The Senses

Which type of cell is responsible for our perception of taste?

• Olfactory Cells
• Gustatory Cells
• Photoreceptors
• Baroreceptors

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Which is not a region of the ear?

• External
• Middle
• Internal
• Medium

Your ear drum is also known as the:

• Tympanic Membrane
• Tempanic Membrane
• Timpanic Membrane
• Tompanic Membrane

Eustachian tubes connect: 

• Outer ear to the surface
• Middle ear to the pharynx
• Middle ear to the tympanic membrane
• Inner ear to the middle ear

These are the smallest bones in the body that help transmit and amplify sound waves. 

• Ossicles
• Fossils
• Oracles
• Spectacles

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The main inner ear structure that enables one to hear is called the: 

• Cochlea
• Pinna
• Eustachian Tube
• Auricle

The ear has 2 main functions.  They are hearing and: 

• Balance
• Draining excess fluid
• Managing pressure when in elevated areas
• Creating cerumen

Sound is caused by....

• molecules
• vibrations
• people
• space

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Identify the order in which sound travels through the ear 

• hammer, stirrup, anvil, eardrum, ear canal
• ear canal, eardrum, hammer, stirrup, anvil 
• ear canal, eardrum, hammer, anvil, stirrup
• eardrum, ear canal, hammer, anvil, stirrup

Which part of the ear contains tiny hairs that help translate sound vibrations into electrical signals to the brain

• eardrum
• cochlea
• hammer
• anvil