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Caring for Your Ears
The Outer Ear
The Inner Ear
The Middle Ear
Functions
100
You should never expose your ears to this number of decibels.
What is ninety decibels?
100
Your outer ear is called this.
What is the auricle?
100
This sends electrical impulses to the brain.
What is the cochlea?
100
A thin, cone-shaped membrane.
What is the eardrum?
100
This transmits sound from the air to the ossicles.
What is the ear drum?
200
Two common things that cause hearing problems.
What are loud noises and ear infections?
200
This part of your ear guides sound waves to your ear drum.
What is the ear canal?
200
This connects to your brain.
What is the auditory nerve?
200
After the sound waves go through the ear drum, they rattle this.
What is the hammer, or malleus?
200
This directs sound waves to the eardrum.
What is the ear canal?
300
Someone breathing is this number of decibels.
What is 10 decibels?
300
The shape of your auricle allows it to capture these.
What is sound waves?
300
These are connected to the cochlea.
What are the semicircular canals?
300
This is between the malleus and the stapes.
What is the incus, or anvil?
300
This sends electrical impulses to the brain.
What is the cochlea?
400
A jet taking off is this number of decibels.
What is 150 decibels?
400
When sound waves enter your ear, they become this.
What are vibrations?
400
This leads to your throat.
What is your estauchean tube?
400
This is the smallest bone in your body.
What is the stapes?
400
This captures sound waves.
What is the auricle?
500
Hearing loud noises can result in these two things.
What is hearing loss and deafness?
500
The stirrup, or stapes.
What is the smallest bone in your body?
500
Certain noises affect this nerve.
What is the facial nerve?
500
The ear drum is located in this.
What is the middle ear?
500
This rattles the ear drum.
What are sound waves?