270 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FOR NURSES 



What is the function of the Meibomian glands? 

 What is the caruncula lacrimalis? 

 Describe the nasal duct. 



What condition is liable to ensue from obstruction of this duct? 

 What are the organs of hearing? 

 How is the sound conveyed? 

 How is the ear divided? 

 What composes the external ear? 

 What is the construction of the meatus auditorius? 

 Describe the membrana tympani. 

 What is the tympanum? 



What are the mastoid cells? Where are they located? 

 What is the function of the Eustachian tubes? 

 Describe the internal ear. 

 What are the organs of taste? 

 What are papillae? 



Name the varieties and their situation. 

 How are the papillae on the dorsum of the tongue classified? 

 What is considered the nerve of taste? 

 What are the organs of the sense of smell? 

 Of what is their structure composed? 



How many fibrocartilages enter into the formation of the nose? 

 What cavities are formed by these structures? 

 Where is the septum located? 

 What nerve supplies the sense of smell? 

 What do you mean by the sense of touch? 

 What nerve structures enter into this function? 

 What is the difference between tact and touch? 

 Where is the sense of touch situated in animals? 



