Anatomy/Physiology of Hearing

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