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MT ch. 11

  1. ot/o
    ear
  2. cerumin/o
    wax
  3. salping/o
    eustachian tube
  4. myring/o
    eardrum
  5. tympan/o
    eardrum
  6. -acusis
    hearing condtion 
  7. pinna
    auricle/little ear
  8. cerumen
    waxy by glands in external canal 
  9. tympanic membrane 
    amplifies 
  10. malleus 
    hammer/first 
  11. incus
    anvil/middle
  12. stapes
    stirrup/last
  13. eustachian tube
    middle to pharynx 
  14. auditory tube
    middle to pharynx 
  15. oval window
    covering the middle/inner opening
  16. labyrinth
    inner ear
  17. perilymph
    fluid fills the bony labyrinth 
  18. endolymph
    fluid fills the membrane labyrinth
  19. organ of Corti 
    receptors that get vibrations
  20. vestibule
    middle of inner ear/body balance and equilibrium 
  21. utricle
    larger of two sacs within labyrinth/leather bag
  22. saccule
    small of two sacs within labyrinth/small bag
  23. semicircular canals 
    three canals in inner/nerve with body movement 
  24. tinnitus
    jingling 
  25. acousitc neuroma
    tumor on auditory never 
  26. Meniere disease
    buildup of endolymphatic fluid 
  27. sensorineural hearing loss
    b/c of lesions or cochlea
  28. otoplasty
    repair of external ear
  29. tympanoplasty
    vein graft of scarred tympanic membrane 
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MelodyRodsuwan
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MT ch. 11
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MT ch. 11
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