Ear Flashcards
Auditory Nerve
Transmit sound information to temporal lobe
Semicircular canals
Fluid filled structure that respond to rotational/angular movement
-Balance
Eustachian tube
Equalize atmosphere and middles ear pressure
Pinna
Funnels in sound and directs to towards the auditory canal
Auditory canal
Region where the auditory canal is found
-Amplifies sound waves (louder)
Cochlea
Fluid filled structure that contains the Organ of Corti
-Hearing
Ossicles
Middles ear structure that amplify sound
-Amplify (When quiet)
-Dampen (When loud)
Tympanum membrane
Membrane vibrates when sound waves travel
-Vibration giving to ossicles
Organ of Corti
-Sensory organ
-Takes the sound vibrations and turns it to a message that is given to brain