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Outline of the Ear
1. What are the 3 functions of the ear?
2. What are the 3 main divisions of the ear?
3. What are the locations and the functions of the 3 parts of the outer ear?
Pinna (auricle)
External auditory meatus (auditory canal)
Tympanic Membrane
4. In what bone is the middle ear (cavity) located?
5. What is another name for the (collective) 3 small bones in the middle ear
called?
6. What are the names of the 3 small bones in the middle ear, in order from the
outside in?
7. What is the purpose of the ossicles?
8. The middle ear is connected to the pharynx or throat by what tube?
9. What is the purpose of this tube?
10. What separates the middle ear from the inner ear?
11. What is the first section or entrance of the inner ear called?
12. What are the 2 other parts of the inner ear and what are their purposes?
13. What is the location and purpose of the Organ of Corti?
14. What is the name of the nerve that carries the impulses of sound to the brain?
15. What part of the brain then interprets the sound as hearing?
16. What are the semicircular canals?
17. To what part of the brain do the semicircular canals carry the impulse that
helps to maintain our sense of balance and equilibrium?
Other senses
1. The tongue is a mass of ________________ tissue with projections called
____________________.
2. What is the purpose of the papillae?
3. What are the papillae stimulated by?
4. What are the 4 main tastes and on what part of the tongue is each taste
sensed?
5. What is the organ of smell?
6. What is located in the upper part of the nasal cavity that makes smell possible?
7. What nerve carries the sense of smell and to what part of the brain is carried?
8. The ________________ allows the human body to respond to its environment
by containing receptors for pressure, heat, cold, touch and pain.