Outer Ear
Number of bones in the outer ear.
What is 0?
Number of bones in the middle ear.
What is 3?
Viscosity of fluid in the inner ear compared to water.
What is more viscous?
Cells that detect the vibrations from sound waves.
What are hair cells?
Main effect of synesthesia.
What is the linking of senses?
Supports the outer ear.
What is cartilage?
Main chamber of the middle ear.
What is the ear drum?
Shape and nickname of the Cochlea.
What is snail shell?
Type of signal transmitted to the brain stem.
What are electrical signals?
Potential negative effect of synesthesia.
What is sensory overload?
Lines the pathway to the middle ear.
What is skin?
Carries sound from the middle ear's main chamber to the inner ear.
What are ossicles?
Part of the inner ear that contains fluid.
What is the Cochlea?
Name of the nerve mainly responsible for hearing.
What is the auditory nerve?
Seemingly unrelated positive effect of synesthesia.
What is higher IQ?
Name of the pathway into the middle ear.
What is the ear canal?
Speed of the vibration of the ear drum.
What is "the same as the sound waves"?
Name and composition of the fluid inside the inner ear. (2 answers for full points)
What is endolymph? AND What are potassium and sodium ions?
Main part of the brain used in sound comprehension.
What is the auditory cortex?
Senses less likely to be affected by synesthesia.
What are smell and taste?
Name of the external part of the ear.
What is the Auricle? OR What is the Pinna?
Names of the ossicles
What are the Malleus, Incus, and Stapes?
Name and mineral composition of the crystals in the inner ear. (2 answers for full points)
What are otoconia? and What is calcium carbonate?
Purpose of the temporal lobe in auditory processing.
What is connecting sounds with meanings?
Percentage of people diagnosed with synesthesia.
What is 4%?