Ear Flashcards

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Auditory Nerve

A

Transmit sound information to temporal lobe

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Semicircular canals

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Fluid filled structure that respond to rotational/angular movement
-Balance

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Eustachian tube

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Equalize atmosphere and middles ear pressure

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Pinna

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Funnels in sound and directs to towards the auditory canal

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Auditory canal

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Region where the auditory canal is found
-Amplifies sound waves (louder)

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Cochlea

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Fluid filled structure that contains the Organ of Corti
-Hearing

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Ossicles

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Middles ear structure that amplify sound
-Amplify (When quiet)
-Dampen (When loud)

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Tympanum membrane

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Membrane vibrates when sound waves travel
-Vibration giving to ossicles

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Organ of Corti

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-Sensory organ
-Takes the sound vibrations and turns it to a message that is given to brain

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