Chapter 17 Vocabulary - The Ear

Question 1

Channel that leads from the pinna to the eardrum.

Answer 1

Auditory Canal

Question 2

Auditory Canal.

Answer 2

Auditory Meatus

Question 3

Carry impulses from the inner ear to the brain (cerebral cortex).

Answer 3

Auditory Nerve Fibers

Question 4

Channel between the middle ear and the nasopharynx; eustachian tube.

Answer 4

Auditory Tube

Question 5

The protruding part of the external ear, or pinna.

Answer 5

Auricle

Question 6

Waxy substance secreted by the external ear; earwax

Answer 6

Cerumen

Question 7

Snail shell-shaped, spirally wound tube in the inner ear; contains hearing-sensitive receptor cells.

Answer 7

Cochlea

Question 8

Fluid within the labyrinth of the inner ear.

Answer 8

Endolymph

Question 9

Auditory Tube.

Answer 9

Eustachian Tube

Question 10

Second ossicle (small bone) of the middle ear

Answer 10

Incus

Question 11

Maze-like series of canals of the inner ear. Includes the cochlea, vestibule, and semicircular canals.

Answer 11

Labyrinth

Question 12

First ossicle of the middle ear

Answer 12

Malleus

Question 13

Sensitive auditory receptor area found in the cochlea of the inner ear.

Answer 13

Organ of Corti

Question 14

Small bone of the ear; includes the malleus, incus, and stapes

Answer 14

Ossicle

Question 15

Membrane between the middle ear and the inner ear

Answer 15

Oval Window

Question 16

Fluid contained in the labyrinth of the inner ear

Answer 16

Perilymph

Question 17

Auricle; flap of the ear

Answer 17

Pinna

Question 18

Passages in the inner ear associated with maintaining equilibrium

Answer 18

Semicircular Canals

Question 19

Third ossicle of the middle ear

Answer 19

Stapes

Question 20

Membrane between the outer and the middle ear; also called the eardrum

Answer 20

Tympanic Membrane

Question 21

Central activity of the labyrinth, connecting the semicircular canals and the cochlea.

Answer 21

Vestibule