Ears
The visible part of the outer ear is called this
What is the auricle or pinna?
This portion of the brain sits on top of the spinal cord and regulates involuntary functions
What is the brainstem?
This area is responsible for coordinating motor movements
What is the motor cortex?
This type of cell is the basic unit of the nervous system
What is a neuron?
This system produces the air necessary to produce speech
What is the respiratory system?
The purpose of this section of the ear is to transmit sound from the outer ear to the inner ear
What is the middle ear?
This portion of the brain is where most people are dominant for language
What is the left hemisphere?
This area is responsible for understanding spoken language and for putting words together in a grammatically correct manner
The central nervous system is made up of these two structures
What is the brain and spinal cord?
This system contains the larynx, which generates the noise necessary for speech
What is the phonatory system?
The bones of the middle ear are collectively called this
The ossicles
This lobe is responsible for processing speech, language, and auditory information.
What is the temporal lobe?
This area is responsible for putting speech sounds together and for coordinating speech movements
What is Broca's Area?
This term refers to the space between neurons
What is a synapse?
This system accentuates and dampens sound waves in order to change the way speech sounds
This structure in the inner ear converts mechanical sound energy to electrochemical energy
What is the cochlea?
The motor cortex is located in this lobe
This area is responsible for processing auditory information
What is Heschl's Area?
The purpose of this system is to move information towards or away from the central nervous system
What is the Peripheral Nervous System?
The tongue, lips, and teeth are all components of this system
What is the articulatory system
This structure in the middle ear, whose purpose is to equalize pressure, is horizontal in young children before maturing to a downward angled position in adults
What is the Eustachian tube?
The sensory cortex is located in this lobe
What is the parietal lobe?
This band of neurons connects Wernicke's and Broca's Areas
What is the arcuate fasciculus?
This fatty substance found on the axon of neurons makes sending neural messages more efficient
What is myelin / What is the myelin sheath?
This muscle is considered the major muscle of the respiratory system
What is the diaphragm?