helps with balance and equilibrium

filters out ear wax

Equalizes pressure between the middle and outer ear

transport sound waves to the tympanic membrane

Vestibule

the Ossicles (MISO)

Pinna

Semicircular canals

The organ of Mike

Transfibulator

The organ of Corti

Palleaus' Organ

amplify sound

convert acoustic energy into mechanical energy

direct sound toward inner ear

all of the above

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Connect the middle ear cavity to the nasopharynx

Perform the attenuation reflex

Contain the receptor structures for hearing

Amplify and transmit vibrations of the tympanum inward to the inner ear

Contains hair cell receptors that send impulses that the brain interprets as sounds

Contains sensory receptors for equilibrium

Contains sensory receptors for gravitational equilibrium

Surrounds the Eustachian tube and swells due to upper respiratory infection

Contains sensory receptors for gravitational equilibrium. Sends nerve impulses that brain uses to distinguish between up and down.

Contains receptors that send impulses that the brain interprets as sounds.

Contains sensory receptors that establish 3 Dimensional equilibrium.

Amplify and transmit vibrations of the tympanum inward to the inner ear.

Loss of balance.

Nausea or vomiting

Nasal Congestion

Difficulty hearing sounds.

Loss of balance.

Nausea or vomiting

Nasal Congestion

Difficulty hearing sounds.

Loss of balance.

Nausea or vomiting

Nasal Congestion

Difficulty hearing sounds.

The round window bulges outward when the oval window bulges inward

The endolymph reverberates within the cochlea.

The tympanic membrane vibrates with the ossicles.

Hair receptors within the organ of corti bend with different resonance frequencies.

Chemoreceptors

Mechanoreceptors

Gustatory Receptors

Photoreceptors