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How the ear works 2

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1) The ear is divided into main parts.

a) two

b) three

c) four

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2) The external ear consists of the

a) meatus

b) shell or pinna

c) tympanum

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3) Many of the parts of the ear (Meatus, etc.) are named after the scientists who first described them for the first time. 

a) True

b) False

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4) The ear drum is also called the tympanum. 

a) True

b) False

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5) The drum cavity connects with the throat through 

a) the eustachian tube

b) the drum membrane

c) the middle ear

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6) The ear bones or ossicles are part of the

a) outer ear

b) middle ear

c) inner ear

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7) The purpose of the eustachian tube is to   

a) balance the air pressure on both sides of the drum membrane

b) separate the outer and middle ear

c) stop air escaping out of the mouth

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 8) The inner ear is filled with air.

a) True

b) False

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9) Which bone is attached to the oval window?

a) the hammer

b) the anvil

c) the stirrup

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10) What agitates the liquid in the inner ear? 

a) the hammer

b) the anvil

c) the stirrup

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