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1
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What are the 4 types of stimuli receptors?

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Mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors, photoreceptors, chemoreceptors, and nocireceptors

2
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What are the 3 different locations of sensory receptors?

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Exteroreceptors, interoreceptors, and proprioreceptors

3
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What are nerves classified by?

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The direction of transmission

4
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What are the three types of nerves?

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Mixed nerves, afferent nerves, and efferent nerves

5
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What is the most common type of nerve?

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Mixed

6
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What are ganglia?

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Ganglia are neuron cell bodies located outside the CNS

7
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What are the three connective tissue layers?

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Epineuranium, perineurium, and *****

8
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What is the epineurium?

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The outermost connective tissue layer

9
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What is the perineurium?

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The middle connective tissue layer that divides nerves into fascicles/ axon bundles

10
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What are the 12 types of cranial nerves?

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Olfactory, optic, ocularmotor, troclear, trigeminal, abducens, facial, vestibular cochlear, glossopharyngeal, vagus, accessory, and hypoglossal

11
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What is the acronym to remember the cranial nerves?

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On occasion, our trusted truck acts funny; very good vehicle any how.

12
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What are the sensory cranial nerves?

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Olfactory, optic, and vestibular cochlear

13
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What are spinal nerves named for?

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Where they leave the vertebral column

14
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What are the mixed cranial nerves?

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Facial, glossophyingeal, vagus, and trigeminal

15
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What are the motor cranial nerves?

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Ocularmotor, troclear, abducens, accessory, and hypoglossal

16
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What are the 5 categories of spinal nerves?

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Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal

17
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How many cervical spinal nerves are there and where are they?

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8 cervical (C1-C8)

18
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How many thoracic spinal nerves are there and where are they?

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12 thoracic (T1-T12)

19
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How many lumbar spinal nerves are there and where are they?

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5 lumbar (L1-L5)

20
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How many sacral spinal nerves are there and where are they?

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5 sacral (S1-S5)

21
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How many coccygeal spinal nerves are there and where are they?

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1 coccygeal (CO1)

22
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What is the reflex arc?

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The wiring of a single reflex: sensory, association, and motor neurons

23
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Where does the reflex arc begin and end?

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It begins at the receptor and ends at the affector

24
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What does the reflex arc generally oppose?

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The reflex arc generally opposes the original stimulus (negative feedback)

25
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What type of reflexes have the least delay? Why?

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Monosynaptic reflexes have the least delay between sensory input and motor output

26
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Give an example of a monosynaptic reflex

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A stretch reflex

27
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What do interneurons control in polysynaptic reflexes?

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Interneurons each control more than one muscle group

28
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What type of reflex arcs occur on the same side of the body?

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Ipsilateral reflex arcs

29
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What types of reflexes are ipsilateral reflexes?

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Stretch, tendon, and withdrawal reflexes

30
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What are crossed extensor reflexes?

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Reflexes that involved a contralateral reflex arc

31
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What type of reflexes involve a contralateral reflex arc?

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Crossed extensor reflexes

32
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What type of reflexes occur on the side opposite of the stimulus?

A

Crossed extensor reflexes

33
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What are ipsilateral reflex arcs?

A

Reflex arcs that occur on the same side of the body as the stimulus

34
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What are muscle spindles?

A

The receptors in stretch reflexes

35
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Give an example of a unique receptor

A

Muscle spindles

36
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What are the receptors in stretch reflexes called?

A

Muscle spindles

37
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What is a postural reflex?

A

A stretch reflex

38
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What do postural reflexes help you do?

A

They help you maintain normal upright posture

39
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What do stretched muscles respond by doing?

A

Stretched muscle responds by contracting

40
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What does the contracting of stretched muscle help you do?

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Stretched muscles respond to stimulus by contracting, which automatically helps you maintain balance

41
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How many paravertebral ganglia are in the sympathetic trunk (chain)?

A

There are 23 paravertebral vertebrae in the chain

42
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How many cervical paravertebral vertebrae are there in the sympathetic trunk?

A

3 cervical paravertebral

43
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How many thoracic paravertebral vertebrae are there in the sympathetic trunk?

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11 thoracic paravertebral

44
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How many lumbar paravertebral vertebrae are there in the sympathetic trunk?

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4 lumbar paravertebral

45
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How many sacral paravertebral vertebrae are there in the sympathetic trunk?

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4 sacral vertebrae

46
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How many coccygeal paravertebral vertebrae are there in the sympathetic trunk?

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1 coccygeal

47
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How many types of paravertebral ganglia are there in the sympathetic trunk? What are they?

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5 types; cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal

48
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How many of each type of paravertebral ganglia are there?

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3 cervical, 11 thoracic, 4 lumbar, 4 sacral, and 1 coccygeal

49
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How many layers make up the eye?

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3

50
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What are the three layers of the eye?

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The fibrous, vascular, and nervous tunics

51
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What is the outermost layer of the eye?

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The fibrous tunic

52
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What makes up the fibrous tunic?

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The sclera and the cornea

53
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What makes up 5/6 of the fibrous tunic?

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The sclera

54
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Describe the sclera

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It’s firm, white, and it’s the outermost connective tissue layer

55
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What maintains the shape of the eye?

A

The sclera

56
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What makes up 1/6 of the fibrous tunic?

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The cornea

57
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Describe the cornea

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It’s the transparent anterior of the fibrous tunic

58
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What does the cornea do?

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It allows light to enter the eye

59
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What are the two parts of the vascular tunic of the eye?

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The choroid and the ciliary body

60
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What are three other things that are part of the middle layer of the eye, but aren’t part of the vascular tunic?

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The iris, the lens, and the pupil

61
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What is the vascular tunic? What does it contain?

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The vascular tunic is the middle layer of the eye that contains the blood supply

62
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What layer contains the eye’s blood supply?

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The vascular tunic/ middle layer

63
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Where is the choroid located? What’s it associated with?

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It’s the posterior part of the vascular tunic that’s associated with the sclera

64
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What makes up the choroid?

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It’s a vascular network that contains cells with melanin, and it’s black

65
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What does the ciliary body contain?

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It contains smooth muscles that attach to the lens

66
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Where is the ciliary body located?

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It’s the anterior part of the vascular tunic

67
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What is the iris, and where is it located?

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It’s the colored part of the eye, and it’s anterior to the lens

68
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What makes up the iris?

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The iris is made up of smooth muscle, and it’s contractile

69
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Describe the lens

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It’s a flexible and bicovex transparent disc

70
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What is the pupil/ what does it do?

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It’s the opening in the iris that lets in light

71
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What is the nervous tunic?

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It’s the retina, and the innermost layer

72
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What is the innermost layer of the eye?

A

The nervous tunic/ retina

73
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What are the parts of the retina?

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The rods, cones, and optic nerve

74
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Describe the rods

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They’re more common than cones, and they have no color but they help you see in dim light

75
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Describe the cones

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They require more light than the rods to be activated, but they help you see color

76
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What is the optic nerve?

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The place in the retina where the nerves in the eye converge posteriorly

77
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Where is the external/outer ear

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It extends from the outside of the head to the eardrum

78
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What are the parts of the middle ear?

A

Malleus, incus, and stapes

79
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Describe the auricle

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It’s fleshy and external

80
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What does the auricle do?

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It focuses sound waves into the external auditory meatus

81
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What is the external auditory meatus

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It’s a passageway that leads to the eardrum

82
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What is the external auditory meatus lined with?

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It’s lined with hairs and glands that produce cerumen (earwax)

83
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What is earwax called?

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Cerumen

84
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What are the parts of the external ear?

A

The auricle, the external auditory meatus, and the tympanic membrane

85
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What is does the tympanic membrane do?

A

It vibrates with sound waves / eardrum

86
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What is the tympanic membrane?

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It’s a thin layer of connective tissue sandwiched by epithelial tissues

87
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What is the middle ear?

A

An air-filled chamber

88
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What is the malleus?

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The hammer

89
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What is the malleus attached to?

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It’s attached to the tympanic membrane

90
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What do the small muscles attached to the malleus do?

A

They dampen sound noises to protect the ear (tensor tympani)

91
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What are the two transition parts of the rear?

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The oval window and the auditory tube/ eustacian

92
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What is the incus?

A

The anvil

93
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What does the incus do?

A

It connects the malleus to the stapes

94
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What is the stapes? Where is it located?

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It’s shaped like a stirrup and it’s seated against the oval window

95
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What does the stapes have that the malleus also has?

A

The stapes has a dampening muscle like the malleus (stapedius)

96
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Describe the oval window

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It’s 20 times smaller than the eardrum and sound amplifies by 20

97
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What does the eustacian/auditory tube do?

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It opens into the pharynx and allows the equalization of air pressure in the middle ear

98
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What does the inner ear do?

A

It helps with hearing and balance

99
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What are the three parts of the inner ear?

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The cochlea, the vestibule, and the semicircular canal

100
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What does the cochlea do and what is it shaped like?

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The cochlea is involved in hearing and it’s shaped like a snail’s shell

101
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What are the two chambers of the vestibule?

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The urtricle and the saccule

102
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What is imbedded in the vestibule?

A

Hair calls are embedded in a gelatinous mass that shifts with gravity

103
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What does the semicircular canal do?

A

It maintains kinetic equilibrium

104
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What is embedded in the semicircular canal?

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Hair cells are embedded in the cupola of the semicircular canal