NUSA 401 exam 5 |Questions with 100% correct
answers
Helix - ✔️✔️superior posterior free rim of the pinna
Incus - ✔️✔️"anvil"; middle of the 3 ossicles of the middle ear
Malleus - ✔️✔️"hammer"; outermost of the 3 ossicles of the middle ear
Mastoid - ✔️✔️bony prominence of the skull located just behind the ear
Otalgia - ✔️✔️pain in the ear
Otitis media - ✔️✔️inflammation of the middle ear and tympanic membrane
Pinna - ✔️✔️auricle, or outer ear
Pars tensa - ✔️✔️thick, taut, central-inferior section of tympanic membrane
Stapes - ✔️✔️"stirrup"; innermost of the 3 ossicles of the middle ear
Tinnitus - ✔️✔️ringing in the ears
Tympanic membrane - ✔️✔️"eardrum"; thin, translucent, oval membrane that stretches across
the ear canal and separates the middle ear from the outer ear
Vertigo - ✔️✔️a spinning, twirling sensation
, Buccal - ✔️✔️pertaining to the cheek
Candidiasis - ✔️✔️(moniliasis) white, cheesy, curdlike patch on buccal mucosa due to superficial
fungal infection
Caries - ✔️✔️decay in the teeth
Cheilitis - ✔️✔️red, scaling, shallow, painful fissures at corners of mouth
Epistaxis - ✔️✔️nosebleed, usually from anterior septum
Epulis - ✔️✔️nontender, fibrous nodule of the gumred, sw
Gingivitis - ✔️✔️red, swollen gum margins that bleed easily
Herpes simplex - ✔️✔️"cold sores"; clear vesicles with red base that evolve into pustules, usually
at lip-skin junction
Leukoplakia - ✔️✔️chalky white, thick, raised patch on sides of tongue; precancerous
Malocclusion - ✔️✔️upper or lower dental arches out of alignment
Papillae - ✔️✔️rough, bumpy elevations on dorsal surface of tongue
Parotid glands - ✔️✔️pair of salivary glands in the cheeks in front of the ears
answers
Helix - ✔️✔️superior posterior free rim of the pinna
Incus - ✔️✔️"anvil"; middle of the 3 ossicles of the middle ear
Malleus - ✔️✔️"hammer"; outermost of the 3 ossicles of the middle ear
Mastoid - ✔️✔️bony prominence of the skull located just behind the ear
Otalgia - ✔️✔️pain in the ear
Otitis media - ✔️✔️inflammation of the middle ear and tympanic membrane
Pinna - ✔️✔️auricle, or outer ear
Pars tensa - ✔️✔️thick, taut, central-inferior section of tympanic membrane
Stapes - ✔️✔️"stirrup"; innermost of the 3 ossicles of the middle ear
Tinnitus - ✔️✔️ringing in the ears
Tympanic membrane - ✔️✔️"eardrum"; thin, translucent, oval membrane that stretches across
the ear canal and separates the middle ear from the outer ear
Vertigo - ✔️✔️a spinning, twirling sensation
, Buccal - ✔️✔️pertaining to the cheek
Candidiasis - ✔️✔️(moniliasis) white, cheesy, curdlike patch on buccal mucosa due to superficial
fungal infection
Caries - ✔️✔️decay in the teeth
Cheilitis - ✔️✔️red, scaling, shallow, painful fissures at corners of mouth
Epistaxis - ✔️✔️nosebleed, usually from anterior septum
Epulis - ✔️✔️nontender, fibrous nodule of the gumred, sw
Gingivitis - ✔️✔️red, swollen gum margins that bleed easily
Herpes simplex - ✔️✔️"cold sores"; clear vesicles with red base that evolve into pustules, usually
at lip-skin junction
Leukoplakia - ✔️✔️chalky white, thick, raised patch on sides of tongue; precancerous
Malocclusion - ✔️✔️upper or lower dental arches out of alignment
Papillae - ✔️✔️rough, bumpy elevations on dorsal surface of tongue
Parotid glands - ✔️✔️pair of salivary glands in the cheeks in front of the ears