Anatomy/Physiology of Hearing

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Across
  1. 4. system What system in the inner ear controls balance?
  2. 5. In the auditory meatus, what is the lateral 1/3 component supported of?
  3. 6. What traps dirt in the ear?
  4. 7. In the cochlear system the oval window permits ______ between the scala vestibule and the middle ear?
  5. 11. The middle ear is located in the petrous portion of the _____ bone
  6. 13. Point of attachment for the malleus
  7. 15. The ossicles is made up how many structures?
  8. 16. The ______ membrane separates the scala media from scala tympani
  9. 18. membrane What divides the middle and outer ear?
  10. 19. The ear is an _____ transducer
Down
  1. 1. What is the smallest part of the ossicles?
  2. 2. What is another name for the malleus?
  3. 3. tube What permits equalization of pressure on each side of the eardrum?
  4. 7. system What system in the inner ear controls hearing?
  5. 8. What is the largest part of the ossicles?
  6. 9. How is the basilar membrane organized?
  7. 10. media In the cochlear system the _____ is where the organ of Corti resides
  8. 12. ear Functions of the ______ are protection, resonance, and transmission of sound
  9. 14. What is another name for the stapes?
  10. 17. What funnels sound into the ear canal and aids in sound localization?