Outer/Middle Ear Anatomy

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Across
  1. 3. Bone housing external and middle ear
  2. 6. Middle ear reflex measured clinically to assess neural integrity
  3. 7. Outer ear structure most affected by congenital malformations
  4. 8. Smallest ossicle
  5. 10. Membrane whose stiffness changes affect low-frequency transmission
  6. 11. Window connected by the stapes footplate
  7. 13. Condition where the ossicular chain becomes fixated, commonly at the stapes
  8. 14. Primary muscle protecting against excessively loud sounds via stapes fixation
Down
  1. 1. Ossicle that provides the greatest mechanical advantage
  2. 2. Type of hearing loss caused by disruption of ossicular movement
  3. 4. Primary role of the outer ear beyond sound collection
  4. 5. Bone most commonly malformed in congenital hearing loss
  5. 9. Eustachian tube dysfunction most directly affects this middle ear property
  6. 12. Window that releases pressure created by stapes motion