Ear vocabulary

thick fluid in membranous labrynth

• endolymph

• otitis media

• perilymph

• vestibule

subdivision of inner ear between the cochlea and the semicircular canals

• malleus

• vestibule

• auricle

• pharyngotympanic tube

secrete sticky substance which traps foreign bodies and repels insects

• auricle

• perilymph

• osseous labyrinth

• ceruminous glands

pinna

• ossicles

• vestibule

• otitis media

• auricle

"the anvil"

• stapes

• incus

• malleus

• auricle

middle ear

• tympanic cavity

• pharyngotympanic tube

• osseous labyrinth

• membranous labyrinth

eardrum bulges and become inflamed

• external acoustic meatus

• membranous labyrinth

• mechanoreceptors

• otitis media

auditory canal

• external acoustic meatus

• auricle

• oval window

• osseous labyrinth

runs from the middle ear to the throat; equalizes pressure in middle ear

• tympanic cavity

• external acoustic meatus

• cochlea

• pharyngotympanic tube

"the stirrup"

• malleus

• incus

• stapes

• auricle