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