The Sesbses Part 3 Flashcards
What are the anatomical areas of the ear?
External, middle and inner
Two parts of the external ear
Auricle (pinna) and external auditory canal
Auricle (pinna)
Appendage on the side of the head surrounding the opening of the external auditory canal
Tympanic membrane
Eardrum
Ceremonious glands
Produce a waxy substance called ceruminous
Patrician between external and middle ear
Tympanic membrane
3 bones of the middle ear
Malleus, incus, and stapes
Ossicles
General names of ear bones
What separates the middle ear from the inner ear
Oval window
Auditory or Eustachian tube
Connects the throat wth the inner ear
Name for middle ear infection
Otitis media
Mechanoreceptors
Involved with hearing and equilibrium in the ear
Where is the inner ear
In the temporal bone in an area called the bony labyrinth
Bony space in the bony labyrinth is filled with fluid called…?
Watery fluid called perilymph
Bony labyrinth is called what?
Vestibule, semicircular canals, and cochlea
Membranous labyrinth
Suspended sac in the bony labyrinth filled with a fluid called endolymph
Semicircular canals
Contain specialized receptors called Crista ampularis in the middle ear
Crista ampullaris
Generates a nerve impulse when the head is moved
Organ of corti
Organ of hearing
Chemoreceptors which generate the nervous impulses ultimately interpreted by the brain as taste
Gustatory
Differing shaped bums that contain taste buds
Papillae
Six known primary tastes
Sweet, sour, bitter, salty, metallic, Unami
