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What happens after the eardrum and small bones in your ear vibrate?
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Once the last bone (the stapes) vibrates, it hammers up and down at a space called the oval window in the cochlea of the inner ear. The cochlea is filled with a fluid, and the vibrations of the stapes send pressure waves through the fluid. There is a membrane in the cochlea that is bent back and forth in different places based on the intensity of the sound, and the bending of the membrane causes small hair-like stereocillia to bend and send an electrical impulse to the brain to be interpreted as sound.
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How does the eardrum work?
the ear drum is a part of your ear which vibrates to send the sound onto the three small bones.
What is the pathway of vibrations through the ossicles from the tympanic membrane or eardrum to the oval window?
Three little bones carry vibrations through the middle ear. They are called the hammer, anvil and stirrup.
What is the purpose of the bone in the middle ear?
The auditory ossicles are located in the middle ear. Their function is to transmit and amplify the sound vibrations from the tympanic membrane (eardrum) to the oval window.· tympanic side = malleus or hammer· middle = incus or anvil· oval window side = stapes or stirrup
What is the shortest bone called in the human body?
The human's body has lots of bones. The 3 shortest ones are called the malleus, the stapes and the incus. Thease three bones create a group called the ossicles. Thease bones are located in the ear and they vibrate and enlarge small changes in pressure.
What is the bone called in your ear?
Three bones in your ear hammer, stirrup, anvil.
Do otoscopes use a puff of air?
Some otoscopes can deliver a small puff of air to the eardrum to see if the eardrum will vibrate
Does sound go through your ears?
Yes, sound is recognized by the brain through your ears. When you hear a sound, it enters the ear canal to the eardrum. The eardrum causes small bones to vibrate, which causes tiny hairs to send signals to the brain.
What are the 3 small bones from the eardrum called?
occicles
What are the three small bones linked together to connect to the eardrum to the inner ear?
auditory ossicles
What is the anvil in your ear used for?
Sound travels by vibrating things. First the molecules in the air vibrate. This makes the ear drum vibrate. This makes three small bones vibrate. The three bones are the anvil, hammer and the stirrup.
What help to amplify sound vibrations from the eardrum to the oval window?
The vibrations are amplified by the three tiny bones from your middle ear.
What happens when a sound wave hits a small thin membrane?
The membrane (such as you eardrum) vibrates.
How does the eardrum work?
the ear drum is a part of your ear which vibrates to send the sound onto the three small bones.
What are the small bones that transmit sound waves from the eardrum to the inner ear?
the bones pick up the movement/vibration of the eardrum which is caused by movement of air. between the movement of these three bones the sound vibration is amplified in intensity. the bones then move via the stapes in the oval window, causing movement of the fluid in the cochlea which then transmits this to the auditory nerve to the brain. so the bones help in the transformation of airborne vibration/movment into a mechanical signal and ultimately an electrical signal to transmit to the brain
How does the eardrum function in an ear?
It vibrates,to conducting the sound down into the three small bones.(malleus,incus and stapes)p>
What part of the ear connects the eardrum to the inner ear?
The eardrum is not a bone but is a thin, cone-shaped piece of skin. It is positioned between the ear canal and the middle ear.
What part of the ear vibrates when you hear sound?
There is a ear drum placed between external and internal ear. It is the most prominent structure that vibrates to produce sound. Then the three tiny bones in the middle ear also vibrate. Then the oval and round windows also vibrate. Then the hair cells in the inner ear also vibrate. The fluid that is present in the cochlea also vibrates.
