Special Senses: Audition Flashcards
Two senses housed by the ears
Hearing
Equilibrium
What do you call the receptors of the ears?
Mechanoreceptors
Three area divisions of the ear
Outer
Middle
Inner
Area of the ear involved in hearing only
External ear
What are the sturctures of the external ear?
Pinna (auricle)
External Auditory Canal
A narrow chamber in the temporal bone lined with hairy skin that ends at the tympanic membrane
External Auditory Canal
The external auditory canal ends where?
Tympanic membrane
What are the glands present in the External Auditory Canal?
Ceruminous (wax) glands
What area of the ear is an air-filled cavity within the temporal bone that is only involved in the sense of hearing?
Middle Ear/ Tympanic cavity
What membrane covers the opening from the auditory canal?
Tympanic Membrane
What connects the middle ear to the throat?
Auditory tube
What are the two tubes associated with the inner ear?
Opening from auditory canal
Auditory tube
Tube that allows for equalizing pressure during yawning or swallowing
Auditory tube
Middle ear: Lateral wall?
Tympanic membrane
The tympanic membrane serves as the ______________ of the middle ear
A. Lateral wall
B. Roof and floor
C. Posterior wall
D. Medial wall
A. Lateral Wall
Middle ear: Roof and floor?
Temporal bone
The temporal bone serves as the ____________ of the Middle ear
A. Lateral wall
B. Roof and floor
C. Posterior wall
D. Medial wall
B. Roof and floor
Middle ear: Posterior wall?
Temporal bone leading to mastoid antrum
The temporal bone leading to the mastoid antrum thru w/c air passes to mastoid air cells serves as the _____________ of the middle ear
A. Lateral wall
B. Roof and floor
C. Posterior wall
D. Medial wall
C. Posterior wall
Middle ear: Medial wall?
Thin layer of temporal bone with 2 openings
A thin layer of temporal bone with 2 openings serves as the ___________ of the middle ear
A. Lateral wall
B. Roof and floor
C. Posterior wall
D. Medial wall
D. Medial Wall
What are the two openings of the temporal bone that serves as the medial wall of the middle ear?
Oval window
Round window
What are the bones that span the tympanic cavity?
Malleus (Hammer)
Incus (Avil)
Stapes (Stirrup)
Also known as the hammer
Malleus
Another name for incus
Anvil
Stirrup is also known as
Stapes
Vibrations from the eardrum move the ________
Malleus
The three bones transfer sound to the ____________
Inner ear
Area of the ear: a maze of bony chambers within the temporal bone that includes sense organs for hearing and balance
Inner ear
What are the major divisions of the ear?
External
Middle
Internal