Using the otoscope, the tympanic membrane is visualized. The color of a normal membrane is:
a. deep pink
b. creamy white
c. pearly grey
d. dependent upon ethnicity of the individual - c
Sensorineural hearing loss may be related to:
a. a gradual nerve degeneration
b. foreign bodies
c. impacted cerumen
d. perforated tympanic membrane - a
Before examining the ear with the otoscope, the ___ should be palpated for tenderness:
a. helix, external auditory meatus, and lobule
b. mastoid process, tympanic membrane and malleus
c. pinna, pars flaccida, antitragus
d. pinna, tragus, mastoid process - d
During the otoscopic examination of a child younger than 3 y/o the examiner:
a. pulls pinna up and back
b. pulls pinna down
c. holds pinna gently but firmly in its normal position
d. tilts the head slightly toward the examiner - b
While viewing with the otoscope, the examiner instructs the person to hold the nose and swallow.
During this maneuver, the eardrums should:
, a. flutter
b. retract
c. bulge
d. remain immbile - a
When examining the adult the canal is straightened by pulling the auricle:
a. down and forward
b. down and back
c. up and back
d. up and forward - c
Darwin's tuburcle is:
a. overgrowth of scar tissue
b. blocked sebacous gland
c. sign of gout called topi
d. congenital painless nodule at the helix - d
When the ear is being examined with an otoscope, the patients head should be:
a. tilted towards the examiner
b. tilted away from the examiner
c. as vertical as possible
d. tilted down - c
The hearing receptors are located in:
a. vestibule
b. semicircular canals
c. middle ear
d. cochlea - d
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