7.2

Question 1

Tympanic membrane

Answer 1

The eardrum

Question 2

Ossicle

Answer 2

One of the three bones in the middle ear

Question 3

Malleus

Answer 3

The hammer; the first of the three ossicles

Question 4

Incus

Answer 4

The anvil; the second of the three ossicles

Question 5

Stapes

Answer 5

The stirrup; the last of the three ossicles

Question 6

Cochlea

Answer 6

The snail-shaped
structure of the inner ear that contains the
auditory transducing mechanisms.

Question 7

Oval window

Answer 7

An opening in the bone
surrounding the cochlea that reveals a
membrane, against which the baseplate
of the stapes presses, transmitting sound
vibrations into the fluid within the cochlea.

Question 8

Organ of Corti

Answer 8

The sensory organ on the
basilar membrane that contains the auditory hair cells.

Question 9

Hair cell

Answer 9

The receptive cell of the auditory apparatus

Question 10

Deiters’s cell

Answer 10

A supporting
cell found in the organ of Corti; sustains
the auditory hair cells.