Cranial Nerve
This nerve dampens ossicle movement during loud sounds
Facial nerve (CN VII)
These are the names of the three sections of the ear.
What is the external ear, middle ear and inner ear?
Sound perception begins at this section of the outer ear.
What is the pinna/auricle?
This nerve exits the internal ear via the internal auditory canal
What is the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)?
This structure separates the external ear from the middle ear
What is the tympanic membrane?
This fluid is located inside the cochlear duct.
Endolymph
This nerve transmits auditory sensory information from the cochlea of the inner ear to the cochlear nuclei in the medula of the brainstem
What is the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII )?
The trigeminal nerve innervates this muscle.
What is the tensor tympani muscle?
Movement of this membrane in response to sound waves causes the depolarization of hair cells in the organ of Corti
Tectorial membrane