Sense of Hearing

What is the outer, funnel-like structure (visible part of the ear)?

• Auricle

• External acoustic meatus

• Eustachian tube

• Tympanic membrane

What is the tube that runs from the outer ear to the inner ear?

• Auricle

• External acoustic meatus

• Eustachian tube

• Tympanic membrane

What is the thin membrane that covers the Eustachian tube and separates the outer ear from the inner ear?

• Cochlea

• External acoustic meatus

• Eustachian tube

• Tympanic membrane

What is the anatomical term for the ear canal?

• Auricle

• External acoustic meatus

• Eustachian tube

• Tympanic membrane

What is the anatomical term for the eardrum?

• Cochlea

• External acoustic meatus

• Eustachian tube

• Tympanic membrane

What is the purpose of having hairs and earwax in our ears?

• To prevent foreign objects from entering

• To look pretty

• To transmit vibrations into impulses

• To welcome foreign objects into the ear

What is the scientific term for earwax?

• Sweat

• Perspiration

• Cerumen

• Cochlea

What is the auricle's function?

• To help collect sound waves traveling through the air and direct them into external acoustic meatus.

• To reproduce the vibrations of the sound wave source

• To convert vibrations into impulses

• To transfer vibrations between the tympanic membrane and the inner ear

What structure moves back and forth in response to sound waves?

• External acoustic meatus

• Auricle

• Cochlea

• Tympanic membrane

What are the auditory ossicles?

• Sound waves

• 3 specialized sensory receptors

• 3 types of epithelial tissue in the middle ear

• 3 small bones in the middle ear