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| auricle, external auditory meatus, tympanic membrane |
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-external ear
-S-shaped tube
-2/3 cartilage
-1/3 bone
-hairs/glands collect dust
-cerumen(earwax) repels insects |
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-external ear
-eardrum
-separates outer from middle ear
-3 layers-outer-modified skin
-middle-fibrous
-inner-mucous |
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tympanic cavity
auditory (eustachian tube)
ossicles |
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| auditory (eustachian tube) |
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-middle ear
-connects nasopharynx to middle ear
-horizontal in children |
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-middle ear
-malleus-attached to tympanic membrane
-incus-between malleus and stapes
-stapes-inserted into oval window of middle ear |
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-found in temporal bone
-labyrinth
-cochlea, vestibule, semicircular canals |
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| -vestibulocochlear nerve transmits impulses to the brain |
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-inner ear
-membranous and bony |
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-inner ear
-hair cells start electrical impulse |
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| -semicircular canals, utricle and succule |
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-3
-sense dynamic equilibrium
-hair cells move to create an electrical impulse |
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-middle ear
-cavity surrounding bones of middle ear |
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-inner ear
-fluid within inner ear |
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