Medical Terminology: Chapter 6

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Across
  1. 6. a waxy substance secreted by glands located throughout the external canal
  2. 10. the malleus, incus, and __________ are the three auditory ossicles of the middle ear in that order; AKA stirrup
  3. 12. ____________ media is inflammation of the ear from changes in atmospheric pressure
  4. 14. _________________ hearing loss is a hearing impairment caused by lesions of dysfunction on the cochlea or cochlear (auditory) nerve
  5. 15. The fluid that fills the bony labyrinth of the internal ear
  6. 16. ear ___________ is the introduction of a medicated solution into the external canal
  7. 17. instrument for examining the ear
Down
  1. 1. the T in ENT stands for
  2. 2. a hearing condition would end with -___________
  3. 3. polyethylene
  4. 4. hearing impairment in old age
  5. 5. (BAEP) brainstem auditory evoked ___________ is electrodiagnostic testing that uses computerized equipment to measure involuntary responses to sound within the auditory nervous system
  6. 7. the larger of two sacs within the membranous labyrinth of the vestibule in the inner ear
  7. 8. window membrane that covers the opening between the middle ear and internal ear
  8. 9. otalgia and otodynia both mean __________
  9. 11. myring/o and tympan/o are root words that mean _______________
  10. 13. the spiral organ AKA the organ of _______ is the structure in the cochlea which contains hair cells that receive vibrations and generate nerve impulses for hearing
  11. 14. this root words means a tube