Ear Study Guide

What are the two primary functions of the ear?

• hearing
• smelling
• equilibrium
• seeing

What is sound?

• vibrations
• light waves
• words
• loud bangs
• Option 2

What are the two parts of the outer ear?

• auricle
• external auditory meatus
• cochlea
• semicircular canal
• stapes

What are the five parts of the middle ear?

• stapes
• incus
• tympanic membrane
• malleus
• Eustachian tube

What are the three parts of the inner ear?

• cochlea
• semicircular canal
• cochlear nerves
• stapes
• incus

What part of the ear funnels and amplifies sound waves?

• semicircular canals
• cochlea
• tympanic membrane
• auditory external meatus

What parts of the ear transmits frequency/vibrations and amplifies the signal?

• cochlea
• auditory ossicles
• auricle
• semicircular canals

Which part of the ear vibrates when hit with sound waves and reproduces the frequency?

• auricle
• tympanic membrane
• external auditory complex
• semicircular canals

The stapes is represented by the number...

The malleus is represented by the number...