Middle Ear
Across
- 1. the head of the malleus articulates with the incus in what direction?
- 2. attaches the stapes footplate to the oval window
- 7. condition when bacteria breeds
- 8. enter
- 9. the purpose of this is to equalize pressure in the middle ear, drain, and aerate
- 10. amplifies pressure 17 times from the TM to the footplate, this ratio leads to a gain of 25 dB
- 12. part of the incus that connects with malleus
- 14. exit
- 16. the Eustachian tube is 2/3…
- 17. Loss of ME would result in what a conductive HL of…
- 26. the weakest point of the ossicular chain and allows stapes footplate to rock
- 29. incudal ligament of the short limb of the incus
- 30. the middle and outer ear is fulled with ___
- 32. for ___ conduction, molecules vibrate the TM then move the stapes then set cochlear fluids into motion
- 34. for patients with otosclerosis the stapes is not moving which results in a BC loss at 2kHz known as…
- 37. internal and external carotid and sometimes subclavian arteries are the ME ______
- 38. the muscles that open up the Eustachian tube
- 39. the head, neck, two crura, and the footplate are 5…
- 40. the ligament of the neck of the malleus
- 42. middle ear muscle that serves to tense the TM and provides acoustic protection (CN V), OG: cartilaginous portion of ET, Inserts: neck of malleus
- 43. additional mass or stiffness leads to ______ impedance
Down
- 1. the incus and malleus firmly attach to each other and move as..
- 3. there attic of the middle ear space
- 4. leads to muscosa drainining fluid in the middle ear space
- 5. ligament of the incus (body)
- 6. for _____ conduction, cochlear fluids are set into motion via compression and rarefaction of bony labyrinth
- 11. the ligament of the anterior process of the malleus
- 13. the middle link of the ossicular chain
- 15. what substance hinders TM and ossicular chain movement
- 18. the opening of the Eustachian tube is surrounded by this
- 19. the largest of the three bones
- 20. what attaches the malleus to the TM
- 21. the middle ear overcomes impedance mismatch via three ___
- 22. part of the incus that connects with the stapes
- 23. smallest muscle in the body and serves to dampen the movement of the stapes (CN VII), OG: pyramidal eminence, Inserts: neck of stapes
- 24. the tensor tympani muscle inserts into the upper…
- 25. if the ET does not open, it builds negative pressure in the ME space, and leads you to feel…
- 27. the malleus, incus, and stapes are three bones in the ____ chain
- 28. the ligament of the head of the malleus
- 31. ratio aka buckling effect, two pieces of tissue vibrating around the fulcrum, total of a 4-6 dB gain
- 33. the smallest bone in the body
- 35. the Eustachian tube is 1/3..
- 36. ratio that forms a lever by the manubrium of the malleus and long process of the incus, moving the two ossicles in a unit, provides a 1.3/1 ratio gain
- 41. the function of the ME is to correct the impedance _____ between the outer and inner ear