Human Ear & Eye Diagram

Question 1

Stirrup, Anvil, & Hammer

Answer 1

3 tiniest bones that vibrate in the middle ear, transmits the sound into the inner ear

Question 2

Semicircular Canals

Answer 2

3 fluid filled bony chambers in the inner ear, are associated with balance

Question 3

Auditory Nerve

Answer 3

Neural impulses that are transmitted to the nerve from the cochlea and is processed in the brain

Question 4

Neuro-transmission

Answer 4

Connects to the brain

Question 5

Cochlea

Answer 5

The bony tube that contains fluids and neurons that move in response to vibrations

Question 6

Ear drum

Answer 6

The thin membrane that vibrates when sound waves strike it, transmits the sound to the anvil, hammer, and stirrup

Question 7

Ear canal

Answer 7

Part of the outer that funnels sound toward the middle ear, through the ear drum

Question 8

Optic nerve

Answer 8

Sends visual information to the brain

Question 9

Retina

Answer 9

The sensitive surface in the eye that acts like the film in a camera

Question 10

Lens

Answer 10

Adjust to the distance of objects by changing its thickness

Question 11

Pupil

Answer 11

Opening in the colored part of the eye

Question 12

Cornea

Answer 12

The transparent layer forming the front of the eye

Question 13

Iris

Answer 13

Controls the diameter, controlling the amount of light that enters

Question 14

Rods

Answer 14

Sensitive only to the brightness of light, determine black and white (men have more)

Question 15

Cones

Answer 15

Color vision (women are born with more)