Lesson 12- Special Senses / Ear Flashcards
Tympanic Membranes
Tympanic Membrane
Cell hairs
Chochela
Semicircular canals
Semicircular canals
Auricle
Auricle
Spiral organ
Spiral organ
Snail shaped region houses receptors for hearing
Cochlea
Saccule
Saccule
Pharyngotympanic tube
Pharyngotympanic tube
Vestibulocochlear Nerve Vlll
(Cranial Nerve # 8)
Sense of hearing and equilibrium
Vestibulocochlear Nerve Vlll #8
Scala vestibuli
fluid filled-tube that recieves sound waves from the oval window
Scala vestibuli
Malleus
Malleus
Put these auditory structures in order from first to receive sound waves (#1) to last (#6)
not all auditory senses are included in this list!!
Structure that separates external ear from middle ear
Tympanic membrane
Semicircular canals
Semicircular canals
Auricle
Auricle
Enlarged region of semicircular canal where rotational equilibrium is detected
Ampulla
Stapes
Stapes
Ampulla
Ampulla
Cochlear duct
Cochlear duct
Cochlea
(ear)
Cochlea
Tube that equalizes pressure in the middle ear
Pharyngotympanic tube
(ear)
Spiral organ
Lobule
(Ear)
Basilar membrane
Basilar membrane
First sound wave to last
Structure that separates the middle ear from the internal ear
Oval and round windows
Structure in order from first to last
Tectorial membrane
(ear)
Incus
(ear)
Incus
OUTSIDE THE EAR
Tube that transports sound waves from outside the ear to the tympanic membrane
External acoustic meatus
Cochlea
Cochlea
The fluid filled tubes that assist with dynamic equilibrium (aka rotational equilibrium)
Semicircular canals
(ear)
Hair cells
Hair cells
Two fluid filled chambers in the vestibule of the cochlea that assist with static equilibrium ( aka related to gravity)
Saccule & utricle