Anatomy/Physiology of Hearing

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