AP Psychology Functions of the Ear

HEARING is also known as our ____________SENSE.

• visual
• auditory
• vestibular
• cutaneous

On the diagram here, what part of the ear does #1 identify?

• pinna
• cochlea

On the diagram supplied here, what does the #2 identify:

• cochlea
• auditory canal

On the diagram supplied, what does the 
#3 identify?

• pinna
• eardrum/tympanic membrane

On the diagram supplied here the #7 identifies:

• ossicles
• cochlea

On the diagram supplied here, the numbers 13, 12, and 11 refer to a group of three tiny bones in the inner ear called the:

• basilar membrane
• ossicles

On the diagram supplied here, the OVAL WINDOW, where the sound waves enter the cochlea is identified as # _____

• 3
• 2
• 7
• 5

Number 9 on this diagram is indicating the location of which part of our ear anatomy

• cochlea
• semi-circular canals

Number 15 on the diagram identifies the area of the ear we refer to as the:

• outer ear
• middle ear
• inner ear

Number 8 on the diagram supplied identifies what part of our ear anatomy?

• optic nerve
• auditory nerve