the ear-anatomical
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- projected part of the external ear
- pinna (auricle)
- external passage for sounds collected from the pinna to the tympanum
- external auditory meatus (canal)
- meat/o
- opening
- waxy substance secreted by glands located throughout the external canal
- cerumen
- drum-like structure that receives sound collected in the external auditory meatus (canal) and amplifies it through the middle ear
- tympanic membrane (TM) (eardrum)
- first of the three auditory ossicles of the middle ear
- malleus (hammer)
- middle of the three auditory ossicles of the middle ear
- incus (anvil)
- last of the three auditory ossicles of the middle ear
- stapes (stirrup)
- tube connecting the middle ear to the pharynx (throat)
- eustachian tube/auditory tube
- projection of the temporal bone located behind the ear containing air cells that connect to the middle ear
- mastoid process
- masto
- breast
- membrane that covers the opening between the middle ear and inner ear
- oval window
- structures and liquids that relay sound waves to the auditory nerve fibers on a path to the brain for interpretation of sound
- inner ear
- maze; inner ear consisting of bony and membranous labyrinths
- labyrinth
- coiled tubular structure of the inner ear that contains the organ of Corti
- cochlea
- cochlea
- snail
- fluid that fills the bony labyrinth of the ear
- perilymph
- fluid within the cochlear duct of the inner ear
- endolymph
- organ located in the cochlea that contains receptors (hair like) that receive vibrations and generate nerve impulses for hearing
- Organ of Corti
- middle part of the inner ear in front of the semicircular canals and behind the cochlea that contains the utricle and saccule
- vestibule
- larger of the two sacs within the membranous labyrinth of the vestibule in the inner ear
- utricle
- uter
- leather bag
- small of two sacs within the membranous labyrinth of the vestibule in the inner ear
- saccule
- sacculus
- small bag
- three canals within the inner ear that contain specialized receptor cells that generate nerve impulses with body movement
- semicircular canals