Beginner Auricle Quiz

Q1. What type of cartilage forms most of the framework of the auricle?

• Articular cartilage
• Fibrocartilage
• Hyaline cartilage
• Elastic cartilage

Q2. Which part of the auricle normally lacks cartilage?

• Tragus
• Antihelix
• Lobule
• Helix

Q3. What is the helix of the auricle?

• The inferior noncartilaginous part
• The central depression leading to the ear canal
• The small projection anterior to the ear canal
• The curved outer rim of the auricle

Q4. What is the antihelix?

• The bony wall of the external acoustic meatus
• The inferior free edge of the lobule
• A curved ridge anterior to the helix
• The opening of the auditory tube

Q5. Which depression of the auricle leads toward the external acoustic meatus?

• Triangular fossa
• Concha
• Scaphoid fossa
• Lobule

Q6. Which auricular projection lies immediately anterior to the opening of the external acoustic meatus?

• Antitragus
• Tragus
• Helix
• Lobule

Q7. Which projection lies opposite the tragus?

• Antitragus
• Antihelix
• Darwin tubercle
• Crus of helix

Q8. What is the triangular fossa?

• The notch between tragus and antitragus
• The deepest part of the concha
• The space between helix and antihelix
• The depression between the crura of the antihelix

Q9. What is the scaphoid fossa of the auricle?

• The opening of the external acoustic meatus
• The depression between the antihelical crura
• The groove between the helix and antihelix
• The notch below the tragus

Q10. Which notch separates the tragus from the antitragus?

• Suprameatal notch
• Mastoid notch
• Mandibular notch
• Intertragic notch