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Chapter 8 Group 7
91-105
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Anatomy
11th Grade
01/09/2012

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BONES OF THE MIDDLE EAR
Definition

HAMMER OR MALLEUS

ANVIL OR INCUS

STIRRUP OR STAPES

THE HAMMER MOVES AND TRANSFERS VIBRATION TO THE ANVIL; THE STIRRUP PRESSES ON THE OVAL WINDOW; EVENTUALLY EXCITING HEARING RECEPTORS.

Term
INTERNAL EAR
Definition
A MAZE OF BONY CHAMBERS CALLED THE OSSEOUS (BONY) LABYRYINTH LOCATED DEEP WITHIN THE TEMPORAL BONE BEHIND EYE SOCKET.
Term
COCHLEA
Definition
A CAVITY OF THE INNER EAR RESEMBLING A SNAIL SHELL; HOUSES THE HEARING RECEPTOR.
Term
VESTIBULE
Definition
SITUATED IN THE INTERNAL EAR BETWEEN THE SEMICIRCULAR CANALS AND THE COCHLEA
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PERILYMPH
Definition
PLASMA-LIKE FLUID THAT FILLS THE OSSEOUS LABYRINTH
Term
MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH
Definition
(LOCATED IN THE PERILYMPH) A SYSTEM OF MEMBRANE SACS THAT FOLLOWS THAT SHAPE OF THE BONY LABYRINTH.
Term
ENDOLYMPH
Definition
THICK FLUID THAT IS LOCATED IN THE MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH.
Term
VESTIBULAR APPARATUS
Definition
EQUILIBRIUM RECEPTORS OF THE INNER EAR.
Term
MACULAE
Definition
STATIC EQUILIBRIUM RECEPTORS PROVIDES INFORMATION ON WHICH WAY IS UP OR DOWN; HELPS US KEEP OUR HEAD ERECT.
Term
OTOLITHIC HAIR MEMBRANE
Definition
A JELLY-LIKE MASS STUDDED WITH OTOLITHS; THE HAIRS OF THE MACULE ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS SUBSTANCE.
Term
OTOLITHS
Definition
TINY STONES MADE OF CALCIUM SALTS
Term
STATIC EQUILIBRIUM
Definition
THE SPECIAL SENSE WHICH INTERPRETS THE POSITION OF THE HEAD PERMITTING THE CNS TO MAINTAIN STABILITY AND POSTURE WHEN THE HEAD AND BODY ARE NOT MOVING; IT IS DETECTED BY MECAHNORECEPTORS IN THE VESTIBULE OF THE INNER EAR, THE UTRICLE AND SACCULE, WHICH EACH CONTAIN A MACULA WITH THE RECEPTORS FOR STATIC EQUILIBRIUM; WHEN THE HEAD MOVES WITH REFERENCE TO GRAVITYTHE OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE SHIFTS THE MECHANORECEPTORS (HAIR CELLS) IN THE MACULA DETECT THIS MOVEMENT AND SEND THE INFORMATION ALONG THE VESTIBULAR NERVE TO THE BRAIN FOR INTERPRETATION ("WHICH WAY IS UP").
Term
VESTIBULAR NERVE
Definition

The division of the vestibulcochlear (eighth) cranial nerve which conducts sensory information regarding static and dynamic equilibrium from the vetibular apparatus of the inner ear to the various centers of the CNS which process and integrate that information with visual

and proprioception.

Term
DYNAMICAL EQUILIBRIUM
Definition
RECEPTORS FOUND IN THE SEMICIRCULAR CANALS THAT RESPOND TO ANGULAR ROATATORY MOVEMENTS OF THE HEAD.
Term
CRISTA AMPULLARIS (CRISTA)
Definition
A RECEPTOR REGION MADE UP OF A TUFT OF HAIR CELLS COVERED WITH A GELATINOUS CAP CALLED THE CUPULA.
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