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5 Cards in this Set
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Auditory Canal
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-between pinna and tympanic membrane
-channels sound to ear |
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Middle Ear
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consists of an air-filled cavity within the skulls temporal bone
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Tympanic Membrane
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-vibrates in response to sound waves
3 bones a.mallus: hammr b.incus: anvil c.stapes: stirup -oval window -eustachian tube |
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Inner Ear
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-utricle and saccule
-semicircular canals: equilibrium -cochlea: fluid filled bony snail shaped chamber that houses organ of Corti -Organ of Corti: contains hair cells, organ of hearing |
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Sound Wave To Nerve Impulses
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-sound wave hits tympanic membrane
-transmitted through 3 bones to oval window -pressure changes in fluid of cochlea |
