Hearing and Balance

Question 1

Auditory Canal

Answer 1

Part of external ear that leads sound to the eardrum

Question 2

Acoustic Nerve

Answer 2

Nerve that connects ear and brain

Question 3

Fluid filled system, maintains equilibrium

Answer 3

Bony labyrinth

Question 4

The part of the ear you can see, the main function of it is to catch sound waves and pass them further into the ear

Answer 4

Auricle

Question 5

Another word for ear drum, boundary between external and middle ear

Answer 5

Tympanic Membrane

Question 6

Cochlea

Answer 6

Shell shaped, last destination of sound waves

Question 7

Another term for the inner ear

Answer 7

Labyrinth

Question 8

Utricle and Saccule

Answer 8

Have hairs that detect the fluid in the vestibular apparatus

Question 9

2 layers of the labyrinth

Answer 9

Bony labyrinth and membranous labyrinth

Question 10

Equilibrium

Answer 10

Balance

Question 11

Translates vibrations to action potentials

Answer 11

Organ of Corti

Question 12

Labyrinth

Answer 12

Another term for the inner ear

Question 13

Auricle

Answer 13

The part of the ear you can see, the main function of it is to catch sound waves and pass them further into the ear

Question 14

Inside the bony labyrinth that follows its shape

Answer 14

Membranous Labyrinth

Question 15

3 major areas of ear’s function

Answer 15

External and middle ear are only responsible for hearing while the inner ear is responsible for hearing and balance

Question 16

Part of external ear that leads sound to the eardrum

Answer 16

Auditory Canal

Question 17

Organ of Corti

Answer 17

Translates vibrations to action potentials

Question 18

Membranous Labyrinth

Answer 18

Inside the bony labyrinth that follows its shape

Question 19

Tympanic Membrane

Answer 19

Another word for ear drum, boundary between external and middle ear

Question 20

These 2 part of the inner ear have hairs that detect the fluid in the vestibular apparatus

Answer 20

Utricle and Saccule

Question 21

Tympanic Cavity

Answer 21

Another word of the middle ear

Question 22

Bony labryinth

Answer 22

Fluid filled system, maintains equilibrium

Question 23

3 major areas of the ear

Answer 23

External, middle, inner

Question 24

Steps sound takes to be registered in the human brain

Answer 24

1. The auricle guides the sound down into the ear
2. The sound goes through the auditory canal
3. The ear drum vibrates and the vibrations get passed down to
4. 3 bones in the ear vibrate more, and it gets passed down to the tympanic cavity which leads the sound to
5. into the inner ear into the cochlea which transfers the sound into action potential

Question 25

Nerve that connects ear and brain

Answer 25

Acoustic Nerve

Question 26

3 bones in the ear

Answer 26

Anvil, hammer, stapes

Question 27

Anvil, hammer, stapes

Answer 27

3 bones in the ear

Question 28

Another word of the middle ear

Answer 28

Tympanic Cavity

Question 29

Shell shaped, last destination of sound waves

Answer 29

Cochlea

Question 30

It has fluid inside of it that is controlled by movement of your head

Answer 30

Vestibular Apparatus

Question 31

Vestibular Apparatus

Answer 31

It has fluid inside of it that is controlled by movement of your head

Question 32

Balance

Answer 32

Equilibrium