Ear Structures Crossword Puzzle
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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
