Medical Terminology Simplified

11–55 Plastic surgery of the ear (to correct defects and deformities) is called

__________ / _____ / ____________________.

Competency Verification:Check your labeling of Figure 11–4 in Appendix B: Answer Key, page 600.

Frame 11–47to Frame 11–55

Ears • CHAPTER 11 523523

ot/o/plasty

Ō-tō-plăs-tē

Cochlea

Eustachian tube

External

auditory canal

Tympanic

membrane

PE tube Middle ear

Figure 11-6Placement of pressure-equalizing (PE) tubes.