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What structure is lined with ceruminous glands?
What is the external acoustic meatus (auditory canal)?
What membrane divides the outer ear from the middle ear?
What is the tempanic membrane (ear drum)?
The vibration of sound waves causes the tympanic membrane, or eardrum, to move against an ossicle known as
What is the malleus or hammer?
What sensation is related to sitting motionless at a desk studying your anatomy and physiology material?
What is static equilibrium?
Dynamic equilibrium receptors that detect information about angular or rotational movements of the head are housed in the
What is the semicircular canals?
Tiny stones made of calcium salts that roll in response to changes in gravitational pull are called
What is otoliths?
What hearing disorder arises when there is damage or degeneration of receptor cells in the spiral organ of Corti, cochlear nerve, or neurons in the auditory cortex of the brain?
What is sensorineural deafness?
Jake was struck in the head during a baseball game. Which of the following could impair the sense of hearing if damaged?
What is the tempanic membrane (eardrum)?
Sound waves entering the external acoustic meatus (auditory canal) hit the eardrum, also known as the
What is the tempanic membrane?
Identify the pathway of vibrations as they travel from one ossicle to the next.
What is the malleus, incus, stapes?
An ear infection following an illness such as a cold can pass from the throat through the auditory (pharyngotympanic) tube to the
What is the middle ear?
The auditory ossicle called the "anvil" is also known as the
What is the incus?
Our sense of static equilibrium is created by the
What is movement of otoliths along hair cells?
What must be stimulated in order for the sense of hearing to be transmitted to the cochlear nerve?
What is hair cells?
Hearing receptors within the spiral organ of Corti are called
What is hair cells?
Which cranial nerve transmits both hearing and equilibrium information to the brain?
What is vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII)?
Hearing aids would be most useful for a person with
What is conduction deafness?