Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Basic Ear worksheet



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 canal
tympanic membrane- made of pinna and auditory canal.
ossicles -maginfies sound produced by ear drum
cochlea -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