Eustachian tube Essays

  • Study of Adenoid Hypertrophy and Nasal Obstruction

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    hyponasality, sinusitis, otitis media with effusion (OME), and abnormal facial development.(1) (Assement of middle ear) Nasopharyngeal obstruction due to adenoid hypertrophy may directly obstruct the pharyngeal ostia of the auditory tube, 2 mechanical obstruction of the Eustachian tube may be an important factor to occuring OME. 3 However, recurrent or chronic infection in the adenoids without obstructive hypertrophy may also manifest as recurrent acute otitis media, persistent OME supporting the theory of

  • Essay On Otitis Media

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    classifications: A). Otitis Media Effusion B). Acute Otitis Media, and C).Chronic Suppurative Media) to differentiate the categories of the disease. Otitis media effusion is the uninfected blockage of fluid located in the middle section of the ear and the Eustachian tube. This category of otitis media is the lowest classification because of the mild severity of pain and infected fluid in the ear. Acute otitis is the acute stage of otitis media that is the most common infection treated by antibiotics in the United

  • An Overview of the Rare Disease Known as Kabuki Syndrome

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    An Overview of the Rare Disease Known as Kabuki Syndrome As I look to graduate, I become increasingly aware that I have my entire life to look forward to. Even though I will have struggles throughout my life, I still have my well being to fall back on. When all else fails, I am and hopefully always will be self-assured that I am here, healthy and able to bring myself through the worst of circumstances. This realization and knowledge has presented itself in the most realistic way just within

  • History of Hearing Aids

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    The next advancement, used in the late 1700s and the early 1800s, was that of the acoustic throne. As these were quite costly to make and buy, they were typically used for royalty and other elites. The arms of the chair were hollow, with a long tube connected to a resonator located wit...

  • Physics of the Ear

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    basically a convoluted tube. The next part of the ear, the tympanic membrane, is the beginning of the middle ear. The ear drum is crucial in the ability to hear. The tympanic membrane leads to a chain of small bones known as the malleus (hammer), incus (anvil), and the stapes (stirrup). The stapes is ended with the footplate, a bone that looks like a stirrup. This area is known as the middle ear or the tympanic cavity. Located at the bottom of this area is the Eustachian tube which leads down to the

  • Euthanasia Essay: The Hemlock Society and Assisted Suicide

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    person's suicide. Bouvia's lawyers, led by Richard Scott, another co-founder of Hemlock, distorted the nature of her disability, likening her to a terminal patient. "Were Plaintiff Bouvia an 84-year-old woman whose life was prolonged solely by various tubes and numerous machines," they argued in the Riverside Superior Court, "and she sought to end such an existence, it is doubtf... ... middle of paper ... ...rejudice against people with disabilities, they must publicly denounce Jack Kevorkian's bigotry

  • The Solute Concentration of a Potato

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    Apparatus: Corer, Knife, Tile, Potato, Measuring cylinder (10ml), 8 test tubes, Distilled water, Sucrose, Ruler [IMAGE] 1. Method: Core the potato 8 times. 2. Cut each core into lengths of 3cm 3. Make sure there is no potato skin on the cores 4. Fill a test tube with 10cm³ of distilled water (0m) 5. Fill another test tube with 9cm³ of distilled water, and 1cm³ of sucrose (0.1m) 6. Fill another test tube with 8cm³ of distilled water, and 2cm³ of sucrose (0.2m) 7.

  • The Effect of Soaking Raw Potato Chips in Various Salt Solutions

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    solution into a stronger solution through a partially permeable membrane. We hope to achieve this by doing four experiments using distilled water in one test tube and different concentrations of salt water in the other test tubes. Once done, we will measure the change in mass. Prediction I think that the potato that is put in the test tube with water in will gain in mass. I think that the potato put into the salt solution will loose in mass. The higher the concentration of salt the, the more

  • The Effect of Temperature on the Cell Membranes of Beetroot Cells

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    The beetroot piece is then placed into a tube of 5 cm of distilled water. This procedure will be repeated with the other four pieces of beetroot and the temperature should be changed accordingly. The temperatures will be using are 20oC, 40oC , 60oC and 80oC Each time a piece of beetroot is removed from the heated water, it will be left in the distilled water for exactly 30 minutes, before being discarded. The fluid in each of the test tubes will be analysed using a colorimeter and

  • Osmosis in a Potato Chip

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    give us a clear set of results which will enable us to draw a clear graph and we shall therefore be able to find dynamic equilibrium. Preliminary Apparatus: - 3 test tubes - A tile - Forceps - Scalpel - Syringe - Measuring cylinder - 3 different sucrose concentrations (0%, 8.5%, 17%) - A test tube rack - A ruler - Potato - Potato corer Method: - to begin our experiment we took 3 potato cores from the potato using a potato corer. - We then measured these

  • The Effect of Sugar Level on the Rate of Fermentation

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    Boiling tube. · Delivery tube. · Water bath. · Water flask. · Thermometer. · Stop watch. · Yeast and Sugar. · Digital weighing scale. · Water. · Measuring cylinder. · Test tube. · Tripod Method: · Fill the water bath with water (not to the maximum). · Fill the boiling tube with 10ml of water. · Add 2g of yeast to the water and add sugar (1g, 2g, …up to 5g). · Put the Boiling tube into the water bath. · Connect a delivery tube onto

  • Temperature and Respiration in Crickets

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    beakers- a lager one that will hold the different temperatures of water, a smaller one to hold the ink marker. v Crickets- to test on v Bung- containing delivery tube and waste (reset) tube v Ink- to mark distance on the scale v Delivery tube with scale on- to mark distance v CO2 remover- to remove the CO2 v Excess tube for reset. I will measure the amount of oxygen used by the crickets by measuring how far the ink marker has traveled up the scale, the rate of

  • Investigating How Quickly Amylase Breaks Down Starch With Varying Temperatures

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    correct temperature. The water was put into a beaker. 5ml of starch was put into a test tube. The test tube was placed into the beaker. When the water in the beaker was at the required temperature the stop clock was started. After one minute 1ml of amylase was put into the test tube with the starch using a syringe or pipette. As soon as the amylase and the starch had mixed a sample was taken from the test tube using a pipette and mixed with the droplets of iodine in one of the chambers of the

  • Radioactivity Experiments

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    power and the range in air of the three radioactive emissions alpha, beta and gamma. Apparatus: * gm tube, * clamp stand, * the counter thing, * ruler, * set-square Method of penetrating power of Alpha particles, Beta particles & Gamma Rays: The equipment was set up as shown below to measure the penetrating power of each radioactive source. Geiger-Muller Tube Again the measurements were taken without the absorber to measure background radiation. The source was placed

  • How Temperature Affects the Rate of Respiration in Yeast Cells

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    yeast cells. [IMAGE]Apparatus: The pieces of equipment I will be using are as follows: * Measuring Cylinder (10cm³ and 50cm³) [IMAGE] * Test Tubes * [IMAGE]Distilled Water * [IMAGE]Glucose solution (0.5g-1.0g) [IMAGE] * Yeast suspension (0.5g-1.0g) [IMAGE] * Water Baths (Electronic) [IMAGE] * [IMAGE]Test Tube racks * Gas Syringe (200ml) * Stop Clock [IMAGE] [IMAGE]Method: In a preliminary study, I found the best way for me to do this

  • Investigating The Effect of Temperature on the Structure of an Enzyme

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    if they spill they don’t drop all over the place and accidents from occurring could be stopped. Apparatus: The apparatus that I require for this investigation is: 1) Test tubes (4): These will be used to place the amylase and starch solution in 2) Test tube rack: This will be used to place the test tubes into 3) Graduated pipettes (2): These will be used to measure the amount of Amylase/starch solution needed. 4) Glass rods (2): These will be used to place the mixture of the

  • Slaughterhouse Five

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    “Three Musketeers”. In Roland’s mind, Billy had broken them up, he had severed the connection between the greatest fighting force in the army. “Weary drew back his right boot aimed a kick at the spine, at the tube which had so many of Billy’s important wires in it. Weary was going to break that tube”(51). A horrible and saddening event that even the U.S. A. would hide for twenty-three years from the people of its own nation. The bombing of Dresden was the major cruelty for the simple reason that it killed

  • Cleaning up Bodies of Water with the Rio Salado Project

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    As I looked out the window of the restaurant, I could see the sun bouncing off the sparkling water below. Boats and other water craft scatter the water as well as people on water-skis and inner tubes. The picturesque view makes life seem so much better and just looking at the river makes a person calmer. The scene just described is the view from the window of a restaurant called Sophia in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the corresponding river is the mighty Mississippi. Although Minnesota is the land

  • Living with Asthma

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    years and older with this illness according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Over seven million children ages 0-17 have asthma. Asthma is a chronic disease of the respiratory system that leads to inflammation of the bronchial tubes, resulting in difficulty carrying air to the lungs. Asthma greatly affects an individual’s breathing, and can place severe restrictions on daily life. During asthma attacks, which may be triggered by weather, allergens, exercise, the individuals’ ability

  • Asthma

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    discuss the normal function of the lungs, and then proceed to explain how this is effected by asthma. The causes of the disease and the ways of controlling it will follow. Normal breathing is controlled by the lungs and the chest cavity. Airways are tubes with muscle that contracts and relaxes wrapped around them, and this accounts for the motion of the chest that is associated with breathing. The diaphragm, which is located underneath the rib cage, along with the intercostal muscles, or those in between