The Ear Flashcards
External ear function
sound collection
Middle ear function
Sound transmission
Inner ear function
Sound reception
External ear parts
Pinna and external canal
Middle ear parts
Ossicles and tympanic membrane
Inner ear parts
Fluid chambers
Pinna
Visible portion of the outer ear
Mesenchyme
Type of tissue that gives rise to connective tissues
Nerve and it’s branches that innervate the inner ear
Vestibulocochlear nerve, vestibular and cochlear branch
Maculae
Utriculus and saccule
Perilymph Fluid
The fluid between the membranous labyrinth of the ear and the bone that encloses it
Rami
Branch or either a blood vessel or nerve
Dysphagia
Inability to feed
Epistaxis
Blood coming out of the nose
Organ of Corti
Outer hairs, inner hairs, tectorial membrane
Otitis
Infection in the ear
Perturbation
Deviation of the Perilymph Cavity via liquid
Maculae sense of movement
Linear (both vertical and horizontal) acceleration
Semicircular Canal direction detection
Angular movement
Distinct regions of the ear
Outer, middle, inner, and vestibular complex
Components of the vestibular complex
Utriculus, succulus, and semi-circular canals
Cochlear function
Detects sound
Three bones of the outer ear
Incus, malleus, stapes
Function of the Eustachian tube
Connects the middle ear to the nasal-sinus cavity
The inner ear is housed within which bone
Petrous Temporal Bone
Cartilage of the outer ear
Cerumin
Parts of the cerumin
Auricular, scutiform, annular cartilage
What does the maculae contain
Calcium carbonate crystals
