Hearing Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: frequency : # of waves that arrive per second and determines our perception of pitch, cochlea : snail-shaped, this part of the ear is especially critical in hearing things as this part of the ear converts sounds into messages understandable by the brain, pitch : determined by the frequency of wave, highness, or lowness of a sound, anvil : middle of the three small bones in the ear that transmit sound. anvil-shaped (aka incus), wavelength : distance from one crest of a sound wave to the next, stirrup : the last and smallest of the three small bones in the ear that transmit sound. slingshot/crutch-shaped (aka stapes), conduction hear. loss : this happens when sounds cannot get out of the outer and inner ear, ear canal : tube that runs from the outer ear to the eardrum, helps transport sound, “tunnel”, hammer : first and largest of the three small bones in the ear that transmit sound. hammer-shaped (aka malleus), eardrum : vibrates in response to sound waves and transfers through the three small bones in the ear, auditory nerve : this is the cochlea’s scottie pippen, capable of connecting the brain to the cochlea, thus successfully transmitting the sounds