Ears Flashcards

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1
Q

What is the act of hearing?

A

Audition

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2
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What do we call the number of wave lengths that pass a point?

A

Frequency

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3
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What do you call a tone’s highness and lowness which also depends on the frequency?

A

Pitch

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4
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Which part of the ear picks up vibration from the ear drum?

A

Middle ear

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5
Q

What is the smallest bone in the body?

A

Stirrup

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6
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What bones is the middle ear made up of?

A

Hammer, Anvil, and Stirrup

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7
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The middle ear continues the vibrations and sends them where?

A

The Cochlea

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8
Q

Vibrations carried through where trigger nerve impulses?

A

Cochlea

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9
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Which part of the ear is shaped like a snail?

A

Cochlea

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10
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Which part of the ear has a membrane called the oval window which is considered the inner ear?

A

Cochlea

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11
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What happens inside the Cochlea?

A

Tiny hairs on the inside are triggered which activates neural messages to be sent to the auditory nerve in the brain

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