Monday, October 1, 2007

basic ear







Sketch a picture of an ear and label the following

:A. Inner ear

B. middle ear

C. outer ear

D. pinna

E. tympanic membrane

F. cochlea

G. stapes

H. malleus
I. incus

What is the function of the following:


Pinna -Directing Sound waves into auditory


canaltympanic membrane- made of pinna and auditory canal.


ossicles -maginfies sound produced by ear


drumcochlea -Causes hairs to move which nerves intepret and send to brain to create hearing.


semicircular canals - balances the body

What three bones make up the ossicles?

Stapes, Malleus,& Incus

What is the function of hairs in the ear?

movement turns into impulses that your brain inteprets

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