Outer/ Middle Ear Anatomy

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Across
  1. 2. The middle bone in the ossicular chain, otherwise known as “the anvil”
  2. 5. What separates the outer and middle ear?
  3. 7. The part of the outer ear with a lobe, concha, and helix. Often referred to as just “the ear”
  4. 8. _________ matching, the process by which the area ratio function, the ossicular lever function, and the buckling function increase the pressure of movements from the tympanic membrane to the oval window
  5. 10. The location where the footplate of the stapes is attached
  6. 11. __________ tube, a 35-38 mm long passageway connecting the middle ear to the nasopharynx
  7. 12. The outer rim of the ear that extends from the superior insertion of the ear on the scalp to the termination of the cartilage at the earlobe?
Down
  1. 1. What can palpate the canal anterior to tempro-mandibular joint? Hint: Volume is about 1.4cc
  2. 3. What is the pinna composed of?
  3. 4. The smallest muscle in the body, attaches from the pyramidal eminence to the neck of the stapes
  4. 6. Cochlear __________, the bump where the cochlea presses against the other side of the medial wall of the inner ear “box”
  5. 9. What has sebaceous glands?