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25 Cards in this Set
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What are the general senses of touch? |
Temp., pressure, and pain |
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What are the special senses? |
Smell, taste, sight, hearing, and equilibrium |
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What 2 senses do ears have? |
Hearing and equilibrium |
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What is middle of ear? |
Lymphanic cavity |
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What is inner part of ear? |
Bony labyrinth |
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What is external part of ear for? |
Hearing only |
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What is auricle? |
Pinna |
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What is external acoustic meatus? |
Auditory canal |
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What is auditory canal? |
Narrow chamber in temporal bone |
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What is auditory canal lined with? |
Skin and cermunious glands |
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What is cermunious glands? |
Wax |
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What does external part of ear end with? |
Tympanic membrane |
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What is tympanic membrane? |
Ear drum |
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What is tympanic cavity? |
Middle part of ear |
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What is ear dr involved in? |
Only hearing |
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How many tubes are associated with inner ear? |
2 |
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What is opening covered with? |
Tympanic membrane |
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How does auditory tune connect to middle ear? |
Throat |
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What does the tube do? |
Allows for equalizing pressure during yawning or swallowing |
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Iwhat is another word for bones? |
Ossicles |
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What three bones span the cavity? |
Malleus, incus, and stapes |
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Another word for malleus? |
Hammer |
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Another word for incus? |
Anvil |
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Another word for stapes? |
Stirrup |
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What is function? |
Vibrations from ear drum move the malleus to anvil to stirrup to inner ear |
