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human ear
definitions and descriptions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| External Ear | Involved in hearing only |
| pinna | outer ear |
| meatus | opening or canal |
| middle ear | the chamber between the eardrum and cochlea containing three tiny bones (hammer, anvil, and stirrup) that concentrate the vibrations of the eardrum on the cochlea's oval window |
| eustachian tube | A narrow tube between the middle ear and the throat that serves to equalize pressure on both sides of the eardrum |
| Ossicles | malleus, incus, stapes |
| Malleus | Receives vibration from eardrum; movement stimulates incus |
| incus | Movement stimulates stapes |
| stapes | Movement stimulates receptors in cochlea to hear sound |
| inner ear | the innermost part of the ear, containing the cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibular sacs |
| cochlea | contains receptors for hearing |
| vestibule | contain receptors for gravity and linear acceleration |
| Semicircular canals | receptors sense rotational motion |
| Motion Sickness | Nausea and weakness caused by continuous stimulation of semicircular canals |