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HIM 121 Chapter 16

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Auditory Cortex   Where?- temporal lobe of brain What Occurs?- Sensory information from the ears is interpreted Why?- In order to hear  
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Auricle   Where?- The visible external ear AKA?- the Pinna  
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Cerumen   What?- Sticky wax secreted by glands Where?- In the external auditory canal Why?- To trap dirt  
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Cochlea   What?- Coiled structure associated with the sense of hearing Where?- Inner ear  
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Eustachian Tube   What?- tube tube that connects the middle of ear to the nasopharynx Why?- equalizes pressure between the middle ear and throat  
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Incus   What?- Second bone of Middle ear  
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Malleus   What?- First bone of middle ear  
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Mastoid Process   What?- Bony projection Where?- Temporal Bone behind the ear  
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Ossicles   What?- Three tiny bones: Malleus, Incus, and Stapes Where?- Middle ear  
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Semicircular Canals   What?- 3 seperate but intertwined canals Where?- In the inner ear, oriented on different planes  
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Stapes   What?- third bone of middle ear  
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Tymponic Membrane   What?- a membrane that divides external ear from the middle ear  
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Vestibule   Where?- entrance to the inner ear  
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Ethmoid Sinuses   What?- Groups of small air cells Where?- in the ethmomid bone between the nose and eyes  
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Frontal Sinuses   Sinuses above each eyebrow where?- in the frontal bone of the cranium  
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Maxillary Sinuses   Largest of sinuses where? each side of the nose  
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sinus   HOllow cavity Where?- within a cranial or facial bone  
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sphenoid sinuses   Where?- in the sphenoid bone, posterior to the nasal cavity and near the pituitary gland of the brian  
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Naris   one nostril, the opening into the nasal cavity  
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nasal cavity   hollow area formed by the ethmoid and maxillary bones where? area inside the nose  
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Nasal Septum   wall of cartilage and bones that divides the nasal cavity into right and left sides  
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Turbinates   three long projections of bone covered with mucosa that jut into the nasal cavity  
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Hard Palate   bone that divides the nasal cavity from the oral cavity  
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Buccal Mucosa   lines the cheek area of the oral cavity  
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oral cavity   hollow area inside the mouth that contains the tongue, teeth hard and soft palates and uvula  
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Soft Palate   soft tissue extension of the hard palate at the back of the throat  
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Tempromandibular Joint   MOveable joint where ligaments attach each end of the mandible to the temporal bones of the cranium  
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tongue   large muscle in the oral cavity that is attched to the mandible  
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adenoids   large muscle in the oral cavity that is attached to the mandible  
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lingual tonsils   lymphoid tissue located on both sides of the base at the tongue in the laryngopharynx  
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