The Ear

Question 1

Parts

Answer 1

• Auricle: opening
• Auditory Canal
• Tympanic membrane
• Ear lobe concentrates sound waves, sound waves pass through canal and hit the Tympanic membrane

Question 2

Ossicles

Answer 2

Malleus
Incus
Stapes (in oral window)

Question 3

Cochlea

Answer 3

• Organ of corti: main organ for hearing
• Basilar membrane
• Techtorial membrane: inbetween with hairs
• Vestibulocochlear nerve
  Divided into 3 chambers:
  - Scala vestiboli
  - Scala media
  - Scala timpani