Medical Terminology Chapter 13 Flashcards

mastoid/o

mastoid bone

ot/o

ear

tympan/o

middle ear

labyrinth/o

labyrinth

myring/o

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

staped/o

stapes

vestibul/o

vestibule

aur/i

ear

cochle/o

cochlea

audi/o

hearing

py/o

pus

-sclerosis

hardening

cholesteatoma

cystlike mass composed of epithelial cells & cholesterol occurring in middle ear; may be associated w/ chronic otitis media

vertigo

sense that either one’s own body (subjective) or the environment (objective) is revolving; may indicate inner ear disease

acoustic neuroma

benign tumor within internal auditory canal growing from acoustic nerve; may cause hearing loss& damage structures of cerebellum as it grows

Ménière disease

chronic disease of middle ear w/ a sensation of spinning motion (vertigo), ear ringing (tinnitus), aural fullness, & fluctuating hearing loss; symptoms are related to change in volume/composition of fluid within labyrinth

otitis externa (OE)

inflammation of outer ear

tinnitus

ringing in ear

presbycusis

hearing impairment occurring w/ age

ototoxicity

adverse pharmalogical reaction causing damage to vestibulocochlear nerve; results in abnormalities of hearing & balance

otitis media (OM)

inflammation of middle ear

AOM

acute otitis media

BPPV

benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

OE

otitis externa

OM

otitis media

ENT

ears, nose, throat; otolaryngologist

HOH

hard of hearing