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AURICLE
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Pinna; the flap of the ear
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CERUMEN
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The brownish yellow, waxy secretion of the ceruminous glands of the external auditory meatus; earwax
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COCHLEA
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spiral tube forming part of the inner ear, which is the essential organ of hearing
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EUSTACHIAN TUBE
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Tube running from the inner ear to the throat. Equalizes pressure. site of many ear infections (esp children)
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FRENULUM (OF THE MOUTH)
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Small fold of integument or mucous membrane that limits the movements of an organ or part. (piece of skin under tounge and anchoring lips)
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LABYRINTH
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The internal ear, made up of the vestibule, cochlea, and canals
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LINEAR RAPHE
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seamlike line or ridge between two similar parts of a body organ
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OSSICLES
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The three small bones of the middle ear: the malleus (hammer), the incus (anvil) and the stapes (stirrup). These bones help carry sound from the eardrum to the inner ear.
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OTITIS MEDIA
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Otitis media is an infection of the middle ear space, behind the eardrum
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PAPILLA
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A small nipple-shaped projection or elevation. houses taste buds on the tounge
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PARANASAL SINUSES
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Mucosa-lined air cavities in bones of the skull, communicating with the nasal cavity and including ethmoidal, frontal, maxillary, and sphenoidal sinuses
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PINNA
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The external ear
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PRESBYCUSIS
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Progressive, bilaterally symmetrical sensorineural hearing loss occurring with age
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RINNE TEST
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test of hearing made with tuning forks of 256, 512, and 1024 Hz, comparing the duration of perception by bone and by air conduction.
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SEMICIRCULAR CANALS
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Any of three bony tubes in the labyrinth of the ear within which the semicircular ducts are located
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