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Nervous System III (Senses) Gustation/Olfaction/Audition

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happens in the tympanic membrane

?

a)

Sound waves are converted to vibrations.

b)

Sound waves make the tiny hairs in your ear move

c)

Carries the message to the brain

2.

What does the fluid inside your ears do when displaced?

a)

Vibrates the skin in your ear

b)

Sends sound waves to the brain

c)

Displaces the hair cells.

d)

Stimulates the hair cells to send an impulse

3.

What is in the Semi-Circular canals?

a)

Cilia (Tiny Hairs)

b)

Liquid

c)

Thin Skin

4.

Where is the tympanic membrane located?

a)

The Outer ear

b)

The Inner Ear

c)

The Middle Ear

5.

Where is the Eustachian Tube connected to?

a)

The back of the head

b)

The back of the nose

c)

The back of the Ear

6.

When sound waves cause the tympanic membrane 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

7.

Which of the following is NOT in the MIDDLE EAR?

a)

Auricle

b)

Eustachian tube

c)

Malleus

d)

Tympanic Membrane

8.

The impulse is generated and is transmitted to the temporal lobe when what happens?

a)

the eardrum vibrates

b)

the basilar membrane vibrates

c)

the oval window vibrates

d)

the hair cells are bent

9.

When sound waves vibrate the tympanic membrane what structure of the ear is moved next:

a)

the vestibule

b)

the cochlea

c)

the semicircular canals

d)

the malleus

10.

The malleus, incus, and stapes are collectively called the

a)

maculae

b)

vestibulocochlear nerves

c)

semicircular canals

d)

auditory ossicles

11.

Which of the below structures acts to convert sound waves to vibrations?

a)

cochlea

b)

pinna

c)

tympanic membrane

d)

vestibulocochlear nerve

12.

When you spin while sitting in a swivel chair with your eyes closed, you can sense this movement by

means of your

a)

cochlea

b)

saccule

c)

semicircular ducts

d)

utricle

13.

The diagram above represents

a)

Cupula

b)

Ampulla

c)

Utricle

d)

Saccule

14.

The diagram above represents

a)

Cupula

b)

Ampulla

c)

Utricle

15.
The malleus, incus, and stapes are collectively called the
a)
maculae
b)
otoliths
c)
semicircular canals
d)
ossicles
16.

Area #1 This bone that is attached to the tympanic membrane is called -

a)

Hammer (Malleus)

b)

Anvil (Incus)

c)

Stirrup (Stapes)

d)

Ossicles

17.

Area #2 is called the

a)

Anvil (Incus)

b)

Ossicles

c)

Stapes (Stirrup)

d)

Malleus (Hammer)

18.

Area #3 is called the -

a)

Malleus (Hammer)

b)

Ossicles

c)

Anvil (Incus)

d)

Stapes (stirrup)

19.

Area #4 The footplate of this bone is attached to an area of the inner ear called the Oval window. This connects the part that divides the middle from inner ear. It is called the-

a)

Incus (Anvil)

b)

Hammer (Malleus)

c)

Estachian tube

d)

Stapes (Stirrup)

20.

This structure equalizes air pressure on either side of the tympanic membrane, and houses the ossicles (#5)

a)

cochlea

b)

vestibule

c)

Eustachian tube

d)

semicircular canal

21.

Area #2 The large loops in the inner ear. Their function is to help you maintain your body’s balance. They have tiny hairs inside which can send impulses to your brain about your body’s position. They are called what? (there are 3 of them)

a)

Perilymph

b)

Semicircular canals

c)

Vestibules

d)

Cochleas

22.

Area #3 A large nerve coming off of the vestibule is called the

a)

cohlear nerve

b)

vestibular nerve

c)

vestibule

d)

cochlea

23.

Area #4 A large nerve coming off of the cochlea is called the

a)

cochlear nerve

b)

vestibular nerce

c)

vestibule

d)

cochlea

24.

Area #5 A snail-shaped structure in the inner ear that enables one to hear. It is called the -

a)

cochlea

b)

vestibule

c)

semicircular canals

d)

oval window

25.

Area #6 is called the

a)

Cochlea

b)

Oval window

c)

Tympanic membrane

d)

Organ of corti

26.

Area #7 The opening to the inner ear. Sensory sounds enter through the oval window from the middle ear. The word itself means an opening to a entrance hall. It is called the

a)

cochlea

b)

oval window

c)

semi-circular canal

d)

vestibule

27.

Which number identifies the auricle?

(a)  

28.

Which number identifies the external auditory meatus?

(a)  

29.

Which number identifies the tympanic membrane?

(a)  

30.

Which number identifies the malleus?

(a)  

31.

Which number identifies the incus?

(a)  

32.

Which number identifies the stapes?

(a)  

33.

Which number identifies the semicircular canals?

(a)  

34.

Which number identifies the eustachian tube?

(a)  

35.

Which number identifies the cochlea?

(a)  

36.

Which number identifies the organ of corti?

(a)  

37.

Which number identifies the oval window?

(a)  

38.

Which number identifies the round window?

(a)  

39.

Which number identifies the hair cells?

(a)  

40.

Which number identifies the vestibulocochlear nerve?

(a)