ears

Question 1

The Inner Ear is involved with

Answer 1

balance and equilibrium

Question 2

Mechanoreceptors

Answer 2

receptors that respond
to physical forces

Question 3

Pinna

Answer 3

collects and directs sound waves

Question 4

hair cells

Answer 4

converting the mechanical vibrations into electrical signals. They transmit this information via the auditory nerve to the brain for interpretation.

Question 5

tympanic membrane

Answer 5

vibrates as sound waves hit it and transmits the vibrations to the ossicles

Question 6

External Acoustic Meatus – (external auditory canal)

Answer 6

carved into the temporal bone
its skin lined walls contain the ceruminous
glands that secrete earwax also called cerumen

Question 7

Eustachian Tube

Answer 7

connects the ear with the throat or the (Pharyngotympanic Tube or Auditory
Tube)

Question 8

Otitis Media

Answer 8

infection of the middle ear
Middle Ear

Question 9

Oval Window

Answer 9

membrane covered opening
under Stapes.

Question 10

Round Window

Answer 10

membrane covered
opening in the vestibule

Question 11

inner ear subdivisions

Answer 11

1. Cochlea
2. Vestibule
3. Semicircular Canals

Question 12

Static

Answer 12

pull of gravity when the body not moving helps tell down
and up -vestibule

Question 13

Dynamic

Answer 13

responds to angular or rotatory movements
- semicircular canals

Question 14

What large nerve leaves the back of the ear

Answer 14

Vestibulocochlear Nerve/ Auditory Nerve

Question 15

What is the function of the auditory tube

Answer 15

Equalize pressure in the ear

Question 16

Which lobe is responsible for hearing ( and smell )?

Answer 16

Temporal