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Special Senses Test

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What structures make up the Bony Labyrinth?
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What is the importance of the Pharyngotympanic tube?
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What is the sensory organ that is located in the cochlea?
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What is the helicotrema?
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What type of fluid is the Bony Labyrinth filled with?
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The Vestibular Apparatus is composed of what two Inner Ear structures?
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What are the two muscles located in the Middle Ear?
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What does the Oval Window do?
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Properties of Meniere's Syndrome
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Three chambers of the Cochlea
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What part of the ear has to do with balance and equilibrium?
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Structures of the Middle Ear (7)
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Properties of Sensorineural Deafness
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Properties of Conduction Deafness
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What type of fluid is the Cochlear Duct filled with?
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Structures of the External Ear (5)
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Perilymph: similar to CSF
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Leads to the inner ear; holds the stapes
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damage to hair cells or nerve elements. May be from loud noises, degneration of cochlear nerve, can be treated with cochlear implants
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Spiral Organ of Corti: located in the cochlear duct
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Leads to the nasal cavity; is normally closed but opens in order to equilibrate external air pressure with pressure inside the ears
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Mechanical Problem: problem with the tympanic membrane or ossicles (impacted earwax) Otitis Media: fluid accumulation in middle ear, excessive growth of scar tissue Otosclerosis: overgrowth of tissue fuses stapes to oval window, immobilization of stape
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swelling of the membranous labyrinth that affects all three parts of the inner ear. Caused by excessive endolymph: leads to vertigo, nausea, balance issues
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Endolymph: similar to ICF
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Scala Vestibuli, Scala Tympani, Cochlear Duct
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a region located at the cochlear apex that connects the perilymph containing scala vestibuli and the scala tympani
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Tensor tympani: stabilizes the eardrum via the malleus Stapedius: stabilizes the stapes
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Vestibule and Semicircular Canals
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Malleus, Incus, Stapes, Oval Window, Round Window, Pharyngotympanic Tube, Epitympanic Recess
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Vestibule, Cochlea, Semicircular Canals
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Auricle, Helix, Lobule, External Acoustic Meatus, Tympanic Membrane
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The vestibular Apparatus (vestibule and semicircular canals)
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A sensorineural deafness that results with the loss of high frequencies of noise due to the effects of aging
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Ringing or clicking sound in the ears in the absence of auditory stimuli; one of the first symptoms of cochlear nerve degeneration

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