Auditory System

1. What is another name for the ossicular bone commonly known as the stirrup?
3. artery that passes through the Anterior Wall of the Middle Ear
6. fluid that fills the scala vestibuli and scala tympani
8. The portion of the ear that controls balance contains three _____ canals
11. wall of the middle ear that provides the entrance to the Eustachian Tube
12. largest ossicle that is often called the hammer
13. is the central portion of the osseous labyrinth and is the entryway to the cochlea
15. another name for the auricle
17. bones of the middle ear
19. The tympanic membrane is also called what?

2. the middle ear is located in the petrous portion of which bone
4. labyrinth that fluid flows through
5. a basal turn of the cochlea
7. the middle bone in the ossicular chain
9. tympanic muscle that functions to rotate the stapes posteriorly
10. labyrinth that the inner ear structures are housed in
11. an enlargement near the opening to the vestibule in each canal
14. membrane that is the floor of the scala media
16. What is the organ responsible for hearing
18. the most distal point of attachment of the inner tympanic membrane to the malleus