Ears Quiz: questions and answers

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1. The human ear consists of which three parts?

The outer ear, left ear and rear ear

The outer ear, middle ear and inner ear

The blue ear, middle ear and inner ear

2. What is the function of the outer ear?

To gather sound energy and focus it on the eardrum

To transfer acoustic energy from compression waves in air to fluid–membrane waves within the cochlea

To sound detection and balance

3. What is the auricle or auricula?

A narrow vertical band situated upon the anterior margin of the helix

A short, flattened vertical band on the lateral surface of the tragus

The visible part of the ear that resides outside the head

4. The ear canal stretches for about:

2 inches

1 inch

1.5 inches

5. Which of the following nerves does not supply sensation to parts of the outer ear and the surrounding skin?

Auriculotemporal nerve

Sural nerve

Great auricular nerve

6. Which artery provides the majority of the blood supply of the outer ear?

Posterior auricular artery

Anterior Auricular arteries

Occipital artery

7. What is the name of the rigid, bony outer wall of the inner ear in the temporal bone?

Cochlea

Otic capsule

Bony labyrinth

8. The ossicles are three small bones that function together to receive, amplify, and transmit the sound from the eardrum to the inner ear. The ossicles are:

Femur, tibia and patella

Humerus and radius

Malleus, incus, and stapes

9. When did the Italian anatomist Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti discover the organ of Corti?

1851

1876

1822

10. What is the Latin word for "ear"?

Auris

Oreja

Orelha

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