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What is a thin membrane stretched across the end of the auditory canal?
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tympanic membrane
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What does the external auditory canal do?
The auditory canal connects the outer ear to the tympanic membrane.
What lines the auditory canal and what is its function?
The auditory canal is lined with sebaceous or ceruminous glands
The external acoustic meatus is a foramen in which skull bone?
It is located on temporal side of the skull and it is where sounds enters the human ear leading to the tympanic membrane. It is sometimes referred to as the extermal auditory canal.
What does auditory canal mean?
The auditory canal extends from the outer ear (pinna) to the middle ear at the tympanic membrane. It has two main functions:Passageway for soundProtects the ear from infection: Physical barrier & earwax captures contaminants
Is the ear canal a bone?
The Ear contains 3 internal bones the the malleus (or Hammer), incus (or anvil), and stapes (or stirrup)
What is the membrane that is stretched across the ear canal?
its the Eardrum. it also helps you hear things.
What does the external auditory canal do?
The auditory canal connects the outer ear to the tympanic membrane.
What is the tightly stretched membrane at the end of the car canal called?
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What are the seven parts of the ear?
I found 8: Malleus, Pinna, Incus, Stapes, Auditory Nerve, Cochlea, Ear Canal (External Auditory Canal), and Tympanic Membrane (Eardrum). Hope this helps!
What is the function of the auditory nerve?
The AN transfers signals originating from vibrations of the ear drum ( tympanic membrane ) to the brain for interpretation.
What is the boundary between the middle and inner ear?
The tympanic membrane or ear drum and the external auditory meatus
Does the ear canal end at a tightly stretched membrain called the cochlea?
The ear canal actually ends at the eardrum. This is the tightly stretched membrane, also known as the "tympanic membrane". The cochlea is located in the inner ear and is a cavity filled with fluid.
Sound waves entering the external auditory canal hit the eardrum also known as?
Tympanic Membrane
Between the ear canal and the middle ear is the?
The tympanic membrane or ear drum and the external auditory meatus
What is a fact on hearing?
The outer ear directs sound vibrations through the auditory canal to the eardrum, which is stretched across the end of the auditory canal and which transmits sound vibrations to the middle ear. There a chain of three tiny bones conducts the vibrations to the inner ear. Fluid inside the cochlea of the inner ear stimulates sensory hairs; these in turn initiate the nerve impulses that travel along the auditory nerve to the brain.
What is the function of the external auditory?
The external auditory meatus is the ear canal that allows sound waves to pass from the external environment to the tympanic membrane (ear drum).
What is another name for ear canal?
Another name for the ear canal is the external auditory meatus. The ear canal is a tube that runs from the outer ear to the middle ear.
