Special Senses - Ear

Which of the following is NOT in the OUTER EAR?

• Auricle
• Eustachian tube
• External Auditory Meatus
• Tympanic Membrane

Which of the following is in the MIDDLE ear?

• Eustachian tube /Ossicles
• Ossicles Only
• Cochlea / Vestibule
• Tympanic Membrane/Ossicles

Which of the following is NOT in the INNER ear?

• Cochlea
• Semicircular canals
• Vestibule
• Eustachian tube

Which of the following locations is for STATIC EQUILIBRIUM?

• Vestibule

• Round window

• Semicircular Canals

• Cochlea

Which of the following locations is correct for DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM?

• Vestibule

• Semicircular Canals

• Round window

• Cochlea

Constant ringing in the ears

• Tinnitus
• Vertigo
• Sensorineural Hearing Loss
• Conductive hearing loss

What is the correct order of the ossicles?

• Malleus, Incus Stapes
• Incus, Malleus, Stapes
• Stapes, Incus, Malleus
• Stapes, Malleus, Incus

What happens in the tympanic membrane?

• Sound waves are converted to vibrations.

• Sound waves make the tiny hairs in your ear move

• Carries the message to the brain

What happens in the inner ear?

• Sound waves are captured.

• Sound waves move deeper into the ear.

• Sound waves are reflected.

• Sound waves are converted into nerve impulses.

The malleus, incus, and stapes are collectively called the

• maculae

• vestibulocochlear nerves

• semicircular canals

• auditory ossicles