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GOOD MORNING
EXTERNAL EAR
THIN SKIN
one of the thinnest part of the skin and
easily traumatized
ELASTIC CARTILAGE
specialized - goes back
to original shape
BLOOD SUPPLY
Posterior auricular artery
Superficial temporal artery
accompanying veins drain into external jugular,
common facial and internal jugular.
TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
REFFERED PAIN
referred otalgia - due
to short circuiting of
shared innervations
from v2, x, ix
MIDDLE EAR
MALLEUS
INCUS
STAPES
MIDDLE EAR
MIDDLE EAR
TEMPORAL BONE
EUSTACHIAN TUBE
EUSTACHIAN TUBE
RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM
lines middle ear - secretes mucous
MIDDLE EAR
INNER EAR
BLOOD SUPPLY
MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH
MODIOLUS
COCHLEA
ORGAN OF CORTI
ORGAN OF CORTI
PATHWAY OF HEARING
Modiolus
Rosenthals Canal
Spiral Ganglion -
- Bony center of
the Cochlear Spiral
- Canal
within the Modiolus where the
Spiral Ganglion is located
(Cochlear Division)
PATHWAY OF HEARING
Cochlear Nerve
Cochlear Nuclei (3 Acoustic
Striae)
Lateral Lemniscus
Inferior Colliculus
Medial Geniculate Body
Auditory Radiation
(Thalamus)
(Geniculocortical Fibers)
Temporal Gyri of Heschl)
LABYRINTHINE ANATOMY
Inner Ear
3 branches:
common cochlear artery
supplies blood to most of the
cochlea.
VESTIBULAR FUNCTION
Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex
Fixation of visual
horizon for spatial
orientation during
rapid head
movements. Allows a
fixated object to stay
within the visual field
Stimuli for the VOR
mainly from SCC
Vestibulospinal Reflex
Maintenance of
posture and
equilibrium. Relies
mainly on interaction
with the proprioceptive
and motor systems
PERIPHERAL RECEPTOR
APPARATUS
LABYRINTHINE FUNCTION
utricle - horizontal motion
LABYRINTHINE FUNCTION
pathological specimens
AMPULLA
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