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taste nerve pathways

The ear has external, middle, and inner sections and provides the senses of

The external ear consists of the _ which collects the sound which then travels down the __.

begins with the tympanic membrane, and is an air- filled space (tympanic cavity) housing the auditory ossicles.

three auditory ossicles MIS

The stapes vibrates the fluid inside the __ of the inner ear.

connects the middle ear to the throat to help maintain equal air pressure on both sides of the eardrum

is made up of a membranous labyrinth inside an osseous labyrinth

between membranous and osseous labyrinth

inside the membranous labyrinth

houses the organ of hearing

function in equilibrium

Within the cochlea, the oval window leads to the upper compartment, called the

A lower compartment, the ___, leads to the round window.

The __ lies between these two compartments and is separated from the scala vestibuli by the __, and from the scala tympani by the __