Exam 9: Anatomy of Hearing

Match each structure or landmark to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Scala media

Match each structure or landmark to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Lenticular process of incus

Match each structure or landmark to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Outer hair cells

Match each structure or landmark to the correct descriptor. -Pars flaccida

Match each structure or landmark to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Anthelix

The region through which the scala tympani and scala vestibuli communicate in life is known as the ____________________.

Match each structure or landmark to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Tympanic membrane

Match each term to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Bone that articulates with the tympanic membrane

Match each structure or landmark to the correct descriptor. -Basilar membrane

The footplate of the stapes is held in the oval window by the ____________________ ligament.

The fluid found within the scala media is called ____________________.

Match each structure or landmark to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Cochlea

Another name for the pinna is

The ____________________ window separates the middle ear space and the scala tympani.

The ____________________ serves as a collector of sound.

The concha is the

The ____________________ is the largest of the ossicles.

The ____________________ semicircular canal senses head movement roughly within the frontal plane.

Match each structure or landmark to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Scala tympani

Match each structure or landmark to the correct descriptor. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Stapes