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The Outer Ear. SPA 4302 Summer 2007. Development of the Outer Ear. About __________ after conception the pharyngeal arches develop (bulges on the area of the embryo that will later develop into the head and neck) As many as ____ all separated by grooves and clefts First three:
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The Outer Ear SPA 4302 Summer 2007
Development of the Outer Ear • About __________ after conception the pharyngeal arches develop (bulges on the area of the embryo that will later develop into the head and neck) • As many as ____ all separated by grooves and clefts • First three: • __________ arch • __________ arch • ____________________ arch
Development of the Outer Ear • Each of the arches has three layers • _______________ (outer layer) • _______________ (middle layer) • _______________ (inner layer) • Each arch contains four components: • An artery, muscle and cartilage (from mesoderm) • Nerve (from _______________) • Aurical develops from the first 2 pharyngeal arches • EAC develops from the first pharyngeal groove • TM develops from ______________: inner layer from endoderm, middle layer from mesoderm, and outer layer from ectoderm
External Auditory Canal • lateral portion-__________ • medial portion-_________ • lined with epidermal (skin) tissue • hairs grow in lateral part • cerumen (ear wax) secreted in lateral part. • Usually curved.
Outer Ear Functions 1 • Amplification / Filtering -- 1500 to 7000 Hz increased by ________________ -- produced by resonance of Concha (_______ kHz) & E.A.Canal (_____________ Hz)
Outer Ear Functions 2 • Protection -- medial displacement of ___________ -- curvature of canal -- _____________ -- cerumen -- _____________
Outer Ear Functions 3 Localization -- The ability to _____________________ of a sound source
Otoscopy • Viewing outer ear and TM Looking for: • _____________, • Evidence of infection • Other __________
Lateral Process (Malleus) = Annulus Malleus Manubrium Umbo Cone of Light
Disorders of the Pinna: • Microtia- ___________________________ • Anotia- ____________________________ • Congenital malformation associated with syndromes and disorders • _____________- surgery performed to correct a pinna that either protrudes markedly from head or is pinned to closely
Disorders: • Blockage: with earwax, foreign bodies, pus. • Otitis Externa: ________________. • Fungal or Bacterial in origin. • More frequent in ears with small canal • openings that cannot dry out as easily. • This is also sometimes a problem for people wearing _____________-.
Car Accident Victim Who just didn’t “feel right” afterward…
Exostoses: Benign bony growths in the outer ear canal • Contrast with Osteomas
A False Tympanic Membrane • A layer of dead skin cells builds up in persons who use earplugs or some hearing aids frequently
Malformations: congenital, traumatic or surgical. • ______________: external ear is small, malformed • ______________: ear canal is closed off. • Post-cancer surgery.
Hearing Loss accompanying these disorders: • Blockage or atresia: • moderate ________________ hearing losses. • usually medically or surgically treatable. • additional HL if _______________--associated problems w/ cochlea • Surgical or traumatic: • ___________- frequency conductive. • prosthetics available, expensive.