Apologia Anatomy Lesson 11A

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Across
  1. 3. The sense of balance that tells you the position of your head and helps you to maintain your posture when you are not actively moving.
  2. 8. The outer part of the ear, containing the pinna, external auditory canal and eardrum. TWO WORDS
  3. 9. A tiny sail-like structure inside the inner ear that helps to keep you balanced.
  4. 11. The part of your ear leaving from the pinna to the eardrum. THREE WORDS
  5. 15. The system that gives you your sense of smell TWO WORDS
  6. 16. The three tiny bones inside your middle ear: the malleus, incus and stapes TWO WORDS
  7. 18. A small spot inside your inner ear that contains a thick, gel-like fluid and houses teeny-tiny stones (otoliths)
  8. 19. The middle part of the ear, containing the malleus, incus and stapes. TWO WORDS
  9. 20. The part of the ear you see from the outside, also called the auricle.
  10. 22. The visible "bumps" on your tongue. Some of them hose your taste buds.
  11. 23. Tiny stones inside your ears that help detect the movement of your head.
Down
  1. 1. The part of the inner ear where your static sense of balance is located.
  2. 2. The snail shell shaped structure inside the inner ear that converts sound waves to nerve signals.
  3. 4. The five senses that occur as a result of specific organs at special places in your body. TWO WORDS
  4. 5. Glands that produce the mucus layer in which the cilia float. TWO WORDS
  5. 6. The three structures inside the inner ear that contain fluid and help to control your balance. TWO WORDS
  6. 7. A clluster of olfactory cells, located in the roof of the upper nose, that senses the chemicals that produces smells TWO WORDS
  7. 10. The thin membrane that vibrates in response to sound waves and transmits the vibrations to the auditory ossicles.
  8. 12. The sense of balance that informs you about active movements in your head.
  9. 13. Another name for yor sense of touch. It is the one sense that your whole body can experience. TWO WORDS
  10. 14. The inner part of the ear, containing the semicircular canals and the cochlea. TWO WORDS
  11. 17. The five taste sensations (sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami) are detected by these special receptors TWO WORDS
  12. 21. Tiny hairs projecting from each olfactory cell. They greatly increase the surface area so that even very faint odors can be detected.