Auditory System

What connects the middle ear to the throat?

• Eustachian tube

• Auditory canal

• Cochlea

The ... transforms the sound vibrations into electrical signals

• cochlea

• auditoy nerve

• middle ear

• auditory canal

Sound waves make the ..... and the ...... vibrate.

• auditory nerve and auditory canal

• cochlea and eardrum

• eardrum and three small bones

• cochlea and auditory nerve

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What part of your body sends messages from your ears to your brain?

• optic nerve

• auditory nerve

• ear canal

• semi-circular canals

The ears are the organs of

• hearing

• sight

• touch

• taste

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When sound waves cause the eardrum to vibrate, these vibrations are immediately passed on to the_________.

• outer ear and ear canal

• inner ear

• tiny hairs

• three small bones in the middle ear

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Which part of the ear acts as the sound collector?

• outer ear

• ear canal

• middle ear

• inner ear

Ears are divided into _______ parts.

• one

• three

• two

The auditory nerve sends signals to the ....

• cochlea

• ear drum

• brain

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Sound is caused by ______________.

• vibrations

• light

• the sun

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