Hearing And Equilibrium
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A quiz on being able to identify the parts of the ear.
- 1.Part of the ear that is outside the body and collects soundwaves?
- A.
External auditory meatus
- B.
External outer ear
- C.
Mallus
- D.
Cochlea
- 2.What appears in a hammer shape and attaches to the internal surface of the tympanic membrane?
- A.
Incus
- B.
Tympanic mambrane
- C.
Mallus
- D.
Stapes
- 3.What is the small air- filled cavity in the petrous portion of the temporal bone that is lined by epithelium?
- A.
Middle ear
- B.
Inner ear
- C.
Ampulla
- D.
Semicircular canals
- 4.What is shaped like a snail and contains the sensory receptors for hearing?
- A.
Utricle
- B.
Vestibular brabch VII
- C.
Cochlear branch VIII
- D.
Cochlea
- 5.What part of the ear consists of a curved tube that lies in the temporal bone and lead to the eardrum?
- A.
Semicircular canals
- B.
External auditory meatus
- C.
Tympanic membrane
- D.
Cochlear duct
- 6.Part of the ear that is a thin, semitransparent partition between the external auditory canal and inner ear?
- A.
Tympanic membrane
- B.
Mallus
- C.
Round window
- D.
Labyrinth
- 7.Which of the cranial nerves branches off into two seperate branches and is known as the acoustic or auditory nerve,
- A.
Cranial nerve VIII
- B.
Cranial nerve VII
- C.
Cranial nerve V
- D.
Cranial nerve IV
- 8.What part of the inner ear carries impulses for hearing?
- A.
Cochlear branch VIII
- B.
Cochlea
- C.
Vestibular branch VIII
- D.
Ampulla of vestibular
- 9.What part of the inner ear carries impules for equilibrium?
- A.
Cochlear branch VIII
- B.
Cochlea
- C.
Vestibular branch VIII
- D.
Auditory tube
- 10.What part of the middle ear presses against a flexible memebrane seperating the middle ear from the fluid- filled tubes and chambers of the inner ear?
- A.
Mallus
- B.
Incus
- C.
Stapes
- D.
Cochlea
- 11.What part of the inner ear consists of both bone and elastic cartilage and connects the middle ear with the nasopharynx?
- A.
Semicircular canals
- B.
Eustachian tube
- C.
Auditory ossicles
- D.
Tympanic membrane
- 12.What is the part of the inner ear that has an enlarged, circular portion at top of semicircular canals that provides the sense of equilibrium or balance for the body?
- A.
Stapes
- B.
Incus
- C.
Vestibular branch
- D.
Ampulla of vestibular
- 13.A tiny bone that connect the malleus and the stapes?
- A.
Incus
- B.
Ampulla
- C.
Eardrum
- D.
Cochlea
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