THE HUMAN EAR

What do you call the visible portion of the outer ear which collects sound waves?

• Ear Canal

• Eardrum

• Pinna

• Cochlea

What do you call a short tube that transmits sound
from the pinna to the eardrum?

• Ear Canal

• Eardrum

• Pinna

• Cochlea

________ traps dust and foreign bodies that may harm your ears.

• Pinna

• Eardrum

• Earwax

• Ear canal

Which part of the ear is being pointed at in the picture?

• Pinna

• Eardrum

• Earwax

• Ear canal

Which part of the ear is being pointed at in the picture?

• Ossicles

• Cochlea

• Pinna

• Ear canal

These are three tiny bones that amplify and
transmit the vibrations from the eardrum to the cochlea.

• Ossicles

• Cochlea

• Pinna

• Ear canal

This bone receives vibrations from the malleus, to which it is connected laterally, and transmits these to the stapes medially.

• Pinna

• Malleus/Hammer

• Incus/Anvil

• Stirrup/Stapes

A hammer-shaped small bone or ossicle of the middle ear which connects with the incus and is attached to the eardrum.

• Pinna

• Malleus/Hammer

• Incus/Anvil

• Stirrup/Stapes

This contains and transmits sensory neurons that
send information to the brain for processing.

• Cochlea

• Ossicles

• Auditory Nerve

• Pinna

The organ filled with fluid.

• Cochlea

• Ossicles

• Auditory Nerve

• Pinna