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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
THE EAR
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 4
02/04/2010

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Term
WHAT 2 SENSES DOES THE EAR HOUSE?
Definition

HEARING

EQUILIBRIUM (BALANCE)

Term
WHAT KIND OF RECEPTORS ARE IN THE EAR
Definition
MECHANORECEPTORS
Term
WHAT ARE THE 3 AREAS OF THE EAR
Definition

EXTERNAL (OUTER) EAR

MIDDLE EAR (TYMPANIC CAVITY)

INNER EAR (BODY LABYRINTH)

Term
WHAT PART OF THE EAR IS INVOLVED IN HEARING ONLY?
Definition
EXTERNAL EAR
Term
2 STRUCTURES OF THE EXTERNAL EAR
Definition

AURICLE (PINNA)

EXTERANAL ACOUSTIC MEATUS (AUDITORY CANAL)

Term

NARROW CHAMBER IN THE TEMPORAL LOBE

LINKED W/ SKIN AND CERUMINOUS (WAX) GLANDS

ENDS AT THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE

Definition
EXTERNAL ACOUSTIC MEATUS (AUDITORY CANAL)
Term

AIR-FILLED CAVITY W/IN THE TEMPORAL LOBE

ONLY INVOLVED IN THE SENSE OF HEARING

Definition
MIDDLE EAR (TYMPANIC CAVITY)
Term
HOW MANY TUBES ARE ASSOCIATED W/ THE INNER EAR
Definition
2
Term
THE OPENING FROM THE AUDITORY CANAL IS COVERED BY THE _____ _____
Definition
TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
Term
THE AUDITORY TUBE CONNECTS THE MIDDLE EAR WITH WHAT?
Definition
THROAT
Term

ALLOWS FOR EQUALIZING PRESSURE  DURING YAWNING OR SWALLOWING

TUBE IS O/W COLLAPSED

Definition
AUDITORY TUBE
Term

3 BONES THAT SPAN THE TYPMANIC CAVITYS

 

BONES ARE ALSO CALLED WHAT?

Definition

MALLEUS (HAMMER)

INCUS (ANVIL)

STAPES (STIRRUP)

 

OSSICLES

Term
FUNCTION OF THE OSSICLES
Definition
VIBS FROM THE EARDRUM MOVE THE MALLEUS---> ANVIL-->STIRRUP--> INNER EAR
Term

WHAT PART OF THE EAR:

INCLUDES SENSE ORGANS FOR HEARING AND BALANCE

IS FILLED W/ PERILYMPH

HOLDS A MAZE OF BONY CHAMBERS W/IN THE TEMPORAL LOBE

Definition
INNER EAR OR BONY LABYRINTH
Term
THE MAZE OF BONY CHAMBERS W/IN THE TEMPORAL LOBE INCLUDES WHAT THINGS?
Definition

COCHLEA

VESTIBULE

SEMICIRCULAR CANALS

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