CSD 331 Crossword Puzzle- Homework #3

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Across
  1. 3. Ear, This part of the ear contains the Eustachian Tube.
  2. 5. Labryinth Looks like a coiled snail shell. Divided into 2 incomplete chambers: Scala tympani and Scala vestibule.
  3. 8. Tube Permits equalization of pressure on each side of the eardrum.
  4. 10. Wall Landmark of middle ear. Tendon of stapes arises from here. Chorda Tympani courses through here.
  5. 14. The receptor organ for movement within vestibular mechanism.
  6. 17. An enlargement near the opening to the vestibule in each canal.
  7. 18. An instrument used to examine orifices and canals.
  8. 19. Ear, Part of the ear. Function is for protection, resonance, and transmission of sounds
Down
  1. 1. It is the largest of the ossicles.
  2. 2. The waxy secretion within the external auditory meatus.
  3. 4. The structure of the bony labyrinth forming the central core of the cochlea.
  4. 6. Bones of the middle ear. Includes: malleus, incus, and stapes. Function: to provide a means of transmission of acoustic energy that is impinging on the tympanic membrane to the inner ear.
  5. 7. Is the central portion of the osseous labyrinth. It is between semicircular canals and cochlea.
  6. 8. Transducer It converts acoustic energy into electrochemical energy.
  7. 9. Also known as the “pinna.” It is made of cartilage, funnels sound into the ear canal, and aids in sound localization.
  8. 11. Media Where the organ of Corti resides.
  9. 12. Is the smallest of the three ossicles
  10. 13. Forms the curled margin of the pinna, marking its most distal borders.
  11. 15. Ear This part of the era contains the Vestibular system and the Cochlear system.
  12. 16. Membrane Is the “floor” of the scala media.