KEY TERMS FOR THE EAR & ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES

External ear
Auricle (= pinna)
External auditory meatus
Tympanic membrane
Middle ear
Eustachian (= auditory) tubes
Auditory ossicles
Malleus
Incus
Stapes
Oval window
ound window
Inner Ear (= Labyrint!
!ony " Membranous labyrinths
#erilymph " Endolymph$
%estibule&
Otoliths$
'tricle$
Saccule$
Semicircular canals " Semicircular ducts
Ampullae
(ochlea
(ochlear duct
Spiral or)an o* (orti
Spiral lamina
Scala vestibuli
Scala tympani
%estibular membrane
!asilar membrane
Tectorial membrane
+air cells
+elicotrema
%estibulocochlear nerve (,%III)
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