Parts of the Ear
(Anatomy) with 100%
correct answers 2025
Malleus (Hammer) - answer one of the 3 small bones in the
middle ear which increase or decrease vibrations from the
ear drum
Incus (anvil) - answer one of the 3 small bones in the
middle ear which increase or decrease vibrations from the
ear drum
Stapes (Stirrup) - answer one of the 3 small bones in the
middle ear which increase or decrease vibrations from the
ear drum
Semicircular Canals - answer This is reponsible for keeping
you upright, maintaining balance
Vestibulocochlear Nerve - answer This is how the brain
gets electrical messages from the the inner ear to the
brain
Cochlea - answer snail-shaped chamber within the inner
ear, changes the vibrations from the bones into electrical
signals
, Pharyngotympanic Tube - answer A narrow tube between
the middle ear and the nose that serves to equalize
pressure on both sides of the eardrum
Tympanic Membrane (ear drum) - answer a small, thin
membrane that vibrates when sound waves hit it
Pinna - answer this directs outside sounds to the ear canal
External acoustic meatus - answer a pathway that takes
vibrations to the ear drum
Oval window - answer Opening into the inner ear, stapes
articulates with it
Round Window - answer - flexible membrane that allows
fluid within cochlea to vibrate
Tympanic Cavity - answer Narrow air-filled chamber
hanging out in petrous portion of temporal bone (really
hard section of temporal bone)
Ossicles - answer 3 small bones located in the middle ear
Ceruminous Glands - answer glands that create cerumen
(Ear wax)
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