Ear Anatomy
The part of the ear that captures sound.
What is the Auricle?
This membrane vibrates to translate sound from the outer ear to the middle ear.
Waves on the beach are this type of wave
What is a Transverse wave?
Sound needs a __________ to travel
What is a medium?
There are this many bones in your middle ear.
What is three?
This part of the ear is made up of three tubes.
What are the semicircular canals?
The height of a wave from crest to trough is called this.
What is the Amplitude?
The amplitude of a sound wave describes its _________.
What is Volume?
This is the middle bone of the three (scientific name)
What is the incus?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
This bone is connected to the cochlea (scientific name)
What is the Stapes?
How many waves pass through a point in one second is called this.
What is the frequency of the wave?
This unit is used to measure the volume of a sound.
What is a decibel?
This part of the ear contains tiny hairs that translate vibrations into electrical signals.
What is the Cochlea?
This product of the ear acts as the janitor of the ear canal
What is Earwax?
This is the type of wave associated with sound.
What is a longitudinal wave?
The frequency of a sound wave affects this characteristic of sound.
What is Pitch?
This part of the ear is responsible for maintaining even pressure on either side of the eardrum.
What is the Eustachian tube?
This bone is connected to the eardrum. (scientific name)
What is the Malleus?
Increasing these qualities of the wave increases the energy of the wave.
What are amplitude and frequency?
As we get older, we are able to hear fewer of these frequencies.
What are high frequencies?