exercise 24 Ear

malleus

auditory ossicle attached to the tympanic membrane

tympanic membrane

ear drum; also the point of attachment of the stapes

auditory tube

equalizes air pressure in middle ear with external air pressure

auricle

external feature that contain the helix and lobule

perilymph

fluid within all bony labyrinth structures

external ear structures include:

helix, lobule, external auditory canal, external ear

ampulla

interconnected components f the membrane labyrinth

ampulla cochlea semicircular canal vestibule

interconnected components of bony labyrinth

cochlear duct

section of the membranous labyrinth that contains hearing receptors

saccule utricle

sections of the membranous labyrinth found within vestibule

cochlea semicircular canals vestibule ampulla

sections of the membranous labyrinth that contains equilibrium receptors

small bone in the middle of the ear that a connected by synovial fluid are:

malleous, incus, stapes

incus

middle auditory ossicle