Ear Structures Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• auditory tube: connects middle ear to throat (nasopharynx)
• auricle: external part of ear
• cochlea: contains hearing receptors
• malleus: middle ear bone connected to eardrum
• semi circular canals: contains equilibrium receptors
• stapes: middle ear bone that covers oval window
• tympanic membrane: eardrum
• vestibule: can be found between cochlea and semicircular canals (also contains receptors for equilibrium)
• basilar: spiral organ sits on top of this membrane
• endolymph: fluid found within cochlear duct
• perilymph: fluid found in both scala vestibuli and scala tympani
• spiral organ: also called the organ of corti
• tectorial: flap of gelatinous material found in spiral organ