This part of the ear is the only part of the ear mechanism that can be seen.
What is the outer ear?
100
The hammer, anvil, and stirrup make up this.
What are the ossicles?
100
This part of the ear has 25,000 sound receiving cells.
What is the cochela?
200
The ear first perceives 'sound' as __________.
What are sound waves?
200
This tube maintains equal pressure on both sides of the ear drum.
What is the eustachian tube?
200
This carries nerve impulses to the auditory cortex.
What is the auditory nerve?
300
What is the visible ear flap that directs sound waves into the auditory canal.
What is the pinna?
300
This gets vibrations from the ear drum and passes them to the anvil.
What is the hammer?
300
This detects even the slightest movement of the head in any direction.
What are semicircular canals?
400
Has hairs and special sweat glands that produce ear wax that keeps harmful dust and particles out of the inner canal and directs sound waves to the ear drum.
What is the auditory canal?
400
This gets vibrations from the hammer and passes them to the stirrup.
What is the anvil?
400
What changes vibrations into nerve impulses?
What is the cochela?
500
This converts sound waves into vibrations.
What is the ear drum?
500
This gets vibrations from the anvil and passes them to the cochela.
What is the stirrup?
500
BONUS: This is part of the brain where nerve impulses are perceived as sound.