Health and Social Care Unit 4 - Sensory Systems - Ear

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What travels through the Pinna?
Sound waves
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What does the Eardrum do?
This vibrates when sound waves hit it
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What are the three tiny bones in the ear?
Malleus, Incus and Stapes
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What does these 3 tiny bones do?
These transmit vibrations across the eardrum and middle ear
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What is the Cochlea?
Contains a jelly like substance, the perilymph contained in coiled tubes
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What is the Organ or Corti?
Membranes that are lined with sensitive hair like structures
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What does the Eustachian Tube do?
Connects the middle ear with the throat, allows the same pressure of the atmosphere
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What does the Round window do?
Allows vibrations from oval window to pass through and it stimulates hairs
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What does the Auditory Nerve do?
Waves travel through this and the brain registers it as sound
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What are the roles of the Semi-Lunar Canals?
Fluid filled tubes, movement in this fluid sends messages to brain
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What is the Ampullae connected to?
Connected to cochlea
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What does the Ampullae do?
Gives the brain information orientation and movement
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Card 2

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What does the Eardrum do?

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This vibrates when sound waves hit it

Card 3

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What are the three tiny bones in the ear?

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Card 4

Front

What does these 3 tiny bones do?

Back

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Card 5

Front

What is the Cochlea?

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