Ear 1
the organ of hearing and balance in humans and other vertebrates, and especially its external part
What is the ear?
the membrane of the middle ear, which vibrates in response to sound waves; the tympanic membrane
What is the eardrum?
the external part of the ear; the auricle
What is the pinna?
This fallacy relies on rehearsing the argument loud and long in order to gain acceptance
What is repetition?
a soft, rounded fleshy part hanging from the lower margin of the ear
What is the earlobe?
a narrow passageway from the outer ear to the eardrum
What is the auditory canal?
a membrane on the cochlea separating the inner and middle ear that compensates for changes in cochlear pressure
What is the round window?
This fallacy pressures you to accept or do something just because everyone else is doing it
What is bandwagon?
a small stirrup-shaped bone in the middle ear, transmitting vibrations from the incus to the inner ear
What is the stapes?
a small bone in the middle ear which transmits vibrations of the eardrum to the incus
What is the malleus?
an opening at the cochlea's head connecting the middle and inner ear and transmitting that stape's sounds vibrations
What is the oval window?
This fallacy puts pressure on us with a time limit
What is exigency?
a small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear, transmitting vibrations between the malleus and stapes
What is the incus?
a narrow passage leading from the pharynx (behind the nose and mouth) to the cavity of the middle ear, permitting the equalization of pressure on each side of the eardrum
What is the Eustachian tube?
this nerve is tasked with carrying electrical signals from the inner ear to the brain
What is the auditory nerve?
Any strategy for spreading our beliefs and ideas
What is propaganda?
the spiral cavity of the inner ear containing the organ of Corti, which produces nerve impulses in response to sound vibrations
What is the cochlea?
three fluid-filled, interconnected tubes that serve our sense of equilibrium
What are the semicircular canals?
The bone surrounding the middle ear
What is the mastoid?
Propaganda that plays on our emotions to make us agree without thinking
What is manipulative propaganda?