyrinthitis
i. tinnitus
a. vertigo
b. otorrhea
h. otorrhagia
c. otolith
d. ceruminoma
f. acoustic neuroma
e. otopyorrhea
OPERATIVE AND THERAPEUTIC TERMS
1. tympanometry
2. otoscopy
3. stapedectomy
4. myringotomy
5. ear lavage
6. salpingoscope
7. otoplasty
8. ototoxic
9. othematoma
10. incudectomy
e. measurement of conductibility of the middle
ear
c. examination of the ear canal
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f. surgical removal of the 3 ossicle of the
middle ear
d. incision of tympanic membrane
b. irrigation of the external canal
a. a device for examining eustachian tube
h. surgical repair of the ear
g. having a detrimental effect on the organ of
hearing
j. a blood tumor of the ear
i. surgical removal of the middle ossicle of the
middle ear