LAB hearing

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2 PRE-LAB EXERCISES What is sound? Sound is composed of waves of pressure. Through a series of events, these waves of pressure are amplified and changed into a signal, which moves ciliary hairs on receptors in the inner ear, changing the signal into a neural signal. A. Overview of Hearing Search for and select the Nervous System View “Ear.” Auricle, helix Auricle, antihelix Auricle, concha Auricle, lobule Auricle, crura of antihelix Auricle, antitragus External acoustic meatus Tympanic membrane (ear drum)
3 1. Examine the outer ear. Note how it looks like a funnel. What do funnels do when you pour liquid into them? 2. How do you think the outer ear’s funnel-like shape would influence sound movement through the ear? 3. The tympanum of the ear is colloquially called the “ear drum.” What happens when you hit a drum? 4. What do you think hits the tympanum? 5. The force of something pushing on something else is related to the change in pressure divided by the resistance. This means that what it is pushing on is important. Which has more resistance (is harder to push against), air or water? 6. What would be needed to overcome increased resistance? 7. The inner ear is fluid-filled, while the external ear conducts sound through the air. What must happen to the signal as it transitions from air to fluid? 8. Briefly, what triggers a neural signal?
4 1. Locate the auricle . What are the divisions of the auricle? 2. Note the funnel-like shape of the auricle; it funnels sound into the middle ear. 3. Locate the external acoustic meatus . What is its function? IN-LAB EXERCISES A. Auricle Open the Nervous System View “Ear.” You are responsible for the identification of all bold terms and answers. Auricle, lobule Auricle, antihelix External acoustic meatus Auricle, concha
5 1. Locate the following structures and label them in the diagram above: a. Tympanum b. Cochlea c. Incus d. Stapes e. Malleus 2. For the structures listed above, list them in order, from outermost to innermost. B. Middle Ear Open the Nervous System View “Middle Ear.”
6 3. For the structures listed a–d above, list the role each of them has in hearing. Vestibule Oval window Semicircular canals Cochlea 4. The stapes connects to the oval window , which is a membrane that allows the movement of the stapes to create waves in the fluid inside the cochlea of the inner ear. Label the following structures in the image below. • Cochlea • Vestibule • Semicircular canals • Oval window
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