WorksheetsU4L6 Quiz Review
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 48mins
identify the stapes
identify the Malleus
identify the Ear Canal
identify the Eustachian Tube
identify Tympanic Membrane
identify Semicircular Canals
identify Cochlea
identify tympanic cavity
identify round window
identify vestibular nerve
identify auricle
identify cochlear nerve
identify incus
What is the function of the vestibular complex?
Contains sensory receptors for equilibrium. Sends nerve impulses that brain interprets as body position or movement.
Contains receptors that send impulses that the brain interprets as sounds.
Surrounds the Eustachian tube and swells due to upper respiratory infection.
Amplify and transmit vibrations of the tympanum inward to the inner ear.
What is the function of # 3?
Contains receptors that send impulses that the brain interprets as sounds
Contains sensory receptors for equilibrium
Contains perilymph which suspends the membranous labyrinth
Surrounds the Eustachian tube and swells due to upper respiratory infection
What is the function of the auditory ossicles (# 1,2,3)?
Connect the middle ear cavity to the nasopharynx
Perform the attenuation reflex
Contain the receptor structures for hearing
Amplify and transmit vibrations of the tympanum inward to the inner ear
What part of the inner ear helps you keep your balance ?
Vestibule
the Ossicles (MISO)
Pinna
Semicircular canals
What does the eustachian/auditory/pharygnotympanic tube do ?
helps with balance and equilibrium
filters out ear wax
Equalizes pressure between the middle and outer ear
What is the function of the cochlea?
Funnels sound from the outer ear to the eardrum
Transmits signals from the cochlea to the brain
Snail-shaped hearing organ
Tubes in the inner ear that control balance
What is the role of the eardrum?
Funnels sound from the outer ear to the eardrum
Sticks out from the head; Latin for "wing"
Tympanic membrane: separates the outer ear from the inner ear
Transmits signals from the cochlea to the brain
What does the Eustachian tube do?
Connects the back of the nose to the middle ear; supplies middle ear with air
Funnels sound from the outer ear to the eardrum
Tubes in the inner ear that control balance
Anvil: a bone that helps transmit sound waves from the outer ear to the cochlea
What is the incus?
Snail-shaped hearing organ
Anvil: a bone that helps transmit sound waves from the outer ear to the cochlea
Tubes in the inner ear that control balance
Sticks out from the head; Latin for "wing"
What is the function of the malleus?
Funnels sound from the outer ear to the eardrum
Hammer: a bone that helps transmit sound waves from the outer ear to the cochlea
Tubes in the inner ear that control balance
Transmits signals from the cochlea to the brain
What is the function of the semicircular canals?
Funnels sound from the outer ear to the eardrum
Sticks out from the head; Latin for "wing"
Tubes in the inner ear that control balance
Transmits signals from the cochlea to the brain
What is the stapes?
Funnels sound from the outer ear to the eardrum
Sticks out from the head; Latin for "wing"
Stirrup: a bone that helps transmit sound waves from the outer ear to the cochlea
Transmits signals from the cochlea to the brain
What is the function of the vestibular cochlear nerve?
Funnels sound from the outer ear to the eardrum
Sticks out from the head; Latin for "wing"
Tubes in the inner ear that control balance
Transmits signals from the cochlea to the brain
What is the role of the brain in response to the signals it receives from the auditory nerve?
The brain ignores these signals.
The brain processes, interprets, and responds to these signals.
The brain only processes and stores these signals.
The brain amplifies these signals to make them louder.
What is the cochlea responsible for in the inner ear?
It helps with balance.
It is responsible for converting vibrations into electrical impulses.
It is a fluid-filled chamber.
It amplifies sound waves.
How does the stapes contribute to hearing?
It attaches to the eardrum.
It amplifies sound waves.
It transmits the vibrations to the inner ear.
It connects the malleus to the incus.
What is the function of the malleus in the middle ear?
It transmits vibrations to the inner ear.
It connects the eardrum to the incus.
It amplifies the vibrations.
It detects sound waves.
What is the function of the eustachian tube in the middle ear?
It transmits sound to the inner ear
It helps equalize pressure
It processes sound waves
It protects the ear from foreign objects
What is the function of the pinna in the outer ear?
It helps in balancing the body.
It transmits sound waves to the brain.
It captures sound waves and funnels them into the ear canal.
It vibrates to produce sound.
What converts the mechanical movement of the hairs into electrical impulses that are sent to the brain?
Auditory nerve
Cochlea
Stapes
Semicircular Canals
Movement of hair cells in the organ of Corti against the ______ membrane can stimulate nerve impulse condition.
tectorial
basilar
vestibular
cochlear
Another name for earwax.
vitreous humor
cerumen
tympanic membrane
lobule
Which number identifies the scala vestibuli?
(a)
Which number identifies the bony labyrinth?
(a)
Which number identifies the membranous labyrinth?
(a)
Which number identifies the scala tympani?
(a)
Which number identifies the organ of corti?
(a)
Which number identifies the oval window?
(a)
Which number identifies the round window?
(a)
Which number identifies the hair cells?
(a)
Area #1 This bone that is attached to the tympanic membrane is called -
Hammer (Malleus)
Anvil (Incus)
Stirrup (Stapes)
Ossicles
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-
Incus (Anvil)
Hammer (Malleus)
Estachian tube
Stapes (Stirrup)
This structure equalizes air pressure on either side of the tympanic membrane, and houses the ossicles (#5)
cochlea
vestibule
Eustachian tube
semicircular canal
Area #1 is part of the semicircular canals. It is the outside tubing of those canals filled with perilymph
membraneous labyrinth
bony labyrinth
Vestibule
Oval window
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)
Perilymph
Semicircular canals
Vestibules
Cochleas
Area #3 A large nerve coming off of the vestibule is called the
cohlear nerve
vestibular nerve
vestibule
cochlea
Area #4 A large nerve coming off of the cochlea is called the
cochlear nerve
vestibular nerce
vestibule
cochlea
Area #5 A snail-shaped structure in the inner ear that enables one to hear. It is called the -
cochlea
vestibule
semicircular canals
oval window
The scala typanium (#1) and the scala vestibuli (#2) are filled with a thin clear fluid called
endolymph
perilymph
epilymph
The scala media is filled with a thick clear fluid called (#3)
perilymph
epilymph
endolymph
The actual hearing receptors in the inner ear are called
Scala vestibuli
Scala tympani
Lateral semi circular canal
organ of corti
The organs in the inner ear involved with balance are the
semicircular canals and cochlea
vestibule and semicircular canals
vestibule and cochlea
None of the above
Match the following
Transmits sound vibrations to the inner ear
Tympanic Membrane
Transmits and intensifies vibrations in the Middle Ear.
The Ossicles (Maleus, Incus, Stapes)
Located between the Stapes and the Inner Ear
Oval Window
Sound Energy Exits the Cochlea here
Round Window
Part of the Inner Ear involved in hearing
Cochlea
