ch.11 part1 flash cards

Set: ch.11 part1

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	Term	Definition
	acouso/ audio	hearing
	aero	air or gas
	auri/oto	ear
	cerumino	wax
	salpingo	eustachian tube or uterine tube
	tympano/ myringo	eardrum
	-acusis	hearing condition
	pinna	auricle; projected part of the external ear
	external auditory canal	external passage for sounds collected from the pinna to the tympanum
	cerumen	a waxy substance secreted by glands located thru out the external canal
	tympanic membrane	ear drum; drumlike structure that receives sound collected in the external auditory canal and amplifies it thru the middle ear
	malleus	hammer; 1st of the 3 auditory ossicles of the middle ear
	incus	anvil; middle of the 3 auditory ossicles of the middle ear
	stapes	stirrup; last of the 3 auditory ossicles of the middle ear
	eustachian tube/ auditory tube	tube connecting the middle ear to the pharynx
	oval window	membrane that covers the opening b/t the middle ear and inner ear
	inner ear	structures and liquids that relay sound waves to the auditory nerve fibers on a path to the brain for interpretation of sound
	labyrinth	maze; inner ear consisting of bony and membranous passages
	cochlea	coiled tubular structure of the inner ear that contains the organ of Corti
	perilymph	fluid that fill the bony labyrinth of the inner ear

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