ch.11 part1
Terms
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- salpingo
- eustachian tube or uterine tube
- cochlea
- coiled tubular structure of the inner ear that contains the organ of Corti
- -acusis
- hearing condition
- incus
- anvil; middle of the 3 auditory ossicles of the middle ear
- tympanic membrane
- ear drum; drumlike structure that receives sound collected in the external auditory canal and amplifies it thru the middle ear
- tympano/ myringo
- eardrum
- cerumen
- a waxy substance secreted by glands located thru out the external canal
- oval window
- membrane that covers the opening b/t the middle ear and inner ear
- labyrinth
- maze; inner ear consisting of bony and membranous passages
- external auditory canal
- external passage for sounds collected from the pinna to the tympanum
- cerumino
- wax
- acouso/ audio
- hearing
- auri/oto
- ear
- malleus
- hammer; 1st of the 3 auditory ossicles of the middle ear
- perilymph
- fluid that fill the bony labyrinth of the inner ear
- aero
- air or gas
- pinna
- auricle; projected part of the external ear
- stapes
- stirrup; last of the 3 auditory ossicles of the middle ear
- eustachian tube/ auditory tube
- tube connecting the middle ear to the pharynx
- inner ear
- structures and liquids that relay sound waves to the auditory nerve fibers on a path to the brain for interpretation of sound