deck_643301 Flashcards
outer ear
elastic cartilage, thin skinindividually locate sound in vertical plane and together in horizontal plane
external auditory meatus
elastic cartilage externally and bone deeperkeratinized stratified squamous liningceruminous glands -> wax secretingamplifies sound and protects tympanic membrane
Tympanic membrane
externally -> internalstratified squamous -> collagenous and elastic fibers radial layer -> circular layer -> simple squamous internal lining
Middle Ear
Ossicles (malleus, incus, stapes)lined with simple squamous and cuboidaltensor tympani, stapedius skeletal musclesauditory tube
Ossicles
malleus, incus and stapestransmit sound from air to fluidstapes footplate on oval window (via annular ligament)
Tensor tympani and stapedius
pull on malleus and stapes respectivelydampen loud noise
Bony labyrinth
filled w/ perilymphcontains membranous labyrinth
membranous labyrinth
filled w/ endolymphcontains vestibular and auditory portions
vestibular portions
semicircular canalsutricle saccule
cochlea
auditory portion2.5 coils of 3 scalae (media, tympani and vestibuli) around bony axis modiolus
scala media
endolymph filledhouses organ of cortibound basally by basilar membranelaterally by stria vascularisapically by vestibular (Reissners) membrane
scala vestibuli
perilymph from oval window and continuous with scala tympani at helicotrema
scala tympani
from scala vestibuli to round window
organ of corti
sensor of sound vibrationsinner and outer hair cells held by phalangeal cells (inervates hair cell also)sound wave displace basilary membrane hear -> shear force on hair cells -> depolarization -> signal transmission
Semicircular canal
3 arch shaped tubes full of endolymphampulla at one end and connected to utricle at each endampulla is sensory portion