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The Senses. The Ear. Hearing.

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The sense organs send information to the brain through the ________________________.

a)

Brain

b)

Nerves

c)

Eyes

d)

Blood

2.

Our ears have got three parts: Outer ear, ______________ and inner ear.

a)

Sense ear

b)

Little ear

c)

Middle ear

3.
When sound waves cause the eardrum to vibrate, these vibrations are immediately passed on to the_________.
a)
outer ear and ear canal
b)
inner ear
c)
tiny hairs
d)
three small bones in the middle ear
4.
What happens in the inner ear? 
a)
Sound waves are captured.
b)
Sound waves move deeper into the ear. 
c)
Sound waves are reflected.
d)
Sound waves are converted into nerve impulses.
5.
Where does HEARING (interpreting the nerve impulses) take place?
a)
outer ear
b)
middle ear
c)
inner ear
d)
brain
6.
What is #13?
a)
Eardrum
b)
Anvil
c)
Hammer
d)
Cochlea
7.
Sound is caused by ______________.
a)
vibrations
b)
light
c)
the sun
8.
Identify the order in which sound travels through the ear 
a)
hammer, stirrup, anvil, eardrum, ear canal
b)
ear canal, eardrum, hammer, stirrup, anvil 
c)
ear canal, eardrum, hammer, anvil, stirrup
d)
eardrum, ear canal, hammer, anvil, stirrup
9.

Name for the inner ear that is filled with fluid and looks like a snail...

a)

Anvil

b)

Hammer

c)

Stirrup

d)

Cochlea

10.

This is the smallest bone in the body and is located in your middle ear...

a)

Hammer

b)

Anvil

c)

Stirrup

d)

Ear Drum

11.

This form of deafness generally requires the use of cochlear implants in order to be able to hear certain frequencies...

a)

Conductive

b)

Sensorineural

c)

Fractured

d)

Frequency

12.

This sense works via sensory organs in the ear that monitor the body’s motion and position in relation to gravity.

a)

Vestibular

b)

Kinesthesis

c)

Gravitas

d)

Levity

13.
The malleus, incus, and stapes are collectively called the
a)
maculae
b)
otoliths
c)
semicircular canals
d)
ossicles
14.
ANY loss of hearing ranging from slight hearing loss to the inability to hear at all is termed: 
a)
Deafness
b)
Tinnitius
c)
Labryrinthitis
d)
Otitis Media
15.
What is K?
a)
semicircular canals
b)
eardrum (tympanic membrane)
c)
ossicles
d)
eustachian tube
16.
middle ear infection •Common in children •Symptoms: pain, fever, fluid drainage (in children tugging at ear)
a)
external otitis
b)
otitis media
c)
otosclerosis
d)
tinnitus 
17.
idiopathic presence of too much fluid in inner ear - Symptoms: vertigo, N/V, Hearing loss, Tinnitus 
a)
external otitis
b)
otitis media
c)
otosclerosis
d)
meniere's disease
18.
Your ear drum is also known as the:
a)
Tympanic Membrane
b)
Tempanic Membrane
c)
Timpanic Membrane
d)
Tompanic Membrane
19.

What is unique about the hammer, stirrup, and anvil?

a)

They are the smallest bones in your body

b)

They are the only bones in your body that move

c)

They are the only bones located in your head

d)

They are the only bones that cannot be broken

20.

What does the Auditory canal do?

a)

Makes ear wax

b)

Pulls sound waves into the ear

c)

End the journey of the sound waves

21.

What happens in the eardrum?

a)

Sound waves vibrate the skin and delivers vibrations

b)

Sound waves make the tiny hairs in your ear move

c)

Carries the message to the brain

22.

What does the fluid inside your ears doing?

a)

Vibrates the skin in your ear

b)

Sends sound waves to the brain

c)

Vibrates the cilia (tiny hairs).

23.

What does the Auditory nerve do?

a)

Carries the message to the brain

b)

Carries the message to the Semi-Circular canal

c)

Send the message to the Eustachian tube

24.

Name the 3 bones in your ear

a)

Hammer, Stirrup, Anvil

b)

Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup

c)

Rods, Cones, Anvil

25.

Where is the Cochlea located

a)

The Inner Ear

b)

The Middle Ear

c)

The Outer Ear

26.

What is this?

a)

Anvil

b)

Hammer

c)

Stirrup

d)

Cochlea

e)

Ear drum

27.

What is this?

a)

Pinna

b)

Hearing Nerve

c)

Cochlea

d)

Ear Drum

e)

Anvil

28.

What is this?

a)

Cochlea

b)

Pinna

c)

Hearing Nerve

d)

Stirrup

e)

Ear drum

29.

What is this?

a)

Anvil

b)

Hammer

c)

Stirrup

d)

Ear Canal

e)

Ear drum

30.

Which part(s) of the ear are found in the middle ear?

a)

eardrum

b)

hammer

c)

anvil

d)

cochlea

e)

stirrup

31.

outermost part of ear; funnels sound to meatus; pinna

a)

auricle

b)

cochlea

c)

fovea

d)

stapes

32.

The scientific name for the sense of smell is:

a)

osmosis

b)

dialysis

c)

olfaction

d)

gustation

33.

The term tactile refers to the sense of:

a)

pain

b)

touch

c)

taste

d)

temperature

34.

The two senses located in the ear are:

a)

hearing and equilibrium

b)

hearing and vision

c)

balance and taste

d)

equilibrium and pressure

35.

Based on the sensory receptors, there are 2 types of the senses: generalized and localized

a)

Ture

b)

False

36.

Is the sense of pain localized or generalized?

a)

localized

b)

generalized

37.

Is the sense of equilibrium localized or generalized?

a)

localized

b)

generalized

38.

What is sense of taste called?

(a)  

39.

The root -algesia means (a)  

40.

The root -esthesia means:

a)

suffering

b)

hearing

c)

aesthetics

d)

sensation

41.

What is the term for the lack of taste sensation?

a)

atastia

b)

dysesthesia

c)

ageusia

d)

pseudogeusia

42.

The medical term for lack of sensation is (a)  

43.

The Latin names for hammer, anvil, stirrup are:

a)

malleus, incus, stapes

b)

stapes, malleus, incus

c)

incus, stapes, malleus

44.

What is the name for the brownish, wax-like secretion formed in the external ear canal to protect the ear and prevent infection

(a)  

45.

What is a medical term for earwax?

a)

incus

b)

cerumen

c)

pinna

d)

vestibule

46.

What is the projecting part of the outer ear called?

(a)  

47.

The portion of the inner ear that is concerned with the sense of equilibrium; consists of the vestibule and the semicircular canals is called ________

a)

equilibrium system

b)

the inner ear

c)

vestibular apparatus

48.

What does the vestibular apparatus include? (Check all that apply)

a)

utricle

b)

saccule

c)

tympanic membrane

d)

three semicircular canals

49.

What's the root which means hearing? (Check all that apply)

a)

audi/o

b)

ot/o

c)

cus

d)

acous

e)

acus

50.

What does the root -ot/o mean?

a)

hearing

b)

sensation

c)

ear

d)

otter

51.

What does the root -myring/o mean?

(a)  

52.

What is the term for pain in the ear?

(a)  

53.

What is the term for incision of the tympanic membrane? (Check all that apply)

a)

tympaectomy

b)

myringotomy

c)

myringoplasty

d)

tympanotomy

54.

What is stapedectomy?

(a)  

55.

A disease associated with increased fluid pressure in the inner ear and characterized by hearing loss, vertigo, and tinnitus is called:

a)

otosclerosis

b)

Ménière disease

c)

acoustic neuroma

56.

Inflammation of the middle ear with accumulation of serous (watery) or mucoid fluid is called ______

a)

otitis media

b)

otitis

c)

tinnitus

d)

vertigo

57.

A condition characterized by noises, such as ringing or tinkling, in the ear is called (a)  

58.

Measurement of hearing is ____

a)

otorhinolaryngology (ORL)

b)

otoscope

c)

electronystagmography (ENG)

d)

audiometry

59.

Which diagnostic test is being administered ?

a)

Rinne test

b)

Weber test

c)

spondee

d)

electronystagmography

60.

Which diagnostic test is being administered ?

a)

Rinne test

b)

Weber test

c)

spondee

d)

electronystagmography

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