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HLTH-110-FINAL: QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
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HLTH-110-FINAL: QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERSEar - ✔️ Otorrhea is the drainage of serous fluid or pus from the ________.
Eustachian - ✔️ The middle ear is connected to the nasopharynx by
the____________________tube.
Ear; hearing - ✔️ The combining form audit/o- means ________.
Cheek - ✔️ The medical word buccal means "pertaining to (the) ________."
Otolaryngology - ✔️ The medical specialty that studies the anatomy and
physiology of the ears, nose, mouth, and throat and uses diagnostic tests
and medical and surgical procedures is called ________.
Common cold - ✔️ An example of a URI is ________.
True - ✔️ The ENT system shares some structures with the
gastrointestinal system and the respiratory system.
False - ✔️ Otosclerosis means the external ear has become hardened.
Epiglottis - ✔️ The opening to the larynx is covered by the ________ during
swallowing.
External ear, external auditory canal, tympanic membrane, middle ear,
inner ear - ✔️ Which most accurately describes the path that sound
travels?
Otitis media - ✔️ Acute or chronic infection of the middle ear is known as
________.
True - ✔️ The tonsils and adenoids play a role in the immune response.
Cochlear implant - ✔️ Which of the following surgical procedures
corrects hearing loss by surgically placing a small device behind the ear?
,Mastoiditis - ✔️ Infection of the air cells of the bone of the mastoid
process is called ________.
Brain - ✔️ The auditory cortex is in the ________.
Sinus - ✔️ A _____________ is a hollow cavity within a cranial or facial bone.
"larynx; voice box" - ✔️ The combining form laryng/o- means ________.
Sinuses - ✔️ There are four pairs of __________which are hollow cavities
within the skull.
"Lip" - ✔️ The combining form cheil/o- means ________.
cerumen - ✔️ The ear canal has glands that secrete ______________, a waxy,
sticky substance that traps dirt and has an antibiotic action against
microorganisms that enter the canal.
nosebleed - ✔️ Epistaxis is the medical word for ________.
otoplasty - ✔️ A surgical procedure that uses plastic surgery to correct
deformities of the external ear is called ________.
impaction - ✔️ When cerumen occludes the external auditory canal, it is
known as cerumen ______________
.
"nose" - ✔️ The combining form rhin/o- means ________.
thrush - ✔️ An infection of the mouth and tongue is called oral
candidiasis, also known as ________.
audiogram - ✔️ The printed graph paper that shows the result of a
machine-generated hearing test is called a/an ________.
pharyngitis - ✔️ A bacterial or viral infection of the throat is known as
________.
, turbinates - ✔️ All of the following structures are found in the ear
EXCEPT ________.
tympan/o- - ✔️ The two combining forms that have a meaning of
"eardrum" are myring/o- and ________
submaxillary glands - ✔️ All of the following are salivary glands EXCEPT
_________________.
cheiloplasty - ✔️ Which is a surgical procedure to repair the lip?
presbycusis - ✔️ Hearing loss associated with old age is known as ________.
uvula - ✔️ Which is the fleshy tissue in the back of the oral cavity that
hangs from the soft palate?
The turbinates are three long, bony projections coming off of the hard
palate - ✔️ Which of the following statements is FALSE?
auricle - ✔️ The external ear is known as the pinna or ____________
.
total deafness - ✔️ Anakusis is ________.
tinnitus - ✔️ Sounds (ringing, buzzing, hissing, roaring) that are heard
constantly or intermittently in one or both ears, even in a quiet
environment, are a symptom of the condition known as ________.
"hearing; sound" - ✔️ The combining form acous/o- means ________.
true - ✔️ Glossitis is an inflammation of the tongue.
hard palate - ✔️ The bone that divides the nasal cavity from the oral
cavity and forms the roof of the mouth is known as the ________.
audit/o- - ✔️ All of the following combining forms mean "ear" EXCEPT
________.
tympanic - ✔️ The eardrum is also called the __________
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