LABORATORY EXERCISE #1: OTOSCOPY The purpose of this lab is to familiarize you with the structures of the external ear. Equipment needed Otoscopes, lab partner, video otoscope PROCEDURE: 1. Demonstrate for your lab instructor the techniques of otoscopy with emphasis on safety of the ears and otoscopes. 2. View the external auditory canal and tympanic membrane with a standard otoscope. A.
Sketch the pinna of your partner. Label the
following structures: tragus, concha, helix, ear canal and ear lobe.
B. Compare your drawing of your partners pinna to
your partners drawing of your pinna. Describe the differences between the two.
C.
List three problems or challenges you might
encounter while performing otoscopy. a. b.
D.
c. What is the purpose of the external ear?
3. See your lab instructor so that you may examine your
auditory canal and tympanic membrane with a video otoscope. A.
Sketch what you saw via video otoscopy (the ear
canal and tympanic membrane). Label the tympanic membrane, cone of light, and the manubrium of the malleus, if it was visible. Describe what you saw in the ear canal.
B.
List two advantages provided by the video otoscope
compared to standard otoscopy. 1. 2.
C.
Why might it be important to obtain medical history