All About Ears 2

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1. This Harvard physiologist won a Nobel Prize for his work with cochlear mechanics. Helmholtz von Bekesy Wever Bray

2. The membranous labyrinth is filled with what type of fluid? endolymph cerebrospinal perilymph cortilymph

3. This rapid back and forth movement of the eyes is associated with vertigo. random nystagmus dizziness optokinesis

4. Identify one of the membranes that separates the bony labyrinth from the membranous labyrinth. Basilar Membrane Hair cell membrane Cochlear membrane Corti's membrane

5. The flaccid portion of the tympanic membrane is referred to as: Vestibular Membrane Jaspar's Membrane Tectorial Membrane Shrapnell's Membrane

6. These nerves carry impulses from the cochlea to the brain. afferent efferent dendrite cortical

7. This bone is the largest in the ossicular chain. hyoid malleus incus stapes

8. This organ provides nutrients to the cochlea. organ of Corti Golgi apparatus reticular lamina stria vascularis

9. This is the term for the cochlear turn that protrudes into the middle ear space. promontory cleft partition sinus

10. The temporal bone has five sections of varying density. Which portion is the hardest? mastoid petrous squamous styloid