Outer/ Middle Ear Anatomy Crossword

2. Originates in pyramidal eminence and inserts on neck of stapes near posterior crus, Innervated by facial nerve CN VII Pulls ossicular chain posteriorly
6. The function of the outer ear includes localization, protection, and ____
9. _______Auditory Canal that Curves anterosuperiorly, posterosuperiorly, anteroinferiorly, terminating at the tympanic membrane which is a concave dome tilted in the ear canal.
13. The tube that connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx and allows for equal pressure on both sides of the TM
14. has sebaceous glands, as does the canal
16. The part of the temporal bone that houses the sensory parts of the inner ear and has internal auditory canal or meatus through which nerves pass to the brainstem.
18. _____cavity which is a hard walled cavity within the temporal bone
19. THhe mode of the outer ear
20. The part of the temporal bone that makes up the anterior and inferoposterior portions of the ear canal

1. the mode of the middle ear
3. the increase of intensity of a range of frequencies due to the shape and size of the outer ear which creates a resonance frequency
4. The wall of the middle eat that is the TM which is attached bu a ring of ligament to the annulus, to the tympanic sulcus, a groove in the temporal bone
5. What we refer to as "the ear" and another word for auricle
7. Abbreviation for the process that uses the time delat between sounds arriving at the left and right ears for localization
8. The part of the temporal bone that borders parietal and occipital bones
10. the only part of the pinna that is not skin covered cartilage
11. The thin, fan shapes part of the temporal bone that forms the roof and part of the posterior wall of the ear canal
12. Part of the ossicular chain that is imbedded inbetween the mucous membrane and fibrous later
15. Part of the ossicular chain that is anterior crus staighter, thinner, shorter (stirrup)
17. There are two kinds of these cues: Interaural time difference and Interaural intensity differences